15 days to go bofore this years novelling event! This year, I decided, I would give it a miss. The only other year I’ve missed was a couple of years ago when we moved to the new Plasterboard Palace. That was the month from hell. I wrote a few desultory paragraphs, but the pressures of moving, changing jobs at work, and well, just life in general was too much. But in the last couple of weeks I’d had a change of heart, and I’ve found myself plotting story outlines in my head as I walk the dogs of an afternoon…
Last year, I tackled my first (and possibly last!) Romance novel. It was bloody hard work! This year though, a story has formed based around the song “Sons of Vengeance”, by the old metal band, Krokus (they rock harder than the Swiss franc… apparently). It will be a fantasy, swords and sandals epic. I get to choose a mythical land, minus the mythical creatures and monsters, and tap away as my hero sets off on his epic quest. I’ve got a ‘love interest’, warring kings, a rogue knight, and a couple of deputy sidekicks who will make life a bit more interesting for the hero.
As a result, I’m quite looking forward to this years event… it’s the Nano curse, who will save me from it?!
So, in preparation for a month of novel scribbling, I’ve upped the number of columns contributed to The Observer this month so I can concentrate on my ‘masterpiece’. Thus my night time scribbling is consuming at least 2 – 4 hours each night, as I tap away in bed on my little laptop, writing, editing, re-editing, and writing. How the hell I’m keeping up with this blog, work, house work, renovations, and finding time to read at least 2 books a week I don’t know… but I’m not unhappy with this situation, life is certainly a lot more interesting 🙂
Meanwhile, in the loungeroom, my family are enjoying shows that I wouldn’t normally let them watch… everyone’s a winner!
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