NaNoWriMo Update
I think this says it all: I crossed the threshold and officially validated 50,146 words (Word says I had 50,0205, so I have to wonder what didn’t count). My novel is actually far from complete. I’m not even on final buildup to the climax yet, actually, but I’m still going [...]
Thoughts on Writing: Audience
I was reading a writing forum today where someone brought up the point that if you do not include a gay character in your novel you run the risk of gay people not identifying with your novel and losing interest. After careful consideration I have decided that every novel I write will include a very, [...]
OWS picks on kids?!
I had already long given up any hope of the Occupy movement as being sane, rational, decent, law-abiding citizens trying to raise a valid point. Any comparison between them and the Tea Party is an utter insult to the Tea Party. Their current tantrum in New York is not protest. It’s sabotage. But picking on [...]
Local Jr. High-schoolers meet NaNoWriMo
A school in my area has also taken on NaNoWriMo as a classroom exercise, something the Office of Letters and Light actively promotes. With my daughter and myself both participating and one son waiting in the wings to do his own version next month (thus easing keyboard congestion), it’s already having an impact on our [...]
NaNoWriMo Update
Hey everyone! Yes, I’m still alive! And I’m half-way through National Novel Writing Month. We were supposed to have 25,000 words written by the end of yesterday, and I clocked out with 26,728 after what I believe is my most productive day yet with 3300 words. So, what am I learning? Preparation is important: I [...]
Random Musings: Justin Timberlake, SEAGames, Earth-view, 5-second rule
I thought it was rather decent of Justin Timberlake when he accepted Cpl. Kelsey De Santis’ invitation to a Marine Corps Ball. Well, the ball has come and gone, and from the reports I’ve read, everyone had a good time. Timberlake even wrote a stirring report on his blog. I’m impressed–his report was all about [...]
Random Musings: NaNoWriMo, Snow, Showers
Well, the first five days of NaNoWriMo are in the can (speaking cinematographically, not scatologically), and my word count stands at just over 11,000 words. I’m over 20% there already, though some of that is so that I can take a day off tomorrow. And I also suspect that the plot line I’m working on [...]
Random Musings: Morality, Herman Cain, An answer, Blue eyes
I’ve been meaning to write a post on morality for awhile now, but Mona Charen has managed to capture much of what I would say in her column “Moral Abdication“. One highlight: The irony is that this supposed reluctance to make moral judgments is itself a moral posture. The young people in the study, like [...]
Does this guy speak for OWS?
Ted Rall has a column up at Yahoo! News, in which he calls for violence to advance the OWS cause. His claim is that revolutions do not happen without violence, and that revolution is what OWS wants: If voting or writing letters to the editor worked, we wouldn’t need Occupations. The Occupy movement can wind [...]
Bad lip reading, Social crime, Obama
Someone has cut a series of videos called “Bad Lip Reading”, where they do their own voice-overs based on what it looks like the person is saying/singing. This one of Rick Perry (“Save a pretzel for the gas jet!”)brought me to tears. I don’t know if they’re all this good, but feel free to let [...]
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