National Novel Writing Month…its here…first update

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Sci Fi Engineer

Catching the Watcher…I’ll post the in process cover art later.

Probably not Young Adult though the story is largely told from the perspective of a young woman, who starts out the story a few days shy of 18, but the majority of the story takes place some years later.

All space, all the time, no fantasy (except the fiction part of the science of course.) Hopefully semi hard, adventure fiction with some interesting characters, situations and background.

Started on the first, did post progress yesterday, and did a lot more today. But its going to slow down again as the initial rush of ideas fueled by all my prep thinking and doodling founders in the reality of actually having to write all those fun ideas down. (and for there is an ‘event’ coming that may cause me to crash out…but who knows what the future holds.)

Current Day 3
Days Remaining 28
<Words Written Today 5,351
Total Words Written 7,822
Average Per Day 2,607
Target Word Count 50,000 Target Average Words Per Day 1,667
<Words Remaining 42,178
At This Rate You Will Finish On November 19, 2012
Words Per Day To Finish On Time 1,507

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Sci Fi Engineer

National Novel Writing Month 2012, Starting November 1, at 00:00:00, a thing to do…

So once again November approaches and new fields of stress and invention await. The Daughter (beloved I assure you) is getting married this November but still seems to think she may actually try to do this (again) and is (kinda) urging me to as well. And maybe I should, a novel about her driving her parents NUTS!!! But besides that it might be an interesting challenge. On top of all the other writing assignments I am getting from work and the attempt to get Elgin finally Finished and into Smashwords Premium Distribution. (Elgin was last year’s NaNoWriMo entry…finished in December but a winner none the less.)

Elgin First Draft is Done and Posted

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sci Fi Engineer

The wait is over, at least for the unedited version. So when the 24th of Nov hit it was 58K words. It is now 122K and you may not believe this but it’s the shortest book and by far the shortest draft I’ve ever managed. I think it works, I hope you like Elgin and his world. It’s probably not everyone’s cup of tea, it rises through a series of peaks to a crescendo then slips into the end.

Download, enjoy, especially if you’ve downloaded, read and enjoyed the first parts.

And remember that the finished Moon Dreams and Under Siege are available.

NaNoWriMo Day 29 Status

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Sci Fi Engineer

Still writing, but its going to slow, need to start thinking about other works. This was fun and strangely enough relaxing. I guess I’m just a bit out of the mainstream.

Words Written Today 1,652

Total Words Written 67,217 Current Day 29

Average Per Day 2,317

Days Remaining 2

NaNoWriMo Day 27…

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Sci Fi Engineer

OK, OK, what happened to day 26? I just got lazy. And I wrote a few paragraphs yesterday, most of this today.

Words Written yesterday and today 3,449

Total Words Written 65,565 Current Day 27

Average words a day 2,428

Days Remaining 4

NaNoWriMo Day 25…Winning is easy how to handle to fame is hard

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Sci Fi Engineer

Oh the fame, the fame, I will have to be beating the hordes away from the door….won’t I ?

Oh well…might as well as keep cranking, would like to get most of Elgin first draft done in Nov before moving back to editing the back log for submission to the world through Smashwords.

Words Written Today 3,378

Total Words Written 62,116 As of Day 25

Average Per Day 2,484

Target Word Count 50,000 Target Average Words Per Day 1,667