As of… Two hours ago? I officially hit 50K words on my National Novel Writing Month novel. Is it good? Heck no. There is a good story in there but the words on the page (metaphorically speaking) are certainly not it. Not a single graceful scene transition and so much exposition and word padding. Still, had some cool ideas and I actually managed to have some thematic connection between the first scene and the last scene… Or wait, I might be thinking of the piece for it I wrote before the month. Anyway! I worked in thematic connection between the start of the overall story (which may or may not have actually been written this month) and the last scene I wrote to finish off the month. So that’s cool.
Monthly Archives: November 2018
High Security and Writing
I fell back into the linux end of the computer pool again. I used linux as my proper laptop OS for a few years… Jeeze, nearly a decade ago at this point? Don’t remember why I stopped. I think it’s when the version of Linux I was using updated and wouldn’t work on the netbook I was using. Plus I got a desktop for actually playing games and such on. So I’ve been a windows guy since, simply because it was what came with the computers I bought.
Wreck-It Ralph 2
I liked it! It was a solid movie with plenty of fun. Didn’t have the bang-zoom factor the first one did. The whole ‘something new and unexpected’ angle. Still was as good a picture of the internet as the first was of video games. Plus it had references to both Geocities and Netscape Navigator. Which was hilarious.
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
The BBC show, not the book. It’s been crazy fun. As in, it has been fun and it has been crazy. We are like eight episodes in and only just now getting enough information to figure stuff out.
This clip sums things up perfectly. No spoilers, except that the scene happens. So, the main character does not die before this scene. Spoiler warning.
Pony Stories 900
I’m pretty sure the Tree of Harmony is just messing with the ponies. Twice now it’s pretty much just reached out to fix things just as everyone was wrapping up the personal growth part of a disaster. First with Starlight and the quote/unquote time travel spell. Now with the situation in the latest season finale. Right before things were completely lost… Tree of Harmony just fixes the magical disaster.
- This is Not a Drill by Tumbleweed
- Flash Sentry Papers (series) by Tumbleweed
The City of Doors 