Saturday, November 3, 2012
NNWM Day Whatever
Lost power for a few days, kinda lost my motivation for NaNo in that time, stay tuned for news?
Thursday, October 25, 2012
NaNoWriMo 2012 - The Azureverse Project
Is everyone (all 0 of you) ready for another month of me stressing myself out about my terrible novel that no one is even going to read, nevermind published? Well too bad, 'cause we're doing that again...
This year ... I'm not sure. I might rewrite Azure Sky, the novel I tried writing last year (and about a dozen times over the past 10 years. I even tried re-writing it during the Camp NaNoWriMo events in June and August, which of course failed miserably as well, didn't even bother trying to chronicle those...) Or I might write just random short stories, probably all Azure Sky-related.
If I do re-write it, it will be probably the most different version of the story yet. Mainly due to the fact that I'm replacing the old main character, originally a blatant author insert who did become better but not enough so, with a new character. A character who was actually originally the old main character's son from the future! And now is very much not so. (The old main character, my avatar (that is, my avatar on the blog, not 'author avatar' though he's kinda that too I guess), is still around though, in a very different role which I think will work quite a bit better if I can get the logistics of his story arc set up right.)
There's a lot of work to be done here... I'm probably better off just giving up and forgetting about it... I'm never going to be the author I would really give anything to be... Dream occupation and all that... But there I go being negative and self loathing again, silly me!
The Azure Sky 'series' is a story I've been working on off and on (mostly off) for 10 years now. An urban fantasy, young adult series (so creative, I know) that is basically about super heroes, and elementals, and gods. One of the novels (Azure Night, my NNWM 2010 offering) is actually a fairly generic vampire novel (again: creative). Will I ever learn how to write in a way that isn't complete shit and make something of the series? Stay tuned to find out! (Spoilers: I won't)
You can follow along with my progress here on the blog (which has no followers, who am I even talking to?), or by following this link to my NaNoWriMo page!
Less than a week left. I haven't actually prepared anything yet this year. This will go well, I'm sure...
~Psylash, self aware of his negativity...
This year ... I'm not sure. I might rewrite Azure Sky, the novel I tried writing last year (and about a dozen times over the past 10 years. I even tried re-writing it during the Camp NaNoWriMo events in June and August, which of course failed miserably as well, didn't even bother trying to chronicle those...) Or I might write just random short stories, probably all Azure Sky-related.
If I do re-write it, it will be probably the most different version of the story yet. Mainly due to the fact that I'm replacing the old main character, originally a blatant author insert who did become better but not enough so, with a new character. A character who was actually originally the old main character's son from the future! And now is very much not so. (The old main character, my avatar (that is, my avatar on the blog, not 'author avatar' though he's kinda that too I guess), is still around though, in a very different role which I think will work quite a bit better if I can get the logistics of his story arc set up right.)
There's a lot of work to be done here... I'm probably better off just giving up and forgetting about it... I'm never going to be the author I would really give anything to be... Dream occupation and all that... But there I go being negative and self loathing again, silly me!
The Azure Sky 'series' is a story I've been working on off and on (mostly off) for 10 years now. An urban fantasy, young adult series (so creative, I know) that is basically about super heroes, and elementals, and gods. One of the novels (Azure Night, my NNWM 2010 offering) is actually a fairly generic vampire novel (again: creative). Will I ever learn how to write in a way that isn't complete shit and make something of the series? Stay tuned to find out! (Spoilers: I won't)
You can follow along with my progress here on the blog (which has no followers, who am I even talking to?), or by following this link to my NaNoWriMo page!
Less than a week left. I haven't actually prepared anything yet this year. This will go well, I'm sure...
~Psylash, self aware of his negativity...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
NaNoWriMo Day 30
Final day!
But I failed...
