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a belated #nanowrimo update

So I haven't been updating you on my progress for a while.

I've been busy writing. Progress looks good to finish nanowrimo on time this year, though I have a feeling that the story may be longer than 50K words this round. I feel as if I've been jumping from perspective to perspective for some odd reason, but it helps me to figure out what's going on in this story. Sorry, I'm still pantsing it. I should actually go and work on plot, since I'm so bad at it, but I figure I'll work it out AFTE...

#bookreview: Urchin King by Katharina Gerlach

I won a copy of this e-book from Sher's blog last month. I had actually heard about the book much earlier, though I never got round to buying it, so this was a fortuitous win.



Urchin King by Katharina Gerlach

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



In a world where being the younger twin of a noble means being put to death, Paul shouldn't be alive. But his twin Rupert is mentally handicapped and his royal parents need a miracle. Thrust suddenly into court life from his life on the streets, Paul m...

#fridayflash: China House

Half remembered faces, half forgotten lyrics, a half forgotten you in the haze of music and drink.

You appeared as an apparition, the ghost of jazz fests past. I tried to smile, but it got caught in the middle of the lump in my throat, wondering why you had come.

And as the bass walked, you sent chills up and down my spine, remembered bliss of once upon a time.

And then you were gone again.

a musical interlude

So bring this into Your church

Draw us into You again

Where we'll dance before Your throne

Where we'll lift our voices in wordless songs




So let hope rise,

And darkness tremble

In Your holy light,

And every eye will see

Jesus, our God,

Great and mighty to be praised



With everything

With everything




We will shout for Your glory





Then release us to Your waiting world

Desperate for light again

Where we'll dance to Your rhythms of grace

Where we'll sing your words of love

Happy holiday to you too

Tomorrow's to-do list, because I am too tired and lazy to do anything today, though I really hoped to.




Prep songs for this weekend done 4:30pm, 15/11
Finalise song/script for Christmas
Clear up my desk (note: desk. not room)  done 10:25pm, 15/11
Watch Coursera videos done 10:30pm, 15/11
Do Coursera quiz done 11,45pm, 15/11
OK account for Shin Hooi
Update consolidation worksheets for current job
Write another 2K words to hit 30K done 6.30pm, 15/11


I am nothing but ambitious.

And to t...

I am incapable of writing anything useful at this point of time, especially titles

I had fully intended to write a fireplace post to consolidate certain musings over the past few weeks after reaching my nanowrimo word count for the day, but it seems that this was not to be.

For one, I feel that I'm all worded out after completing two 30 minute write-or-die sessions with approximately 1K words each. That's right... 2K words in 1 hour! *is unspeakably proud of self*

Brief nanowrimo update here: I'm more or less where I need to be, word count wise, and still pretty comp...

#bookreview: Between Boyfriends, by Sarka-Jonae Miller

I suppose I should start this review with a disclaimer to say that I don’t often read chick lit. You’d more often find me browsing the fantasy/sci-fi shelves than the romance/chick-lit section of the bookstore.



Between Boyfriends by Sarka-Jonae Miller

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Right from the beginning of the book, I started getting really annoyed by the protagonist of the story, Jan Weston. I find ditsy, blond-stereotype girls very annoying, especially when they seem to believe that the whol...

So many miscellaneous things to do...

Motivation

I'm all caught up on my nanowrimo wordcount for today, so I've decided to turn my attention to the many miscellaneous (non-work) stuff that I need to do.



1) Write that book review for Between Boyfriends

2) Learn that song for tomorrow's sort of audition (I'm not sure if it is or it is not, but she said learn the song, so learn the song!)

3) Read/critique a short story for Joshua

4) Write the Christmas script/mime/thing.



I feel semi-productive today.

#nanowrimo update 2... Day, well, it's sort of 6.

Apparently...










I write like

Dan Brown

I Write Like by Mémoires, journal software. Analyze your writing!







I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Well, that's what it says about my current nanowrimo novel. I should try some other stuff and see if it changes, because apparently it does.



At any rate, this is a belated update on the progress of my novel. I was on target for the first couple of days but slacked on Saturday because I was out most of the day (impromptu breakfast,...

#nanowrimo update 1

I managed approximately 1,838 words on day 1, which is slightly over the daily target of 1,667 words per day.


Highlights for the day:

I kind of figured out the basic plot of the story, and decided on some names. Deciding on names is a definite plus point, considering that for 2009's piece, I went all the way to the middle of the story before finally naming the main character. Then again, that was semi-intentional (names are helpful, though).



Excerpt (approx 500 words):

It was his fun...