Nano - Done

As of about 4:37 today, I crossed 50,000 words for Nano. The final scene is just starting to unfold, but the rules require that I end the story, so I do, rather abruptly. Not the final ending, of course, probably nothing about this novel is final though there are a few interesting scenes along the way and I have a good sense of who Dante Blackmore, Josephine Tyler, and Anita Graves - among others - are. It's more the bones of a novel than a full novel. But hey. This is where it all started. And it feels good to finish. :)

-JRS

Thoughts on Nano

Once again, late to getting something on my blog, strung out in the last stages of Nano. (I cracked 40,000 words today). And naturally, I find myself without recyclable content to post. So I'm going to post this little bit of silliness that started going through my head about a thousand words into today's output.

(To the tune of I'm Gonna Be by The Proclaimers)

When I wake up, well I know I'm gonna write, I'm gonna write another couple thousand words.

At Panera I got a frequent eater card, and I've eaten every salad on the board.

If I get drunk, well I know I'm gonna fall, I'm gonna fall behind a couple thousand words.

And I can't give up. Yeah I know I can't give up, I can't give up though I'm behind ten thousand words.

(refrain)
And I will write 500 words and I will write 500 more just to write my fifty-thousand words 'bout steampunk old West zombie whores...

Ok, I'll stop now. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it.

-JRS