Category Archives: Nanowrimo

Metaspirational – The Princess Bride

Okay, so. Seriously, if you want to be a writer, or even if you want to want to be a writer, you need to make sure you’ve read the Princess Bride. I’m a big William Goldman fan ever since a … Continue reading

Posted in Fantasy, Nanowrimo, Novel, Stories, Writing | 4 Comments

The Incredible Expanding Cranium of Dr Crippens

No. I’m not a doctor. But anyway, I spent a chunk of today rereading stuff. This (actually last) year’s nano (the gender bending post modern psychoanalytic revolution….and a load of pretentious nonsense) and last year’s (actually the year before last’s) … Continue reading

Posted in Big Head, Nanowrimo, Personal, Writing | 3 Comments

Definitely Not Gratuitous – Erotica Eroica

Troublesome. That’s what it is. Troublesome. I’ve hit the climax see. Well. Not the climax, but the crux. This is pretty much the emotional core of the novel, which, if I need to remind you, came to me whilst masturbating … Continue reading

Posted in Erotica, Feminism, gender, Ideology, Nanowrimo, Troublesome, Writing | 9 Comments

I want Chocolate

It is hard to reward myself when I can’t turn to my usual staples of booze and other types of booze. See, I hit 20k. Which means I managed 2.5k today. This is good wording, but now I’ve made that … Continue reading

Posted in life, Mind, Motivation, Nanowrimo, Personal, Room | 1 Comment

Negatory good buddy

Fun day yesterday, party, excitement, banter, skirts, wrestling, pomegranete fights, slightly uncomfortable people not sure how to deal with a guy in a skirt. Party slowly getting much better than expected. Problematics though. No writing. Bad, should’ve written something. Tension/Arguments. … Continue reading

Posted in Down, Failure, hurt, Nanowrimo, Parties, Personal, Relationships | 1 Comment

Post Mod – Errrr, Nitty

So. Writing’s funny. I’m currently finding my post modernist perspective to be dangerous. Once you disentangle from simple ideology everything you write is not yours, and fraught with danger. Sure it may be playful, but it’s getting dark. And I’m … Continue reading

Posted in Nanowrimo, Panic, Plot, Post Modern, Progress, Writing | 3 Comments

Busy in a good way for once

Yesterday was a bit manic, involving lots of typing, some laundry, something resembling a date (that managed to be probably the most successful/unsuccessful date I’ve ever been on…for weird complicated reasons that I can’t go into…lots of fun is the … Continue reading

Posted in Busy, Dating, Diary?, Happy, Nanowrimo, Positive, Relationships, Writing | 1 Comment

Not Working

My hangover is trying to kill me, the nano meet last night was a mess but a kind of success, but I may have been too drunk. I then went elsewhere and got more too drunk. Had my first ‘old … Continue reading

Posted in Bits and Bobs, Booze, Conflusion, Day of the Dead, Fear, Love, Memorial, Nanowrimo, Personal | 1 Comment

Bit of a Mess – More Creative Compost

More filler (though actually, last post ended up sparking some awesome conversations, and all the content is only going to bring up my stats, even if it is just more people looking for nudity and weird sex). I’ve had a … Continue reading

Posted in Composting, Creativity, Ideas, Nanowrimo, Writing | 5 Comments

Excitement, Anticipation and Grumpiness – Lots going on right now

Soooo, I was planning on writing a big Nanowrimo encouragement post, to celebrate the site getting back in business for the 2007 session…and then realised that it’s not going on until the evening…in another country…so I’d be early. So I’ll … Continue reading

Posted in Complicated, Evolution, Excited, Expenditure, Feminism, Grumpy, Nanowrimo, Radiohead, Random, Reading, WASTE | 3 Comments

Like a Dog – Turmoil

First up, name that closing line. Secondly, sorry I’ve been incommunicado. I’ve been horrifically ill most of this week. Fevers, aches, pains, insomnia, sweat, hallucinations and a sore throat. It’s not been pleasant. I haven’t actually been this ill since … Continue reading

Posted in Dysphoria, Ill, Nanowrimo, Sickypoo, Turmoil, Writing | 18 Comments

Fimbulwinter Anyone?

I finally fucking did it. The scene that has been the bane of my existence for almost six months as been written, now I just need to remember how the Ragnarok bit goes (a question of research) and I’ve got … Continue reading

Posted in Accomplishment, Apocalypse, Dennis Wilson, Ending, Frost Troll, Gah, Hope, Joy, Mood, Music, Nanowrimo, Novel, Things the make me Smile, Wonderful, Writer's Block, Writing | 5 Comments

Slow Painful Progress – Moods and Trolls

So, I am still maintaining some kind of forward motion on the nano. I finally got the ball rolling again. Only problem is it’s going incredibly slowly. I kinda took the weekend off and spent most of it absolutely bladdered…or … Continue reading

Posted in Beer, boredom, Creativity, Detachment, Diary?, Drinking, Emotions, Energy, Feeling Rough, Film, Frost Troll, Gah, Hope, Imagination, Incoherent, life, Looking forward, Lovely, Mild Mania, Music, Nanowrimo, Nonsense, Novel, Personal, Personal Growth, Ramble, Swings and Roundabouts, Things that make me Smile, Thoughts, Tired, Tiredness, Vikings, Violence, Werid, Writing | 7 Comments

Big Blue Troll gone missing.

So. I’m at work, and I wasn’t planning on blogging today. I was hoping to write a couple of thousand words on the old novel. That’s right…I’ve finally had the burst of ideas I’ve been waiting for and I’m ready … Continue reading

Posted in Action, Action Films, Apocalypse, Frost Troll, How to write, I am an Artist, Idiot, Literature, Nanowrimo, Novel, Ramble, Storytelling, Strange, Swings and Roundabouts, Vikings, Weird, Writer's Block, Writing | 3 Comments

A Quantum Awakening – Scroedinger’s Vikings

Random research sometimes yields better results than anything specific. Following a link  on an article about the iPhone (current wordpress number one) led me to Schroedinger’s cat, which I’ve known about for years. Anyway, I looked at the related links … Continue reading

Posted in Being a 'writer', Big Brother, Creativity, Feeling Rough, Geekery, How to write, Internet, Investigation, Learning, Mild Mania, Nanowrimo, Novel, Quantum Physics, Science, Swings and Roundabouts, Thoughts, Vikings, Wikipedia, Writer's Block | 7 Comments