Lizardbeth's Tale

 Since I keep getting emails from nanowrimo, it's a reminder that I'm going to have to decide what to do, if anything.  I bombed out last year, trying to write a whole bunch of (different) fics - it's just a hassle to keep track of, for one thing. Also, I really liked when I did an original draft, it felt like something useful to do for nano rather than, more of the same, basically. 

Also, fic-wise, Nano will fall in a lull this year -- my Marvel Bang posting date is right in the middle (nov 13) but it's already in a pretty full draft, so it'll be in revisions. Comes the Hurricane will be posting also, likewise in revisions. I can put Last Contract on hold. And Yuletide I can do in Dec. So in terms of a project that'll be in first draft stage, I won't be in the middle of one, at least.

But of course, that means I need a new (original) idea that I'm excited about enough to whip out 50K.

So possibilities:
- the ghost story/romance I thought about before (bad thing about this one is it's partly written as an AU, but I think I'd take the general idea and start over.) 
- port a different AU 
- I have a MG book idea
- or none of the above and I need something else

(and then I find out that Stephenie Meyer publishes a search-and-replace genderswap of Twilight and jfc why even bother? lol) 

Got my assignment, which is both what I totally wanted, and yet now that it's in my hand, I wonder what the hell I was thinking? ACK! It seemed so easy when it was theoretical... now the issue of doing actual justice to the source rears its terrible head. (But good/bad news, I guess, roeskva, I didn't get that particular match, so I have no questions for you. boo).

I'm working away on my NaNo, which is kind of odd for me to be writing fanfic. I honestly think it did not help having to turn in that outline/summary though - it tends to wear my enthusiasm to have to write it all out. But hey, it's not every day you can bring Shinobi Shaw into Avengers continuity (cuz you know that ain't ever happening in canon). I'm also trying to write in order which is crimping my style. I may have to give it up in order to produce words faster.

But back to it, must make today's minimum at least since tomorrow is going to be full of soccer.

50K achieved!

Not winning, just yet, as I still have to validate it, and I can't stand having this scene incomplete, BUT.

IT WILL BE MINE SOON!!!

Tomorrow, I'll put up my pics, summary, and invite some alpha readers. :)

Although ff.net is usually the home of "why didn't you write it MY way" type comments, sometimes you get a gem. I'm still holding in a tab a really lovely long note for Road to Tartarus and it just KILLS me that they didn't leave a reply link so I can't say how much I appreciate it. :( Such a wonderful comment and really something like that makes so much worthwhile.

In other NaNoWriMo news I'm a zillion words behind after getting a migraine yesterday and most of today. Hopefully I can catch up tomorrow. *sigh* It's not my NaNo this year, so far. But I'll keep plugging away. I can tell you that I'm stretching my word count with really explicit sex though. :)

I still haven't signed up for Yuletide, which makes me feel like a slacker! Which, I know it's open til Sunday, but I'm usually ready at opening bell.

Alan Dale on PoI later!

I'm not ahead, but at least I've caught up with the PURPLE LINE OF DOOM (which is far less DOOM-Y this year. I like it better as a bigger bolder more intimidating line, I think). Of course, I got caught up by writing the worst load of crap writing possibly ever, but NEVER MIND.

I er, also may have been working on Black Sails as I'm now in the bits where I'm stitching together a bunch of scenes I already wrote (I have mentioned I often write out of order) into one big chapter. So it's kind of like working on a second draft already at least for this part, since there's bits I have to move around and clip and redo.

But it's good I finally caught up on NaNo because I told myself I couldn't watch any of the shows I missed last week while I was away OR Psych this week if I wasn't caught up.

PSYCH. TOMORROW. WED. 10 PM. USA.

I was thinking of a discussion post, but is that silly? IDEK.

I'll do more tonight so I can get ahead. Kidlet and I have our three day adventure in NorCal coming up and I doubt I'm going to get in very many words this weekend! So, no slacking off! But still, at least I passed the day's minimum.

2345 / 50000 words. 5% done!

As I mentioned on my Twitter, I'm trying to think of new names for my two lead characters, and it's weirdly like naming a kid. Except here I want to avoid fandom associations. I mean, in my brain, at least to start with when the fandom connections are still fresh. So, for instance, I can't rename "Sam" into a "Bill" because that would be weird. (I'm tempted to name him David because of David Underhill, which is actually who he's based on, even more than Sam. but better not do that either)

So yes, what I'm saying is that it's occasionally VERY INCONVENIENT of Ron to have picked mostly English names rather than naming them all like Romo Lampkin (cuz that one? EASY TO AVOID)

Anyway, so there was that. There was also some idle Nikita/Person of Interest fanficcing going on today because there is nothing on Earth that will convince me that Reese was not in fact a Division agent. My ficlet has no plot and I don't even know if it's interesting to anyone but me, but I wanted to do it, so whatev.

Which means it's time to figure out what I'm going to write.

Last year I had the advantage of the shiny new plot landing in my lap basically a week before NaNo even started. (The Other Side -- I still love it quite a bit, by the way, even though it needs work) This year, not so much, at least not yet. So I think I'll go back to my original group of four ideas for last year and figure out which one I want to do most.

I think I had a child easier than this stupid NaNo. blerg.

but 6000 remaining. WOOT!

*goes back to it*