no na no ~

[lookingland]

just me blithering here ~ i keep saying i am not NaNoing, and yet i filled out my profile over there and i am writing (a wee over 4k this morn), so i am not sure how long this denial will continue. i picked as the subject, what ought to be a novella called After Shiloh, which is one of those stories that's not really critical in the scheme of all things (or maybe it is, who knows anymore), but i thought it would be interesting to tell. i also think it will give me an opportunity to explores certain aspects of James's personality that i tend to forget about ~ particularly regarding his post-operative mood swings.

there's also a ton of detail work i have never really figgered out on this one, like what's James doing at Shiloh in the first place? dunno if i can answer that, but this exercise will give me a chance to explore.



beautiful image of the cemetery at the Shiloh battlefield
from the gallery of Richard
congrats on the kick-off to all of you who are actually Nano-ing!

: D

Comments

[utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com]

You can't quit them. You never will. :)

Hey, where does a person na no. Do they do it directly on the site. Or do they submit their work by electronic file at the end of the month?

[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

I like Nano as an excuse to do something unexpected, to write the story you weren't going to.

It's a month's break from other writing work, and I have the feeling I'll come back to my work recharged.

It might be the same for you, exploring the Shiloh story could germinate new ideas for the main stories.

Good luck with the writing.

[littlewings04.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not NaNoing this year, either. It's my first year in graduate school, I need the time for my papers and to sort out my thesis to take me into the PhD programs, you know? I need November to sort me out. NaNo can wait.

Are you familiar with some of the theories that suggest the way Shiloh is currently understood is incorrect due to the on-the-ground evidence of how the battle happened? I ran across this in "Confederates in the Attic", and I should check into it more, but the rangers at Shiloh and some Shiloh historians have been challenging the traditional map of the battle for a few years now.

[keesa-renee.livejournal.com]

Yay for Nano! It doesn't matter whether you admit you're doing it or not (although you won't get the adrenaline rush if you keep denying it), just so long as you do it.

Welcome to the ranks! ;-)

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Oh, you've been sucked into the soul-consuming vortex known as NaNo... It's like the mafia... you can never get out. They keep pullin' you back in!

Good luck with After Shiloh, Boots. Not that you know, you're really doing NaNo or anything... that was more of a hypothetical good luck. Just in case or something. ;-)