The Home Stretch

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Camp NaNoWriMoTwo days left, and still thousands of words left to go.

I’m confident I can do it easily enough; I have the next two days completely free and clear to focus on it and just get it done, so I’m not worried about the raw word count at all. In order to write really quickly though, I’m writing out of chronological order, tackling sections of the story as they filter through my mind and feel ready to write.

Because of that, I’m going to hold off on posting them here until I’ve finished, or at least until I have a long continuous stretch of story that begins where I last left off.

Wish me luck!

Tonight's Entry

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I’ve been pushing hard on The Ship of the Unforgotten and written thousands of words, but they’ve all been a massive spoilery chunk of text to help me wrap my head around how the story has to go. I’m working out all the major plot problems, basically. I won’t have a chunk of new text to post tonight. I should be back to that tomorrow, and be ready to forge on ahead and finish this thing.

First Drafts are Tough

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You may have heard of Emma Coats from the 22 Rules of Storytelling According to Pixar piece that’s floating around lately. She’s the storyboard artist who posted the 22 rules to her twitter account. She also posted the two I’ve embedded above. This additional rule is incredibly important to all NaNoWriMo/Camp NaNoWriMo participants, so I thought I’d share it as companion to the ones that are getting all the attention. I’ve written about this previously; first drafts are what I consider to be the true writer’s block.

Some IPG Publishers Also Go DRM-Free

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I knew it was only a matter of time after Macmillian’s TOR and Forge imprints went DRM-Free. Now there’s news that more publishers are heading down the unencumbered road.
The IPG (Independent Publisher’s Group) and Amazon have worked out their differences, with publishers under the IPG umbrella now restored to purchasability over Amazon. Some of those publishers, though not all, have decided to distribute their titles without DRM.
It’s been a little over a month since the TOR/Forge announcement. How long until we hear more dominoes falling? Not long, I bet.

Camp NaNoWriMo/JuNoWriMo Begins. Ack.

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It’s that time again… National Novel Writing Month. If you’re thinking that’s normally November, you’re right, but it turns out this is an awfully popular passtime, and some people want to do it at other times during the year too.

I’m going to go along with them. I’m signed up at Camp NaNoWriMo, the two-time summer branch of the organization, and will also be flying the JuNoWriMo banner.

It’s been June 1st for a little over an hour now, and I’m not real sure exactly what I’m going to write, but I’ll figure it out.

One big change from November is that this time I’m going to avoid the whole series of short stories thing. I found it difficult to maintain momentum when I had to stop and think up a whole new story at least once a week. So this time it’ll be a longer story I can just plow through.

Camp NaNoWriMo in June is only part one. They also apparently have Camp NaNoWriMo August, which is interesting since it’s a 31 day month, not 30. I’m not sure if I’m crazy enough to do that with only one month in between, but right now, before the madness, it’s kind of tempting.

Wish me luck!