It is time. I am entering the final threshhold. NaNoWriMo, 2006, begins for me in less than an hour. No more time for research. No more time for plot, or character development, or preperations of any kind. Just spewing, indeed sir, I said spewing, onto the page. Or screen, if you will.
In any case, text as it is finished will be uploaded here for your pleasure and edification. And since I'm sure the only chaps who are reading this are my close friends and family, I say I love you!
Onward!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
Clarification
OK, so, reviewing the first post, I'm not sure I've alerted you all to how weird this novel will be. The desire for "japery" in the title implies it, but. It's not going to be about combat, nor will it be historically accurate. Basically, the Western Front seems like such a unique setting, and WWI such a time of global change that I couldn't resist. But really, the novel's going to be about how these people deal with living on the front, the psychology and fantasy and madness and hope and stuff like that. Dead people as characters! A meditation on limes! Etc!
Just a heads up.
DOCTOR'S NOTE: CONTENTS OF THIS POST MAY OR MAY NOT REFLECT CONTENTS OF NOVEL
Just a heads up.
DOCTOR'S NOTE: CONTENTS OF THIS POST MAY OR MAY NOT REFLECT CONTENTS OF NOVEL
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Aural Cornicopia!
Holy shit! Am I allowed to swear on these things? Whatever. Fuck!
New Music! Really fucking good new music! This isn't really a music blog, but music is so important to my writing and to me that I'm going to write about it anyway.
The Decembrists' "The Crane Wife"
Simply astounding. If you've heard the Decembrists before you know what to expect. Literate historical stories (one of them references The Tempest! Holy #$%^#) backed with alt-folk and prog-/rock music. The band's sound is tighter and better than ever, and the experiments succeed brilliantly (the album's longest tracks, The Island and Crane Wife 1 and 2, are both very different and very good (the middle section of The Island makes me freak out every time, and Crane Wife 1 might be my favorite song so far this year)). They have a new drummer, who is fucking awesome. Get this album.
The Hold Steady's "Boys and Girls in America”
Wooooo!
Matthew Friedberger's Winter Women / Holy Ghost Language School"
Like the Fiery Furnaces? No? Well, then don't bother with this album. If you do (wow, I thought "Rehearsing My Choir" wiped most of us FF Fans out) than this solo effort is well worth a listen. It showcases Matt's skill at creating some of the most bizarre melodies out there, along with some of the most strangely affecting lyrics. Excellent if you are into that sort of thing.
White Whale's "WWI"
Saw this and bought in on an impulse, as I pretty much cannot resist Moby Dick references. It's pretty good.
Happy listening!
New Music! Really fucking good new music! This isn't really a music blog, but music is so important to my writing and to me that I'm going to write about it anyway.
The Decembrists' "The Crane Wife"
Simply astounding. If you've heard the Decembrists before you know what to expect. Literate historical stories (one of them references The Tempest! Holy #$%^#) backed with alt-folk and prog-/rock music. The band's sound is tighter and better than ever, and the experiments succeed brilliantly (the album's longest tracks, The Island and Crane Wife 1 and 2, are both very different and very good (the middle section of The Island makes me freak out every time, and Crane Wife 1 might be my favorite song so far this year)). They have a new drummer, who is fucking awesome. Get this album.
The Hold Steady's "Boys and Girls in America”
Wooooo!
Matthew Friedberger's Winter Women / Holy Ghost Language School"
Like the Fiery Furnaces? No? Well, then don't bother with this album. If you do (wow, I thought "Rehearsing My Choir" wiped most of us FF Fans out) than this solo effort is well worth a listen. It showcases Matt's skill at creating some of the most bizarre melodies out there, along with some of the most strangely affecting lyrics. Excellent if you are into that sort of thing.
White Whale's "WWI"
Saw this and bought in on an impulse, as I pretty much cannot resist Moby Dick references. It's pretty good.
Happy listening!
Monday, October 02, 2006
Let Slip The Dogs of War
So, this is how a world begins, not with a bang, but with a blog.
Sorry.
This blog is basically a place to store the text of my National Novel
Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Novel (NaNo) so I can recover it if my
computer crashes. Of course, I'll probably just email myself the word
document as an attatchment, as that will also preserve the formatting.
My college even provides an online service to store files, so I might
just use that. What I mean is, this blog will probably be a vast and
empty expanse upon which the dust will blow.
Anyway.
This NaNo will be about the Great War (WWI), mostly concerned with
the antics of the Western Front. I'm going to try my best to get some
permutation of the word "jape" into the title (jape, japes, japery,
japish, etc.)
So, here you (maybe) can track the the ideas and outline of the novel
during October and eventually the text of the thing when it goes live
on November 1st. I stop on Novemeber 30th. At least 1667 words a
day, for a total of 50,000.
Wish me luck!
Sorry.
This blog is basically a place to store the text of my National Novel
Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Novel (NaNo) so I can recover it if my
computer crashes. Of course, I'll probably just email myself the word
document as an attatchment, as that will also preserve the formatting.
My college even provides an online service to store files, so I might
just use that. What I mean is, this blog will probably be a vast and
empty expanse upon which the dust will blow.
Anyway.
This NaNo will be about the Great War (WWI), mostly concerned with
the antics of the Western Front. I'm going to try my best to get some
permutation of the word "jape" into the title (jape, japes, japery,
japish, etc.)
So, here you (maybe) can track the the ideas and outline of the novel
during October and eventually the text of the thing when it goes live
on November 1st. I stop on Novemeber 30th. At least 1667 words a
day, for a total of 50,000.
Wish me luck!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)