2013 NaNoWriMo

Now that I've got both Quoth the Universe and First Time Outside published - both as e-books on several platforms as well as paperback on Amazon - I can now get to work on The Golden Blade.  I am also getting the synopsis together for my epic fantasy novel which will be at least three volumes.  My question is at what point do I publish the fantasy novels.  I was thinking I would publish the first volume once I had the second one written as a first draft.

The Golden Blade needs to be rewritten but I have a good feeling about the first draft now that it is completed.  If I follow the pattern, The Golden Blade will be over 100k words.  What is funny is that there are a couple of people who want me to write a sequel to Keira  and Logan's story from Quoth the Universe.  My response is that they have to tell me the story and so far they have been silent.  Cop out?  Some people may think so but I don't like to force my characters to tell a story.  The story then either doesn't work or it sounds forced.  I have given life to my characters.  If I have done a good job, then they are "alive."  I am their storyteller, their narrator.

In the meantime, Life is twisting and turning.  All grist for the mill.

First Time Outside

It is finally done and put to bed.  First Time Outside is available on Smashwords.com and will soon be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a few other platforms.  

Now to start work on the novel I wrote last November and get prepared to write the novel this November.

NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo 2012 has begun!  I have begun to write my third novel!  This one is different from the first two.  My spousal unit is upset because I keep writing novels that beg sequels but I haven't written any sequels yet.  Maybe next year.  Maybe not.  It may take a couple of more years before I get to writing sequels.  I have also challenged him to write the sequels and I will make sure he stays within the parameters I have set for the galaxy/planet/city.  Options, always options. :)

the mistake

I made the mistake of trying to discuss a topic with religious fanatics today.  There's a reason why you shouldn't do that.  I have to laugh though when the intolerant wonder why the tolerant are intolerant of them.  That's because if someone who is tolerant actually tolerates the intolerant, then trouble ensues.  We have the intolerant then thinking they can take over because the tolerant will just sit back and not do anything.  We, the tolerant, have an obligation to be intolerant of intolerance.  We also have an obligation to attempt to reduce the ignorance of those who are intolerant.

Father Sun, Mother Earth

Father Sun is nudging Mother Earth awake;
when Mother Earth awakens, she will shake herself
as a dog shakes off water;
God will blink;
and Humans will become a bad dream.

the Puritans are coming!  the Puritans are coming!  Actually, they are already here.  If we don't kick them out, the US will crash and burn.  The environment will become unhabitable.  And the rich will be scratching their heads wondering what happened.  Money is not everything.  The love of money is the root of all evil.  Hoarding money is what I call "love of money."  People do not seem to realize that this planet is finite.  It doesn't matter what our grandparents did; we have twice the number of people on this planet from what our grandparents had.  We have polluted far more; we have cut down far more forests; we have destroyed far more.  Unless someone can tell me where the market is to buy a new planet, then humans are being really stupid and short-sighted by destroying this one.  It isn't so much destroying this planet.  Earth will continue on without us.  Earth will simply be unhabitable by humans.  Or as one of my zoology professors said, Humans are not the next step in evolution.  Humans are the catalyst that clears the stage for the next step in evolution.

Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea

The sun has gone really quiet and now the earthquakes are more numerous.  What is concerning me is the number of earthquakes that are occurring at the edge of the Solomon plate near Papua New Guinea.  That little plate is a subduction zone and it has been very active lately.  The earthquakes have been deep and are in what looks like a trench on the north side of the land that has the capital.

I am seriously worried about the world.  Humans are not paying attention to what is being done to the environment.  Nature is very egalitarian.  When the pandemic(s) strike(s), it won't care if you are rich, poor, old, young, or where you live.  The earth and fire dragons are awakening, partially due to fracking.  I do what I can to care for the environment, to be the custodian according to my beliefs.

I was thinking about a statement I had heard.  "Thwarting God's Will."  How does a human thwart God's will?  Would not that make the human more powerful than the most powerful entity in the Universe?  God is all-powerful, all-seeing, has existed since before Time, knows what everything/one will do long before it is done.  He/She/It set up the laws of the universe; evolution, plate tectonics, processes.  How could one thwart the will of such an entity?  I propose that it is impossible.  He/She/It gave us free will.  But that doesn't mean our thoughts/plans/actions are unknown.

