Just What Am I up to?
Oct. 19th, 2008 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marfisk"Thank you, everyone, for your kind welcome. I've struggled with this fact for several years now, and finally have to admit. I have a NaNo addiction."
*sighs*
"Yes. You're right. It does feel better getting it all out. I can give myself excuses, point to the benefits of getting an extra novel written each year, of practicing writing to a deadline, of darn well having fun, but none of that changes the facts.
Every year, right around this time, whether or not I've committed to doing NaNo--and often when I've adamantly said it's not in the cards--I suddenly drop everything to create or polish my outline. There's no other explanation for it than addiction. Rational thought comes into it only so far as to provide rationalizations. I am an addict."
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This year's project is lovingly titled "Coma Marriage," even after I nixed the marriage from the synopsis this morning ;). It was inspired by an exercise one of my Muse Online Conference workshop participants completed. This novel has, in the course of two or three days, sprung into form through providing feedback to the participant, two on-the-edge-of-sleep moments, and discussing the thought with Valerie Comer. And up until yesterday morning, I was still kicking and screaming about actually writing this novel.
Oh, and it will be my first completed entry into the adult paranormal romance category (since Sorcery and the Perfect Dress (last year's NaNo) is a young adult paranormal romance).
*sighs*
"Yes. You're right. It does feel better getting it all out. I can give myself excuses, point to the benefits of getting an extra novel written each year, of practicing writing to a deadline, of darn well having fun, but none of that changes the facts.
Every year, right around this time, whether or not I've committed to doing NaNo--and often when I've adamantly said it's not in the cards--I suddenly drop everything to create or polish my outline. There's no other explanation for it than addiction. Rational thought comes into it only so far as to provide rationalizations. I am an addict."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This year's project is lovingly titled "Coma Marriage," even after I nixed the marriage from the synopsis this morning ;). It was inspired by an exercise one of my Muse Online Conference workshop participants completed. This novel has, in the course of two or three days, sprung into form through providing feedback to the participant, two on-the-edge-of-sleep moments, and discussing the thought with Valerie Comer. And up until yesterday morning, I was still kicking and screaming about actually writing this novel.
Oh, and it will be my first completed entry into the adult paranormal romance category (since Sorcery and the Perfect Dress (last year's NaNo) is a young adult paranormal romance).
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Date: 2008-10-20 08:47 am (UTC)Good luck with Coma Marriage!
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Date: 2008-10-21 05:15 am (UTC)My name is Yve..and I'm a Nano-holic. :)
Oh, and I have no plans to walk the rest of the steps.
Good luck in November!
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Date: 2008-10-21 05:19 am (UTC)Good luck with yours as well.