I came it at 69,393 words total, which is nearly 20,000 more words than I needed for the NNWM word count. But I didn't actually finish the book. I'm about halfway through chapter 28, which is possibly the penultimate chapters, or it might go to 30, I can't really decide just yet, we'll see how that plays out. Also there's a short epilogue, but that might just be called chapter 30/31 instead, because it probably shouldn't be an epilogue at all...
Iunno...
I should be able to finish soon, anyway, though. Just a shame I couldn't get it done during November. Or rather that I failed to, not that I couldn't, because I could have. I could have easily been done on Sunday or Monday, but I wasted four gorram days with Terraria instead.
Terraria is crazy fun, though, so at least there's that.
Only problem? A certain person just happens to be coming back into my life tomorrow who I'd rather wasn't.
Well, that, and Terraria has its big version 1.1 update sometime tomorrow... yeah...
If anyone followed my postings, but didn't actually follow my blog (because I still have no actual followers), thanks for putting up with my ramblings during the month. Sorry I failed to complete the project. But I will! I promise! I don't think I'll ever publish it, because dreams don't always come true, but I'll finish it. And I'll even think about writing book 2 as well.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
But I failed...
I came it at 69,393 words total, which is nearly 20,000 more words than I needed for the NNWM word count. But I didn't actually finish the book. I'm about halfway through chapter 28, which is possibly the penultimate chapters, or it might go to 30, I can't really decide just yet, we'll see how that plays out. Also there's a short epilogue, but that might just be called chapter 30/31 instead, because it probably shouldn't be an epilogue at all...
Iunno...
I should be able to finish soon, anyway, though. Just a shame I couldn't get it done during November. Or rather that I failed to, not that I couldn't, because I could have. I could have easily been done on Sunday or Monday, but I wasted four gorram days with Terraria instead.
Terraria is crazy fun, though, so at least there's that.
Only problem? A certain person just happens to be coming back into my life tomorrow who I'd rather wasn't.
Well, that, and Terraria has its big version 1.1 update sometime tomorrow... yeah...
If anyone followed my postings, but didn't actually follow my blog (because I still have no actual followers), thanks for putting up with my ramblings during the month. Sorry I failed to complete the project. But I will! I promise! I don't think I'll ever publish it, because dreams don't always come true, but I'll finish it. And I'll even think about writing book 2 as well.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
NaNoWriMo Day 29
Chapter 27 is complete after another 2500 words or so...
Chapters 28, 29, 30, and the epilogue? I have 1 day left to write them. But I do have 2 rough drafts each for them, and 2 very older versions of them (they might not be 3 chapters...really they could be just 1 if I wanted, but meh). If I dedicate the entire day tomorrow to the project, I could probably get them finished?
I doubt I'll be able to pull it off now, though. Wish me luck anyway.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
Chapters 28, 29, 30, and the epilogue? I have 1 day left to write them. But I do have 2 rough drafts each for them, and 2 very older versions of them (they might not be 3 chapters...really they could be just 1 if I wanted, but meh). If I dedicate the entire day tomorrow to the project, I could probably get them finished?
I doubt I'll be able to pull it off now, though. Wish me luck anyway.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
Monday, November 28, 2011
NaNoWriMo Day 28
I'm never gonna finish now, am I?
Still no words tonight...
3 or 4 chapters left, and only 2 days to do it...
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
Still no words tonight...
3 or 4 chapters left, and only 2 days to do it...
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
Sunday, November 27, 2011
NaNoWriMo Day 27
I might as well copy/paste yesterday's post here...
I've kinda played Terraria out at this point, though, so hopefully I'll dedicate a ton of time tomorrow to writing? We'll see...
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
I've kinda played Terraria out at this point, though, so hopefully I'll dedicate a ton of time tomorrow to writing? We'll see...
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
NaNoWriMo Day 26
Forgot to write this last night...
Same as day 25 though! Played Terraria instead of writing... I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish on time now...
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
Same as day 25 though! Played Terraria instead of writing... I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish on time now...
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/psyched-slash
~Psylash...
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