November. *sigh* Why does November have to be so busy? Instead, I'm doing my own personal version of WriSoMiFu. It's simpler because it only requires ten minutes a day, not about 1650 words a day.

...but my story probably won't reach the full 50,000 words. I don't have the patience for that, and I don't think it needs to go that long. I'm just using NaNoWriMo as the motivation I need to get working on characters I developed a while ago, but didn't do anything with.

The story itself will be a fantasy setting that reverses the common trend of linking light with good, and darkness with evil...which has produced a rather odd fantasy setting with lots of tropical regions, and also well-dressed zombies. The plot itelf will focus around a broken sword, but I haven't figured out why the bad guy wants it yet.

I'm writing a short humor story based on the fact that I have a huge thing for demons and silliness. It's about a wizard who's a bit of a jerk, and he summons a demon to destroy his enemies, and things go rather awry. One of the characters is an undead crocodile. The thing is, the demoness is a pretty shameless self-insert, and I want to make sure she's not too much of a Sue. Her name's Vix. Anyone interested?

... Maybe. I'm kinda terrified, actually. I probably won't finish, which is okay; I know it will be crap, but I can suck it up and deal with that; it's just that I know I'll be a terrible person for the whole month, because I'm always a a terrible person when I'm working on a project. o.o

Also, I forgot about the whole thing until today, so I have only shreds of an idea. It would be set in my world, and might involve any of a few sets of characters from said world. Lately I've been thinking a lot about my Powers That Be--two in particular who don't get along. The one, Alaric, has trapped the other, Leofric, in mortal form, doomed to an endless cycle of living, dying, and being reborn, all the time conscious of what he ought to be, but unable to get back. Leofric obviously wants to get back, but there are complications with the mechanics of it. I'm not sure exactly what they are, but I'll figure that out. Meanwhile, there are all sorts of other troubles surrounding the two of them, since Alaric is basically trying to rule the world as a god and Leofric goes around calling bullshit on him every chance he gets, no matter who gets hurt in the process. These guys are starting wars.

... That all makes a lot more sense now that I've written it out. That's a first. Usually things in my head get lost in translation. o.o

I don't know if I'll enter officially, but if I go through with the writing, I'll probably want to talk about it incessantly. Who's on AIM or MSN who wouldn't mind being a sounding board?

~Neshomeh
(Still alive, but shamed by continued unemployment and thus hiding from the world except for important things. Like writing.)

School is trying to kill me, once again. I don't have time to write a novel, so the only place it could come out of is homework and study time, which would do Bad Things to my GPA.

Best of luck to everyone who is participating, though.

Hrm... I wonder if my final project for 360 would count? It's probably going to be in the 50,000 word territory by the time it's done...