Like a long friendship or an old datacenter, my NaNoWriMo novel never dies. I abandoned it in mid-November, then revived it on Jan. 3. Now it's Jan. 24 and I've opened the document again, hitting the 28,000 word mark this morning. All my characters are on the move: by foot, by wagon, by royal cavalcade. Where are they going? Well, I'd be the last to know. But it's going to involve a Swamp Test. (Yeah, you read that right.)
I have a new computer now, a13-inch Mac Powerbook, and a nifty backpack to put it in. So I'm all set to take my writing on the road myself. So far I've been mostly using the computer to check Facebook and stream movies from Netflix, but I have bigger goals than reruns of The Tudors — really.
After all, according to my automated NaNoWriMo Report Card, it's only Nov. 17 and it says: "You've fallen a bit behind, but one or two more big pushes and you should be back in business." I've saved all my NaNo pep talks, and the first one says:
Don't forsake your kingdom if it starts to seem silly or pointless, or you have no idea what your next order ought to be. Any command will do! Your characters, the weather, the birds and whales, the flow of the rivers, the path of destiny, and every last plot element all bend to your whim.
So I am once more a creator of worlds -- or at least one deeply neurotic world. At my current pace, I should be finished with my NaNo novel by January 2012 — kidding! Actually Valentine's Day is my goal so I can reward myself with a big box of chocolate (in addition to any other candy I may receive — I'm looking at you, Killer Robot Husband. Think dark chocolate cremes.)
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