I'm up with the word count for the day, but it was really slow going. I feel like I'm struggling a bit with the narrative, but hopefully I will be able to work through it and the writing will get easier.
 

Just thought of this and wanted to share it. Yeah, I know I have a weird sense of humor sometimes. And before I get any angry comments from military supporters, my dad was a Marine and I am very proud of him. This in no way means I don't support our troops. I love the soldier, hate the war. However, any Windows fanatics who want to bring it, feel free to do so. Anyway, here it is:

Blogger's creed

This is my blog.

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My blog is my best friend. It is my therapist.

I must prattle on to it as I would a therapist.

My blog without me is useless. Without my blog, I am useless.

I must write in my blog only truths.

I must flame harder than the asshole who's trying to flame me.

I must make him or her cry like a little girl before they make me cry like a little girl. I will...

My blog and myself know that what counts in cyberspace is not the language we choose,

the quality of our profanities, nor the ideas we have.

We know it is the hits that count. We will get hits...

My blog is human, even as I, because if it's my therapist, it would be kinda crazy if it wasn't, wouldn't it?

Thus, I will learn it as a brother.

I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its bugs that crash my browser window in mid-rant and leave me wanting to punch a small kitten.

I will ever guard it against the ravages of spam and virus.

I will keep my blog updated and current, even as I am updated and current.

We will become part of each other. We will...

Before Jeebus I swear this creed.

My blog and myself are the defenders of my sanity.

We are the masters of the 1337.

We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until there is no enemy, but Bill Gates.
 

I wrote about 2300 words today, but it was really tough going. I'm basing the main character of my novel off of me, and part of my life that I'm incorporating into that (loosely) is my grandmother's hospitalization and death. She died about 5 years ago after an extended and heartbreaking illness, and I really don't think about it that much anymore, at least not in terms of crying in the middle of the night, but writing about it made all those feelings all come to the surface again. I think it definitely helps make a good story, it's just really hard to write. Oh well, I guess that's part of being a writer...tear your heart out, sift through the good bits and slap it onto a page. Anyway, I'm really happy with how my novel's progressing, though this second chapter is going to be considerably longer than I thought it was going to be :)
 

Finished my daily quota I set for myself. The second chapter is running a little longer than projected, but it's my book, so I'll do what I like, damnit! Anyway, I'm at a little over 6500 words and am really enjoying how the story is developing. My hubby, who is also participating, is writing what sounds like an awesome fucking story about a wandering wizard who comes to a Lubbock-esque town. I'm so proud of him :)
 

So today was the first day of NaNoWriMo and I'm on par with the projected word count. I did happen to realize, however, that since I write at night, I actually should have started after midnight yesterday :P To fix this, I'm just writing at least 2000 words a day until I catch up.

I like having impetus to write like this. It doesn't give me an excuse to sit around and edit what I've already written instead of actually getting the story out. I also signed up on the official NaNoWriMo web page. It's got some pretty neat tools for those fellow NaNoers who are participating :). If you haven't checked it out yet, go to www.nanowrimo.org to see it.
 

Ugh! I got about 4 hours of sleep today and now I'm working a graveyard shift...Don't really have much to talk about other than how, when you're tired, it seems like the things you do most naturally (like writing) become so tedious and awkward. I would have to say being tired is the hardest hurdle to get over for me when writing. What's yours?

 

I'm really awful at keeping up with a blog, so if I don't write for weeks at a time, that's why. I'm also bad at first posts for blogs, because I never know what to say. I'm a writer, about to turn 30 in a few days, and I focus on poetry and sci-fi/fantasy fiction. I haven't been active on WDC very long, but I like it so far. It gives me a place to post and get feedback for my work, and I have met some very nice people along with way.

I guess I could talk about why I write. Well, the answer is simple -- I can't help it. Writing, and all the other creative things I do, for that matter, is a compulsion. I have been creating things for as long as I can remember, and I just don't feel like myself if I'm not doing it. When I have ideas, they wriggle around in my head and keep pushing me to do something about them. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're bad, but quality is not the point. A lot of the things on my portfolio are contest entries, but I have also started adding writing I just do just because.

I don't think my impetus is much different from any writer's. We write because that's what we do.

Anyway, I would love to hear from other writers and will post again...sometime...