NaNoWrimo Eve

It's finally less than 24 hrs. until NaNoWrimo!  I'm so excited, I wish I could start right now.  But I can't :(

Instead, I'm spending this time contemplating NaNoWrimo, the vampire novel that I'm going to work on during that time, and cruising the Nano website.  Mostly that last part.  Which makes me feel a bit guilty, actually, since it's Halloween (my favorite holiday) and I should be doing Halloween things.  I don't feel as bad about it this year though, because I'll be working until midnight anyhow so I'm mostly missing Halloween this year anyway.

One thing that I will be doing during NaNoWrimo this year is posting updates on here.  I think if I put things up on the blog it will help me stay focused and give me a sense of accomplishment each day.  At least that's the idea.

As for what I'll be posting - I'll have thoughts about my progress, brainstorming ideas, and of course some excerpts from what I've written.  Think of it as a look inside the mind of someone who thinks they are a creative genius but has yet to prove it and is really starting to develop a complex about that.

Happy Halloween/NaNoWrimo Eve everyone!

Nanowrimo and My Vampire Novel

NaNoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month) will soon be upon me and my vampire novel.  I'm fairly well prepared in terms of having content waiting to be written.  In fact, I suspect I have more than 50,000 words worth of content.  Especially since I just realized this evening that I need to add in an additional character's point of view/story line which will essentially double the size of an already decently sized novel.

Along with this realization comes the smashing of all of my hopes and dreams of having my first novel done in the near future.  While my fantasy novel is essentially done I don't have any passion for it at the moment - certainly not enough to drudge through all of the continuity fixes it requires.

Ah well, such is the life of an artist I suppose.  Ultimately I am just grateful to finally be getting this kind of real work done on a real novel.  I just hope that when all is said and done I will be able to attract at least a handful of readers to my work.

Daddy Vampire

My 7 year old said the cutest thing tonight.  I was playing "Nosferatu: Run From the Sun" and she said "Daddy, is that you?"  I asked her why and she said "Be ause you're a vampire."  Awww.