Done, and Yet Not Done
Last week I didn’t post very much because I was trying to finish up my word count for NaNoWriMo. Did I get there? Yes. Do I want to send what I have off to my agent right this minute? Um, no. Because you see, what you end up with after NaNoWriMo is like a big lump of clay. You know it’s going to be something, probably with ALOT more work, but sadly it still doesn’t look like the bust of J. Edgar Hoover that you have in your mind. The end of NaNoWriMo is always kind of a let-down for me, because while I know I CAN accomplish the goal of writing 50,000 words in a month, I also know how much additional work it takes to get it from what you have on December 1st to what’s going to actually be a good story, with good characters and a coherent plot. Still, that is a big-ass amount of writing to do in one month, so I suppose I will stop to congratulate myself, before going back to work.
In other writing-related news, It also just happened that a book I wrote a few years ago which never came out suddenly came back to life-during the month of November– and so I was editing THAT book and adding some more to it, writing my NaNoWriMo project, and trying to keep up with this blog, because you know how you people get when I don’t post anything (although, after what I thought was a HILARIOUS post last week about the weird people on Project Runway, a hater called me some names in my comments section, which I promptly erased because I have that right– I made this money! You didn’t!). Actually, that comment got me thinking that instead of witty personal anecdotes and observations, I maybe should just turn this blog into a series of tips on HOW TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE BETTER, or HOW TO SAVE MORE MONEY, or HOW TO GET YOUR DOG TO STAY OFF THE COUCH. Because I could, you know. I have a million of ’em. And that would probably be a very useful service, and not offend anyone like "Fans of Project Runway" or the Mischa Barton Fan Club.