Watcha Writin'?

[Zkribbler]

I actually half a page written about how Arthur Weasley "wins" a trip for two to Pinecreek Hills National Park.

I suspect that He Who Must No Be Named rigged the drawing in order to lure the Weasleys into a trap.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I suspect that He Who Must No Be Named rigged the drawing in order to lure the Weasleys into a trap.

Now that's a good idea. And to think I'd decided it was merely a means to help Arthur and Molly celebrate their silver wedding anniversary!

(I guess they can multi-task... )

This story would need a bit of research, since I know nothing about how the Wizarding World works in the U.S. It's not mentioned in the regular novels or movies, so I'm hoping I can just ignore it.

BTW... Camp NaNoWriMo starts today and I'm setting up the OP for my thread right now.

 

[JohannaK]

Oh I intended to do Camp NaNo, but I got afilm shoot ongoing that conflicts with it.

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

u
wot
M8

 

[JohannaK]

It's a horsehockey unpaid 4.5 day job if a film shoot mind you. So much downtime if I had my comouter I could have cracked at least 1k...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It's a ****** unpaid 4.5 day job if a film shoot mind you. So much downtime if I had my comouter I could have cracked at least 1k...

First of all... there are no rules that say you have to do NaNo by computer. They did away with the onsite validation requirement and it's on the honor system now. So I'm doing mine by hand, on looseleaf.

You're allowed to enter late, as long as it's not before the validation date. And you can choose your own word count goal in April, so you wouldn't be trying to make up 50,000 words (unless you're a masochist).

If this isn't doable, there's always July...

(and guys, please could NaNo be discussed in the NaNo thread? I didn't start that to sit there and talk to myself...)

 

[JohannaK]

Yeah but I'm all off-balance now, who knows!

 

[wammnebu]

Hello There! @Valka D'Ur invited me to join from the NaNoWriMo page.
I am currently working on a Warhammer 40k Alternate Heresy. I'm excited to join the group, does anyone else doing anything with Warhammer or similar Sci-fis?

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Well, I play Dawn of War and watch Bruva Alfabusa...

 

[wammnebu]

Well, I play Dawn of War and watch Bruva Alfabusa...

close enough

 

[Zkribbler]

... my last submission to Writers of the Future, The Deception of Dragons...

...has won a honorable mention.

 

[JohannaK]

Pretty sweet!

I have sent two collections of poetry to different prizes, fingers crossed.

 

[Zkribbler]

I have begun working again on my Underneath Falling Stats story. So far, it's 8,406-words long. The places to which I can submit it set a 15,000-upper-word limit. It's a high fantasy inspired partially by the computer game Thi4f.

 

[Synobun]

@Timsup2nothin's book has finally completed its journey and is releasing on June 20th!

 

[Lemon Merchant]

@Timsup2nothin's book has finally completed its journey and is releasing on June 20th!

Something I do plan to buy and read before he becomes world famous and won't talk to us anymore.

 

[JohannaK]

I have started writing a fortnightly article on cinema for a small online magazine. That's something!

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I have started writing a fortnightly article on cinema for a small online magazine. That's something!

Woohoo! What magazine? And is it available in English?

 

[JohannaK]

It is not, unfortunately! Also, I'm reluctant to share stuff with my actual name on it.

 

[Synobun]

@Timsup2nothin's book has finally completed its journey and is releasing on June 20th!

The day has come. Tim's book, Just Robbed a Bank, is now available in paperback and ebook on all major online retailers. Written by Tim, managed by BirdJaguar, and edited by me.

Back copy:

The hardest thing to remember when you are a bank robber is that you still look like everybody else. The giant sign that says JUST ROBBED A BANK is not flashing over your head, it is IN your head.

This is a book of stories. Stories I lived before, during, and after becoming a bank robber. And make no mistake, even though I haven't robbed any banks for years, I am still a bank robber. Once I understood the flashing sign was in my head, not over it, it was going to be in my head forever. That's what being a bank robber taught me about the defining choices we make: They can't be unmade. But the most important choice I made wasn't choosing to be a bank robber. Being a bank robber just put me on the path to being everything I ever wanted to be, and more.

Because it taught me that I could choose.

 

[Zkribbler]

With the end of June closing in, I'm looking for a finished work I can modify and submit.

I've come across a fan fiction of Total Recall, in which Hauser/Quaid regains consciousness to find he really did suffer from a schizoid embolism and that everything he experienced was a dream. His reality now twists around and follows his experiences.
It's a wild ride but too close to the original to permit me to submit it.