This month... Well, it's been a hell of a month. Not far into it, I had to have my appendix removed. It didn't burst, and I came out okay, but it wasn't fun. And it derailed all of my NaNo planning. Not that it was going well to begin with...
Before this month, I was working on [APOSTLE and PRINCESS}, that one project that I always want to finish, but never seem to find the motivation for. I got it up to 40k words and then my inspiration just dried up. Or ran away. Either way, that kind of killed my plans for NaNo. I was thinking about doubling what I had, so I would end up doing 100k, but would only be 50k new words. With my inspiration (or was it motivation?) having fled that project, I was stuck. Last year, I did a lot of work on [Universe 333], which was fun. However, that project is suffering from setbacks and I'm not in the mood for it. Before my body decided to pull a fast one on me, I was looking at old projects, coming up with some new ideas, and just kind of stuck on what to do. After having to deal with surgery and the ER, my motivation, inspiration, and everything else is pretty much shot. But, I did sign up for NaNo this year and I'm not one to duck out on obligations. When I say I'm going to do something, I do my best to follow through. So, what am I going to do? Blog articles: Not only do I have this (sorely neglected) blog that has tons of articles I need to edit, but I also have a tabletop gaming blog that I've had for several years but isn't much better off than this one. Since I'm starting a new D&D campaign (which I also agreed to before I had three holes poked into my abdomen), I figured I'd start with that and go from there. Transcribing: I have notebooks full of ideas and things that I haven't gotten around to typing up. Because I can't use my computer at work, I have to write things down on paper and then put it on computer. I think it works better for me to brainstorm on paper than on screen. I'm weird like that. Since I need to get my word count up for NaNo, I'll probably be digging out the old stuff and get it on this laptop of mine. I also have tons of gaming ideas that I haven't finished, so I'll get those done, too. Short stories: I'll be honest, this year has been one of my worst for writing in recent memory. I don't know the exact cause, even if I do have some theories, but it is what it is. I do have some short stories saved on my computer that are nothing but titles. I also have tons scribbled down in the notebooks I mentioned above. So, I'll give some a shot. Hopefully, NaNo will get me past this "creative constipation" and I'll have a more productive year from here on out. Or not. We'll find out, won't we?
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