And now for something completely different
This is a brief announcement by way of explaining why I may not post much until the beginning of December. An excerpt from my Lifejournal (writing blog) follows:
NaNoWriMo is about trying to write a novel—in a month. Actually, it is more about starting a new project and seeing it through to 50k words. I think that is great, and with the momentum gained during NaNo, the project should sail all the way to novel-length.
Alas, that hasn’t happened. After editing my last year’s effort, ‘Echoes of Creation’, it now stands at 58k words, and I’m through with it. Not enough depth and the characters are milling around aimlessly.
So, this year I’m entering with a work in progress which I want to turn into a saleable novel. In fact, I want the first draft ready for workshopping by spring and I want the whole thing ready for shopping around agents at Nipponcon!
To this purpose, I envoke The Zokutou Clause!
And until the start, on November 1st, this is the state of affairs:
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13,861 / 85,000
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The NaNo total is actually 63,861 words. 85k is the novel total—the minimum wordcount required for an SF novel by most publishers.
Follow my progress on my LJ
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