The Business of NaNoWriMo

As I'm sure you are all aware, National Novel Writing Month begins at midnight. Unlike in years previous, I will not be posting my progress on a website somewhere so people can follow along. I'll probably end up posting some snippets up on this-here creative writing blog as I encounter some of Chris Baty's "unexpected successes from the novel-writing front," but on the whole, don't expect much out of me. (Or maybe you'll see more of me than you'd expect -- procrastination is a marvelous thing.)

I mentioned up on Cyanotic in my last entry that I was considering allowing the document to be viewed on Google Docs for any interested parties to peruse while it's being written. I'm going to do just that, as I've received some interest from a few parties. If you'd like to be added as a shared user with read-only privileges, please comment on this entry with your Google account name, or shoot me off an e-mail with your Gmail account. You'll receive an invitation to the document soon enough (as in, once I actually add something to it! It is currently blank).

Be warned that there will be really no formatting in this document. I've decided to use Q10 for my novel this year, as it is a no-frills, full-screen, plain text editor that gives me exactly what I need to get this thing finished: a word count tool at the bottom and no other distractions. Since it's plain text, I can't do any fancy formatting; so if you open up the uploaded document and see weird symbols everywhere, it's because I haven't bothered to change anything. For that matter, I can't even italicize, bold, or underline text, so there will be a lot of *boooooom!* for emphasis (as, again: text editor, people! This is Notepad, not MS Word!). Formatting can come in December. In November, I must write.

And I will write, damnit!

To that end, if you would like to read what is tentatively titled Non-Fiction, I would be more than happy to have you on board. As much as I like to pretend that I work best in a vacuum, I don't; I need to know that there are people in the background, cheering me on, willing me to persevere even though all I want to do is go read a book that's better-written than mine. I don't really want to hear any kind of extensive feedback, or "HAY ALLI  WHYYY U NOT WRITIN MORE!!1" -- I need some pressure, but damnit people, don't harrass me! Like my boyfriend is currently doing: watching me write out this post while he brushes his teeth. The bastard. This will be a good month.

Anyway, yeah. That's it! Go back to your lives now, citizens! If you need me, I'll be counting down the hours and the words.