First Time Outside

I am still working on the first rewrite which is I am hoping to be the most massive one.  I am trying to get up to three rewrites done with this one massive one.  So far, I have added 15,000 words and I am only halfway done with the chapters.  So, I am right on track.  This first rewrite should be about 75,000 words.  The novel is on track to being 100,000 words long when all the rewrites are done.  And I am enjoying the story now that I am slowing down the speeding bullet to a far more sedate speed.

December 13, 2011

Because I am working on the rewrite on First Time Outside, I will not be involved with Script Frenzy.  Much as I enjoyed writing a script last April, it would take too much time away from rewriting the novel.  CreateSpace has the prize of 5 paperback copies for free if you get your novel to them before June 30th.  If I stop to write a script, I may not be meeting that deadline.  CreateSpace wants a proofread copy first which can take up to a week.  Bu the proofread copy only costs about $10.  The paperback copies are normally $7 each.  With that price, I may get a copy of Quoth the Universe for myself.  I rather enjoy the thought of having a bookshelf full of my books.

First Time Outside

This last November for NaNoWriMo, I wrote another science fiction novel.  I have titled it "First Time Outside."  Now I am working on rewriting it.  Currently the speed at which it flows is like that of a speeding bullet.  I need to slow it down a great deal.  Wish me luck.  :)

Quoth the Universe, update

The novel, Quoth the Universe, has passed inspection and has been "shipped" to Barnes & Noble and Apple stores.  It should show up in their online catalogs in a week or two.  Then I will be able to see how many people don't buy my book.

I saw a movie on Syfy that had me thinking that I should send out the script that I wrote for Script Frenzy 2011. My script is just as good as that movie's was - as far as I was concerned.  Hmmm.  I will have to research this further.

Quoth The Universe

I have published Quoth the Universe on smashwords.com.  The submission to the premium catalog is pending approval.  Once it is approved, Quoth the Universe will be available on Barnes & Noble, etc.  This is so cool!

It's been awhile

I did not realize it had been several months since I last posted.  I have been busy rewriting Quoth the Universe - the novel I wrote in the 2010 NaNoWriMo contest.  I am completing the final read-through now and will soon publish it on smashwords.com.  I hope to see it on Barnes & Nobles site soon after that.  And I have already written a summary of the next novel that I will write in the 2011 NaNoWriMo contest.  Hopefully, this time I won't have to rewrite so extensively.

Food for thought

Nature will have the last laugh.  Man destroys the Earth; the Earth with its new characteristics will destroy Man.  God is probably already having the last laugh.  We were given free will and given stewardship of this planet.  Have we created Heaven or Hell?

Script Frenzy and Your Story

I finished the script for Script Frenzy.  I wrote my first script and I wrote 100 pages in one month.  I feel good about it.  Now it has to be edited.  However, it needs to get in line after the novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo and some short stories I want to write.  And I wrote another story for the Your Story competition from Writers' Digest.  The prompt was the first line must be "You will not believe what came in the mail today."  I had fun writing it.  Let's see if it makes it to the finalist round.  I doubt it.  I have read what makes it to the finalist round and I have yet to be able to read one of those short stories from start to finish and they are less than 750 words. 

Dragons have awakened

The dragons have awakened.  First the Earth Dragon.  When he awakened, the 9.0 earthquake occurred in Japan.  He lifted his head when he appeared.  He had been sleeping.  Then the Water Dragon burst up into the air from the bottom of a lake.  Shortly thereafter, the series of tornadoes and storms and deluges in the Midwest of the US occurred.  Now, the Fire Dragon is slowly lifting his head.   What is the fourth dragon?  I believe the fourth dragon is disease.  There is a plasmid called NDM-1.  And a plasmid can enter any species of bacteria to confer its abilities.  It has already entered several dozen species of bacteria.  Nature is updating her arsenal.  What happens now is anyone's guess.  I am watching for what happens now that the Fire Dragon has been awakened. 

Man's inhumanity

Humans are definitely expressing their inhumanity to God's creatures when they pass laws that target specific breeds instead of being responsible and dealing with the actual culprit - humans.   The history of mankind is written in the blood of his victims.  And it is truly a bloody history.

New short story and new "did not make it to finalist stage"

It is fun to write short stories for the WD Your Story competition but it would be even nicer if I could get picked as one of the five finalists so that people can vote. 

I plan to start writing my series of planned short stories as soon as I have rewritten my novel and gotten past Script Frenzy.  I already know what I am doing for NaNoWriMo next November and if I only write novels in November, I have ideas already planned out for the next three Novembers.  The rest of the year will be reserved for short stories and rewrites and Script Frenzy.