Quiet days. Mildly depressed as I always seem to be every November what with a long cold winter ahead of us.
What are your favorite web or mobile apps? Which ones do you use everyday?
I'd be lost without my Tweetie.
I've made the mistake of writing the "end" of my NaNoWriMo story.
It was in my head, and I was excited, because I'd actually come up with an ending. Which I didn't start out with - so you can imagine my pleasure. This freak of a story which I'd embarked upon without any knowledge of the characters or the world they live in (or, rather, die in, since I've already killed off half the cast) was just sort of flopping along, without any arms or legs, and while I pitied it, I kept on writing.
And then last night while at the gym (it's annoyingly cliche that my brain really DOES work better during exercise) I struck upon how this monster would actually end. So I rushed home and wrote it, while it was still all pink and fresh and gleaming.
And now I feel like I'm done. I know I'm not; I mean, there's a whole lot of middle-stuff that I haven't even considered yet. Step one, character. Step two, ?? Step three, result! It's the Underpants Gnomes of stories. I'm finding it incredibly hard to care about the middle stuff though. My brain has convinved itself that it's finished this story, and it wants to move on to the next one.
I sense the rest of this month of writing is going to be very painful.
I want this life:
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
So guess what? My Minchin-heavy blog will soon be filled with my so-entertaining moanings about writing. I shall write in order to procrastinate from writing. That's brilliant, isn't it?
I haven't really got much of an idea of what I'll be attempting... I mean, I do have an idea, but there's no plot to it at all. Which might be all right - in the past, when I've had a plot in mind, the characters just sort of went off on their own anyway and completely ignored my wishes. Rampant, they ran. I have no control. It's a damn good thing I'm not a parent if I can't even keep track of my imaginary people.
SO, you've been warned. I think that's rather nice of me, don't you?
Oh and also, if you want to join in, please do visit nanowrimo.org and sign up. It's crazy-fun.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross airs in the United States on 30 Oct 2009 on BBC America.
BUT, if by chance you don't get BBC America (shame on you) here's the interview:
He appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and sang this hilarious song:
