3 1/2 more hours...

I really hope I'm not awake at midnight.
I will want to start writing.
I should not purposely deprive myself of that much sleep.
But I really don't know how to start.
Still trying to figure out where to send off my FMC.
She needs to go away. Far away.
Too many decisions!

On the eve of the eve...

Things have been a little crazy around here. Work has sucked up waaaaay more of my weekends than it should be entitled to. However, that just forces me to get creative so that I can take back some of my time for more auspicious endeavors. Like spending all of Saturday at the dining room table doing work stuff so that I can have Sunday free for a kick-off party, shopping for muses/talismans, and motivational candy.

So, one kick-off party - check.
One vague concept of a plot - check.
Two bizzare subplots - check.
Two of the three major characters now have first names.

I'm not sure which of the minor characters will take over and demand his/her own pov chapters. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for that to happen.
After all, in 2009, my FMC suddenly needed a twin sister when I was 20,000 words into the story. Random noveling goodness.

Oh - and all of the tracks on my iPod are now named. Whew!

1:02:36:28!

Pre-season!

It's back!
The website.
The forums.
The planning.
The madness.
But not the sentences.
No sentences until 11.1.11.

Validation!

Yay! 50k surpassed in 2010, but the story isn't done yet. Fortunately, the robots don't know or care. The end of November is almost always bittersweet. I'll miss writing. I'll miss my characters. I'll have to start doing the dishes again.

Done! but not complete!

I woke up this morning and knew how my last two chapters should go. I thought it was possible that I could wrap up the story in only two more chapters.
I've hit 50k, but the story isn't over.
It'll be interesting to see how much more actually gets written!

Nano-trivia

So, I decided to back up my novel by opening the file to copy 'n' paste it into email to send myself a copy. Subject: 38209 (my word count).
Then I opened the document only to find that there were only 7712 words.
I didn't even swear out loud.
Silly document ended up in my "backup word files" folder in my "nanowrimo 2010 folder".

BTW - This is the only update/backup that I've done that wasn't an even number or a 5. I have weird number issues.

Oddities...

One of the strange things about November is the way in which cause and effect is redesigned.

For example, I actually thought to myself, I have to name chapter twelve, and then I can go take a shower.

It's odd, really...