Global Spin

I just finished Chapter 12, which means there are only 4 to go, about 6000 words.  I’m on track to finish this just in time, assuming there’s no blatant falling down between now and Thursday night.  I may not blog between now and then, because it’s been hard to think of anything but finishing.  Yesterday [...]

Posted by Chris in Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 26th, 2006 | 4 Comments »

This is the point where blogging isn’t so attractive, so imagine something witty here.  It’s a bit of a slog to get to 35,000 words, which (despite what the little sticker says) is my goal by the end of tomorrow.  Still, I’ve successfully imprisoned both of my main characters, and I think they’ll most likely [...]

Posted by Chris in Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments »

Not much to write about today, but I feel obligated to do so.  (I think that comes with the territory.)  Chapter 8 is finished now, which means 6 chapters to go.  I’m well into the part of my outline that has the most question marks, so the characters have started doing their own driving.  All [...]

Posted by Chris in Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 18th, 2006 | Comments Off

Finished chapter 7 today, which is halfway through my newly-revised 14 chapters.  Halfway through the word count, too.  That’s a handy thing, because the month is halfway gone as well. It’s really starting to feel like I’m over the hump; the characters are moving themselves along, I’m writing over 2000 words in a sitting (which [...]

Posted by Chris in Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 15th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Not much to report today.  Writing is proceeding apace, and I’ve just completed Chapter 6.  I added a bit of it to my WriMo profile excerpt thingy, because it didn’t seem completely stinky.  Both that and my word count from the past two days were surprising, because I managed to clock myself on the head [...]

Posted by Chris in Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 13th, 2006 | 4 Comments »