October 31, 2002
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What Madness is This!
Tonight at midnight it begins. Dreams of blood and terror, heart palpitations, sweaty palms and the pounding, pounding, pounding beat of the race to beat the monster all come together in a mind-numbing fog. No, not Halloween, at midnight the fantasy that is Halloween will be over and reality comes home to roost. I've done it. This time I've REALLY done it.
I've sign up for National Novel Writing Month. (NaNoWriMo for short.)
See, I have drawers, files, disks, and notebooks full of scribbles, scraps and fragments of sentences, chapters and ideas. But, not one finished manuscript. This November I'm going to finish. (Not all of them, I'm insane but I still have to sleep.)
The hardest part has been choosing WHICH story to focus on. I've done it. I have my focus. I considered the time-travel fantasy where the sociobiologist from the future is trapped in the Middle Ages and has a psychotic break over the lack of antibiotics in the midst of horrible diseases. I considered the literary novel about teh successful lawyer who leaves her career to become a Stay at Home Mom. I considered the Romance (Indiana Jones meets Martha Stewart). But in the end, it's the murder mystery I've determined to finish (first). Wish me luck, wish me ideas, wish me inspiration to get out of bed the hour earlier that I'm going to have to get up and write before my "regular" day begins.
And give me LOTS and LOTS of eprops. Because now that I've committed myself (the NaNoWriMo people have let me know that if I fail to complete this challenge my whole circle of friends will be ashamed of me and several second cousins will never speak to me again) suddenly, I'm convinced that I couldn't write an ingredients list for bottled water.
Happily, there is no water involved in my murder story. So tonight, I'll be up at midnight, (it's not in the rules but it seems the right thing to do) and if it goes well, I'll have dear old Jonathon happily dead by morning.
Oh, yeah -
Happy Halloween!
Comments (31)
I wanna read it just based on your description of the plot!
Ooooh! GOOD LUCK, Momi!! I wish you lots of success in building your storyline!
(There should be a blogring for NaNoWriMo because I know three other writers off the top of my head who are doing it as well!)
And Happy Halloween to you, too!
Here are two props to get your started. I'll be by as often as I can to give you more.
BIG BUNDLE of BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK your way for your new endeavor. From what I can tell, writing a novel is nothing like a walk in the park. My hat, if I were wearing one, is tipped to you.
Prop, prop... just a little boost to get you going
Good Luck!!!
... rest up today while you can!
Talk about courage... you have a lot more of it than me! WOW! good luck... and assured maximum proppage.
Oh best of luck
I cannot wait to see what you write!!!! 
Happy Halloween 
BOO!
Just a reply to your comment on my blog.. I wonder if it's because marriages that end in divorce often end with bitter parents as well? I think the key to having the most good come from a divorce would be parents who can accept it, deal with it, and not bring the kids into it any more than necessary. For me, at least, the fact that my parents actually were civil to one another and didn't try to poison my opinion of the other was definitely a big part of it all. I know for a fact though, that some parents aren't so kind to their children during and after divorce. I think the best solution is one where everyone can get along peacefully - if parents who stay together for the kids can do that, all the power to 'em! If they fight and argue messily though.. divorce is probably better for the kids in the end.
By the way, I'm honoured to be mistaken for Tess!
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Happy Halloween!!!
Wishin' you da best!
I envy both the confidence required to undertake such a project and the honesty to admit it and face our intense ridicule if you fail to see it to the end.
Break a leg.
Weeeee way to go!!
I'm too afraid of deadlines..otherwise I'd come join you *grin*
Love n stuff,
The Real Tess
Oh good for YOU! I'm proud of you!!!!! You can do it.
And about the second cousins? Eh...fuggedaboudem.
I'm gonna be proppin' you to pieces! Go for it - if I'm not dead or locked up in a padded room by this time next year, I think I'll do it too.
GOod luck!
Break a leg...or two if it helps you get at least one or more of those completed!
Jen
I'm so glad I'm not the ONLY one who writes down ideas and fragments, shoves them into folders and drawers to come back to them later but never does! *L* I have a 5 chapter beginning of what is supposed to be a novella but it hasn't been worked on in oh, 4 months...writer's block. Oh well...I'll get back to it SOMEtime! I feel your pain!!
Procrastinators unite!
And don't worry about what your family says. When you get your glory and riches eventually, they'll all be begging for handouts, no matter how you've painted their pictures. *L*
Whoever said money was vulgar obviously never had any.
About time! I'm just glad you didn't go ahead with the romance. Indiana Jones and Martha Stewart just doesn't sound pretty. I look forward to picking this book up at my local store though.
GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK, and congratulations!! Wow. Can't wait to read this!!
I'm right there with you! I did it last year, and it really isn't quite as insane as it sounds. Major props coming your way! We can cheer each other on.
Go for It! I admire you.
I have watched enough Law & Order and Homicide reruns to be considered an expert! Consider me at your disposal!
My hubby is doing the NaNoWriMo too! Lots of luck!
forget it, lady, if you fail at this, i'll never never read you again, and i'll tell all your friends you're really a 64-yr-old man with no teeth and a bad comb-over (not that there's any such thing as a good comb-over...) so you better get crackin, missy!
Go for it, Girl! If I can do it, you can too.
Oh my...you do love a challenge! Lady, I respect and admire you for your inspiration and energy!
Here's a bunch of eProp angels to get you started: ***I'm glad that my 'revelations' in today's blog didn't take you by surprise...I was hoping that my answers would be 'expected'. Thanks! 
Spot
I wish you well in this endeavor. WTG. (((HUGS)))
Well pip-pip from a fellow NaNo!
I know we can do it. I did it last year! It's doable.
Do! Do! Do! Enjoy because it's fun!
I wish I were brave...
I'll prop you and prop you and prop you-- whatever helps... Good luck!
Write on.......
You can do it!
Obviously I have to let pass that anything you declare coincides with my own attention
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