More coding

Some more writing done, although Nano looks like it's turning into a set of linked short stories more than a novel. Trying to code and write at the same time is really cutting into my time.

The hatchery now has a manual "remove creatures" option for both magistream and Dragon Cave, and a check for Dragon Cave's little trees. There are a few changes under the hood to give it a few more automatic admin features (validation mostly), and I have a very long list of changes and nice-to-haves to add in from my testers.

I also need to add a thank you page for them - without them it would not be at a point where I could add it to my lenses...

NaNWriMo 2009 - Winner!

I just thought I might mention that despite a Word crash losing two hours of writing I just hit 50,000 words. And I have just realised I did that in 14 days (must be a faster typist than I thought).

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Fortunately (or otherwise) the story has not told itself in 50,000 words, so I'd guess I've got another 30,000 to go to complete it. Oh well.

NanoWrimo

What can I say? I just reached 44,000 words and am taking a break. I had another idea, so I wrote it.

And I feel like I've run a marathon, which is always the problem with extended action sequences. (This might also be the last stages of the cold from the weekend).

There are still huge gaps early on, I haven't bothered dividing it into chapters, and the whole thing is likely to be riddled with spelling mistakes since I turned the spell checking off to let me type faster, but my beta reader keeps demanding I get more written because they want to know how it ends.

Hopefully this is a good sign.

NaNoWriMo progress

22,000 words, give or take a few. A notebook full of un-typed up scenes. 8,000 words to do to catch up.

What stands in my way? Interviews over the next few days, and mainly two very demanding cats. (That's not quite fair - interviews are an excuse to get away from the cats and fill yet more notebooks.)

What is beginning to scare me is finding out that a lot of what I thought was blue-sky thinking for the story is actually genuine rocket science theory. It seems having aviation as a hobby pays off.

New lens and NaNoWriMo

It's been a busy writing day for me. On NaNoWriMo I've broken 11,000 words and am hopefully on course. I need to get a few more notes written, but the story is coming together. There's now a two line summary and excerpt also up.

I also have a new lens up. The Surrey Iron Railway was a horse drawn railway established in 1801. Although it was in use for only forty years, it was the first public railway in the world.

Surrey Iron Railway
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NaNoWriMo

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I finally got round to typing up parts of my story for NaNoWriMo. It's not a great one, but then NaNo tends to be about quantity not quality (and if I like the end result I can always edit it afterwards).

Unfortunately cat herding has left me rather short on the wordcount, so whether or not I will complete it within time is going to be tricky.

• NaNoWriMo progress

In practice however I have definitely written more than 50K words this month already: two new lenses and the Stephen and Matilda blog

The Stephen and Matilda blog actually seems to get more interest in this one. It's probably because of cute cats.

Anyway, I need to get away from ninja felines and back to typing.

NaNoWriMo?

Anyone going to be doing NaNoWriMo?

I might not this year - three novels so far in 2009, lots of lenses and articles, reviews and more have left me with aching fingers, so I might actually take November off.

(Who am I kidding? If I get an idea, I'm in. Tirial's Profile)

• http://www.nanowrimo.org/