Global Spin

So this is when it gets hard.  That didn’t take long. I just finished the second chapter, and boy was it a tough one.  My main character gets put on trial for something she didn’t do, and things have to get really bad in order to get her in the right place to make the [...]

Posted by Chris in Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 4th, 2006 | 2 Comments »

I just finished my first chapter over lunch, and I’m now ahead of the curve for the second day. (Yay!) I don’t think I mentioned my other evil plan for writing this month: my novel has been carved into 15 chapters, so each day either involves opening a chapter or closing one. (My original outline [...]

Posted by Chris in Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 2nd, 2006 | 5 Comments »

I wrote my first line this morning: “Harmony Miller, that is the most ludicrous thing I ever did hear!” I had intended to write it last night just after midnight, but I ended up falling asleep well before then.  Hopefully writing will keep me awake longer than reading. Not sure how often I’ll blog about [...]

Posted by Chris in Fun, NaNoWriMo on November 1st, 2006 | 7 Comments »

K and I are going to give National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) a try this year. It goes something like this: starting on November 1st, each of us has to write a 50,000-word (175-page) novel by midnight on November 30th. It’s not as crazy as it sounds; hordes of people finish every year, mostly by [...]

Posted by Chris in Fun, Literature, NaNoWriMo, Science fiction on October 17th, 2006 | 11 Comments »