NaNoWriMo Countdown: 10 Days

Okay, so first off, apologies. I know I said that I'd make up for the lack of short story two days ago with a double story yesterday. That obviously didn't happen, but I have excuses reasons on the 'why'.

It's been... a rather rough week to be honest. Finally getting over a double dose of the common cold, catching some strain of Strep, going to Maryland for the weekend, and having an unexpectedly busy schedule are some of the things giving me trouble. Not even mentioning the small writer's block I'm getting when I try to think about continuing on with the short that I posted on Tuesday.

So, in lieu of doing my 12 for 12 challenge this year, I will at the very least post up some posts for the days leading up to the big event. If the post just so happens to contain a short story, then it's a win-win, right? Next year, I will rehash the challenge (with some revised rules), and perhaps even complete it!

In NaNo-news, I'm finally just about done with plotting my novel for this year and I just can't wait to finally get started. It seems, now that I really think about it, that the rest of this year just happened so quickly and yet now that November's rolling around, the world decides to slow down and make it take forever to finally arrive. Funny how that works. Anyway, I've accepted some of those fun word-count-on-the-first-day challenges. Most notably the 5k in a day challenge. Which, honestly, I don't think I'll have an issue with, and might just roll into the 10k/first day challenge. But, that also means that while I'm busy writing my novel, I may or may not have a blog post for everyone. Perhaps once I'm satisfied with my progress for the day, I'll come here and sum up the day's fun little plot bunnies, and of course, update with my word count. Just thinking about the fun I'll have wrecking my novel's setting makes me want to get writing. November just can't come fast enough.

NaNoWriMo Countdown: 12 Days - "Beginning of the End"

Last night was one of the worst of my career. Why, you ask? Well, the undead had a pretty big part in it. The other reasons? You'll have to hear them to believe.

It started out, much like any other night; a cool breeze rushed through the city streets, as was a normal event for an autumn evening. The wind briefly shook the trees lining the park in which I was enjoying a short stroll, alone. You see, I'm not one for company or friends. Honestly, in my line of work, that's frowned upon. More on that later, though. I was dressed in a cloth hoodie and loose jeans - the standard fare for most people my age. Hands in pockets, I strode silently through the twilight hours, simply enjoying the scenery.

That's about when everything started going sour.

NaNoWriMo Countdown: 13 Days.

Alright, so I'm going to give myself a reason to come back and update this blog, as well as get some writing done at the same time. My plan? For the twelve days leading up to November 1st, I will post a short story on the blog that may or may not be relevant to anything I currently have cooking up within this shattered dimension I call a brain.

Basically, this will be my NaNo before NaNo. My criteria for my little stories?

-One hour writing sessions.
-1575 word limit.
-Clear, concise.
-The story must either be able to be serialized into chapters or have a definite end.
-If the story ends up being a chapter, the story for the next day must tie in with the previous day's, so on and so forth.
-All stories/chapters will be posted at 8:00pm Eastern Standard. (Plus a 2 minute grace period for copy/paste/post lag.)

How will you know I only used one hour on this? Because I'm basically insane and actually want to have a challenge for myself to acclimate for the month ahead. Other than that, I'll be up front and honest if I begin before 7pm, otherwise the post will be in after 8:02pm, and you'll probably know anyway.

I'll also be accepting prompts for ideas as I'm sure I'll likely run dry before the (basically) two weeks is finished.

See you all on the other side and Be Happy - Python.