THE NOVEL PROJECT
ARMartin
- Location
- Alabama, USA
- Birthday
- April 07
- Bio
- I'm a former military type person who is now an aspiring novelist. To quote my favorite author, "If I was even moderately successful in anything else in life I likely wouldn't have gotten into writing." Well, that's not exact, but you get the idea. Anyway, this blog is going to catalogue my journey to finishing a novel. It's mainly to help me, but if my journey can help anyone else - well, that'll be great!
MY RECENT POSTS
- 350 days left - still 73666
words left to go.
April 24, 2010 11:39PM - 359 Days left - 73666 words
left to go
April 15, 2010 08:23PM - 360 Days left - 74099
April 14, 2010 07:58AM - 362 Days left - 74099 words to
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April 12, 2010 05:28PM - 363 Days Left - 74500 words to
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April 11, 2010 05:44PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “True. I'll have to think
more on it for sure. I won't
be able
to write in my
no…”
April 26, 2010 11:35PM - “I feel like such a nerd.
I'm a big fan of the
classics.
Ancient philosophers
an…”
April 15, 2010 08:47PM - “Good luck! You can do
it!
Take a vacation
and let us know before you do
it, we'll…”
April 15, 2010 08:36PM - “Great to see you here
Mila :D
I hope my
ramblings will be somewhat
inspiring. Don…”
April 11, 2010 06:01PM - “Mubletypeg: haha, ya,
feel free to copy my avatar if
you
like. I don't
remember…”
April 11, 2010 05:54PM
ARMartin's Links
350 days left - still 73666 words left to go.
So, did I do nothing? What happened?
Well, I lied. I figured that I could just write a novel straight through with no planning. Then I read back over what I had originally wrote and realized: it sucks.
So, in this interum I have taken two days off to… Read full post »
359 Days left - 73666 words left to go
Well, I made progress. HOORAY.
Though, I don't know if I'm going to get much done today as I have a non-fiction deadline tomorrow at 5PM. *sound the horror movie music*
I'll be working up to the minute since this topic is a very heated and very political issue. The… Read full post »
360 Days left - 74099
Did I miss a novel writing day? Yes I did.
But, I did do writing. I recieved a rush job from a client in Germany who needed an edit on their technical paper - FAST. He's a repeat client and he pays well. Let this be a lesson for any writer who… Read full post »
362 Days left - 74099 words to go
Some decent progress today. Woot! I'm almost 1/75th done with my first draft. I also did some imagineering today (which essentially means that I hop in the shower and stare off into space until the water gets cold). I have a lot better idea as to the "look" of my worl… Read full post »
363 Days Left - 74500 words to go
Breakfast was nerds candy and a flinstones vitamin, lunch is left over birthday cake and water (wow, that really sounds bad).
Anyway, not so much progress yesterday on the book - but I have an excuse. The new budget for NASA came out and, as my wife is a rocket scientist in… Read full post »
364 days left - 74601 words to go
It's 1:54 AM and snack is chocolate chip cookies.
Well, I've catalogued my progress today and I did OK, 399 words. I did some character analysis as well. I recorded two hours of black time during my day. I also had a four hour nap which has thrown off my sleeping… Read full post »
365 Days Left - 75,000 words to go
It's 9:01 AM and I'm typing this while listening to my father on loudspeaker (which by the way is usually a two hour session of him talking at me, not with me). Now, don't get me wrong, he's got some interesting perspectives and ideas - it's just kind of like being hit… Read full post »
The Project
Over a dinner of smoothie and cashew nuts I have finally decided that I am going to get serious about writing a novel. Sure, I've been rolling ideas over in my head for a couple of years - like most would be but never finished authors - however, today at 10:07… Read full post »
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