A Novel Idea

Hello, textFIGHTers.

I know it's been about a billion years since I've posted anything here, and I missed all of the 3-Day Novel hoopla as I floundered through the summer. NaNoWriMo is approaching, though, and I'm considering jumping on the bandwagon this year. I've wanted to in the past, but the timing never worked, or my head was all befuddled in some way. This year, however, I've been revisiting an outline that I left abandoned a few years ago, and I think I've got the stones to finish the outline in time for November, which would put me in a pretty good place to participate in NaNoWriMo properly for once.

Who's gonna hold my hand? Anybody else willing to punch out 50,000 words in a month?

Withdrawing

Well, as my nonexistent word count suggests, I haven't really been involved with the fun and excitement of NaNoWriMo. So, I'm taking my hat from the ring. Full explanations are at my blog. I'm going to be working on a poetry project of self-discovery and healing for the rest of the month and I'll make sure to update here regularly regarding my progress.

I'm cheering all of you on, though. And, if any of you want someone to bounce ideas off of, I'm available... what with still being an unemployed bum.

Honestly, I'm bummed about not participating, but I am not in the right headspace for a project of this scope and speed.

In Like a Really Lazy and Unprepared Rhyme of Some Kind

Yes, I'm in. I'm down with the NaNoWriMo.

PROBLEM THE FIRST: I don't know what I will write about.
PROBLEM THE SECOND: I am not feeling too confident about this writing business lately.
PROBLEM THE THIRD: I fully intend to be employed soon which will really limit the "writing time" I usually have.

But, I realize most people in NaNoWriMo's face are employed, so the third problem really has no bearing on the competition.

As for the other two problems, I'm hoping I will get over them. See what I can pull out of my hat and run with it.

The NaNoWriMo Thing

Now that I've got my feet wet in the pools of long fiction writing (dammit, I'm good), I am really looking forward to the kind of work I could get done with NaNoWriMo. My only real hesitation is that I don't have any ideas for a book. At all. Smoke and Mirrors was doable for the 3-Day thing because I had come up with the basic concept well over a year ago. Sadly, that's been my only novel idea to date (hardy har har).

The countdown in the sidebar tells me I have 57 days to come up with another idea. That doesn't seem long enough. Dahlia and the little god had the luxury of lounging around in my brain for a long time before they had to face the harsh light of the word processor.

Thus far, I have thought of this:

Something cyberpunky
Something with poems in it.
Something with a strong female lead.

Maybe I can make it into something workable in 57 days.

My cat just dropped a toy mouse at my feet. It appears I have a previous engagement.