general update

[rivendellrose]

I signed up for Nanowrimo again. For those who don't know, that's a yearly festival/contest of sorts where people all over the world try to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November, and share the pain, the angst, and the joy over at the Nanowrimo page (www.nanowrimo.org). How many other wrimos (??) do I have on my friends-list? I know shadawyn is over there - anybody else?

This year I'll be trying to crank out my Charlemagne-era novel, with the stuff I've already written being considered prep-work, not counted into the word total (alas).

On the BPAL front, I wore 'Lightning' on Tuesday and 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (the beauty of the sleeping wood) today. Lightning is a really nice watery scent, but not something I'd wear for absolutely every day, and La Belle, although beautiful when I first put it on, seems to fade within a few hours, to the point where I can barely smell it. Disappointing, that, but it'd still be worth it if the first few hours of my day weren't spent doing digital recording of a class in a room full of asshole athletes. Definitely an evening or weekend (or quick pick-me-up) scent. I think I'll wear 'Invocation' tomorrow - I'm really looking forward to that one.

Also, has anybody else read Barbara Ehrenstein's book Nickle and Dimed? It's a really interesting sociological type work, but I'm getting just a teeeeensy bit tired of her going on about how impossible it must be for people to handle all these jobs and live on this income. Welcome to my life, lady. I realize her point is that it sucks a hell of a lot more for all these people who are adults and trying to support families like this, but I'm seriously getting a "ohmigod poor me I must return to my ivory tower because I am the princess who has fallen and it's so HARD in the real world!" kind of vibe off her. Blargh.

Comments

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

I'm in... as is most of my f-list, so if you need some comraderie, you can pop over to my list ;)

Glad to have some Seattle company this year :D Now we just need to wrangle some other people into it, and then we can have weekend write-a-thons and not feel antisocial ;)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Wheeee, weekend write-a-thons! This is where I start wishing I had a laptop, honestly... so I could just carry it around all the time, and write wherever I am, rather than always being stuck at my desk in the dungeon. ;)

I'm not going to push, since I know everybody's busy this year. Hell, I don't even know where I'm going to find the time, I'm just determined to actually get stuff done on this stupid novel, and this is the best way I can think of to do it!

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

I'd loan you my old laptop, but it's, uh, "funny".

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It's okay. I have a really old one at my dad's, I might ask to borrow it back for a bit. And then see how long the poor old thing lasts. ;)

[corsiva.livejournal.com]

I signed up for the first time ever.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Go you!!! It's really fun, I think you'll enjoy it. Along with hating it, of course. Everybody hates it at some point. ;)

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Sadly, Nanowrimo terrifies me normally. I think I'd probably break my brain if I tried to do it this year. Good luck with it, though, I'll be cheering on both you and Anne.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Pressure is the only way I ever get anything done, it seems, so I generally do okay with it. Besides, if I crap out (like I did last year soooo badly) there's no loss. *Shrugs*

Thanks! *Hugs*

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Yay! Good luck to all the Nanowrimos out there!
Is there a place where non-writing folks like me can read peoples work, or maybe portions of it?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Everybody's writing actually remains completely private, unless they choose to post an excerpt or two on their profile. My excerpt would probably be the piece I've already posted here in this journal, so it wouldn't be anything new. The thing with Nanowrimo is completely about word count, not anything else... hence it's appeal. ;)

[zhapper.livejournal.com]

I've been reading a lot lately. I think I've finally got it in me. It might sound like gibberish squelching, but I think it's time to write that PoMo existentialist, angry-young-man novel I've been dreaming about for years.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Good for you! Keep me updated on how it goes!