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rowynI won Nanowrimo yesterday, with 50,800 words. At the same time, I completed the first draft of The Sun Etherium (sequel to The Moon Etherium). TSE is a total of 93,100 words at present (I started it in September). It'll probably get a bit longer in edits.
Despite the horrible election, despite taking of a couple of days off for Contra, I finished Nano in 21 days. I am pretty proud of this.
I am also tired. And a combination of amused and annoyed by 4thewords.com.
4thewords has been a nice motivational tool throughout Nano. It's fairly bare-bones still, but it's cute and it encourages me to write more. However, despite having won Nano and completed my book already, I have only finished 5 of 9 quests in 4thewords' Nano section. One of those is because 4thewords decided to throw in a bonus "write ANOTHER 25,000 words this month!" quest. But the other three are because 4thewords has timed quests throughout the month and I am not allowed to finish them yet. As of this morning, I can finally do the "beat the 4th week monsters" one, which takes a minimum of 10,000 words. Then there's another quest after that which I don't know the terms for yet because not unlocked. Then I think I can use that to finish the last one.
*side-eyes 4thewords*
Anyway, this is a reasonable structure for people who are procrastinators that need to be motivated to do some minimum throughout the month and then push hard at the end. But when I'm finally one of those YES I FINISHED MY HOMEWORK EARLY people, I find it aggravating that I have to do some more work still.
Or I can ignore my completionist streak and just let them go undone. (But I'm soooo clooooose!)
Also, I finished my book and I don't have another outline I want to write just now.
Anyway, my current plan is to keep writing stuff for the rest of November, but it's just going to be "whatever the heck I feel like." Maybe I will write some LJ entries! Like this one! This morning I wrote setting notes for a ridiculously self-indulgent kink story. Which my muse seems to think needs to be novel-length with a plot. Part of me thinks "this is an excuse to write erotica! It doesn't need a plot! 'And then they have kinky sex' IS the plot!" and the rest is all "but if there's no plot what's the point booooooring".
*side-eyes muse*
Anyway, there's nine days left to November. I can write 15 or 20k of fluff in it if I want to.
Other near-term goals, which I will probably start in December but might start sooner if I get sick of writing random fluff and/or generally impatient:
1) serialize The Moon Etherium
2) edit The Warlock, the Hare and the Dragon (aka Silver Scales aka I Wish I Had a Title I Like for This Book)
3) find an artist for the cover of (2) above.
4) do some reusable header art for The Moon Etherium.
5) do not do 90-some pieces of header art for TME.
6) Proof the print edition of TME.
That's probably enough for the rest of 2016.
Despite the horrible election, despite taking of a couple of days off for Contra, I finished Nano in 21 days. I am pretty proud of this.
I am also tired. And a combination of amused and annoyed by 4thewords.com.
4thewords has been a nice motivational tool throughout Nano. It's fairly bare-bones still, but it's cute and it encourages me to write more. However, despite having won Nano and completed my book already, I have only finished 5 of 9 quests in 4thewords' Nano section. One of those is because 4thewords decided to throw in a bonus "write ANOTHER 25,000 words this month!" quest. But the other three are because 4thewords has timed quests throughout the month and I am not allowed to finish them yet. As of this morning, I can finally do the "beat the 4th week monsters" one, which takes a minimum of 10,000 words. Then there's another quest after that which I don't know the terms for yet because not unlocked. Then I think I can use that to finish the last one.
*side-eyes 4thewords*
Anyway, this is a reasonable structure for people who are procrastinators that need to be motivated to do some minimum throughout the month and then push hard at the end. But when I'm finally one of those YES I FINISHED MY HOMEWORK EARLY people, I find it aggravating that I have to do some more work still.
Or I can ignore my completionist streak and just let them go undone. (But I'm soooo clooooose!)
Also, I finished my book and I don't have another outline I want to write just now.
Anyway, my current plan is to keep writing stuff for the rest of November, but it's just going to be "whatever the heck I feel like." Maybe I will write some LJ entries! Like this one! This morning I wrote setting notes for a ridiculously self-indulgent kink story. Which my muse seems to think needs to be novel-length with a plot. Part of me thinks "this is an excuse to write erotica! It doesn't need a plot! 'And then they have kinky sex' IS the plot!" and the rest is all "but if there's no plot what's the point booooooring".
*side-eyes muse*
Anyway, there's nine days left to November. I can write 15 or 20k of fluff in it if I want to.
Other near-term goals, which I will probably start in December but might start sooner if I get sick of writing random fluff and/or generally impatient:
1) serialize The Moon Etherium
2) edit The Warlock, the Hare and the Dragon (aka Silver Scales aka I Wish I Had a Title I Like for This Book)
3) find an artist for the cover of (2) above.
4) do some reusable header art for The Moon Etherium.
5) do not do 90-some pieces of header art for TME.
6) Proof the print edition of TME.
That's probably enough for the rest of 2016.
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Date: 2016-11-22 04:06 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2016-11-22 04:25 pm (UTC)I am also frustrated by the leaderboards... they are working under some structure I don't quite understand.
But I really want that streak and I blew it after 35 days by forgetting I hadn't put any writing IN 4thewords, so I keep going.
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Date: 2016-11-22 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-22 04:40 pm (UTC)It'd be nice if you could see monsters-defeated if you're not on the leaderboard.
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Date: 2016-11-22 04:34 pm (UTC)a) leaderboards that showed you your relative rank ("you are 252 of 800 active users")
b) time-based leaderboards: most words in last 30 days/week/day/hour, or some such.
Probably someone has already suggested these and I should +1 it. :)
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Date: 2016-11-22 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-23 02:48 am (UTC)I don't really like make-it-up-as-I-go-along any more. Probably because I've had way too many abandoned novels because I didn't know where they were going. -_- Also, it's much easier to write concisely if I have an outline to work from. Saves time editing later, and I hate editing soooo much.
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Date: 2016-11-22 07:50 pm (UTC)May I cast a vote for keeping Silver Scales as the title? It sets up such a delightful, book-length pun.
The cover page could feature a set up scales in the foreground, with the center column of the scales carved in the shape of a dragon. The background would be less significant but might set the tone for the period ... and perhaps a rabbit in a top hat looking suspiciously at the scales (and thus at the reader).
I've started a new book this month which I hope to finish this month — a non-fiction work tentatively called Lifemates It is a half-dozen simple rules for how to do marriage right, and will be short. I'm shooting for 25 pages more or less.
It's tough to type where I am, and I'm not supposed to be sitting upright. But maybe I'll be out of here in a couple of weeks.
I am particularly pleased to see you moving ahead with Silver Scales. I've got a photo of the manuscript on the balcony of a cruise ship stateroom, and you know I'm a big fan of that work.
===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle
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Date: 2016-11-23 03:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-22 08:16 pm (UTC)Congratulations on finishing! ^_^
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