Yesterday I discussed NaNoWriMo. Today I bring you NaBloPoMo A.K.A. National Blog Posting Month which, as chance would have it, starts the same day as Nanowrimo. The challenge is too produce one blog post a day meaning it is only as difficult as I choose to make it. I would go so far to suspect its a blatant rip-off of the former as well, but I need to start posting to both this blog and my creative writing blog on a daily basis again. I also find that, providing I don't feel drained, that writing a blog post is a good way around writer's block. However, I highly suspect I am going to be very glad of my anti-convulsants by the end of the day.
Now that the explanation is out of the way I can get on with the task at hand - an introduction. This is my rambling blog: Crazy Thoughts. The aim of this blog has always diffuse. I have used it for different purposes over time. I have posted allergen friendly recipes; creative writing; crafted soap. Really its main purpose has always been to be an outlet for whatever random idea pops into my head. In this respect it has been satisfactory.
Current NaNoWriMo word count: 620
Saturday 1 November 2014
Friday 31 October 2014
It that time again
Nanowrimo, national novel writing month for those of you who have never come across the acronym, starts again tomorrow morning. The charity event lasts for the duration of November and is an excellent opportunity for writers to practice their skills in a slightly competitive fashion. The aim is to write a novella of at least 50,000 words in 30days. This can be quite challenging for some but I've seen plenty of participants fly past that goal. Personally, I will be pleased if I make it too 30,000. Last years effort hit 21,000; a word count that far outstripped my previous attempts.
It is boggling to think that that is all I managed while unemployed. Okay, so I was focused on job hunting and other crafts at that point in time. Even so, the sheer insanity of the concept of attempting to produce an article of work longer than last years is quite daunting. At the beginning of the month I under went a craniotomy to remove a tumour from the left hemisphere of my brain. If the frequent dizzy spells and stumbling wasn't enough to worry about; there only so much work I can do before I feel a seizure coming on. Talk about biting off more the you can chew. Still, I'm supposed to be engaging in activities I normally would to recuperate and this is definitely something I would normally do.
I hope you join nanowrimo and good luck!
It is boggling to think that that is all I managed while unemployed. Okay, so I was focused on job hunting and other crafts at that point in time. Even so, the sheer insanity of the concept of attempting to produce an article of work longer than last years is quite daunting. At the beginning of the month I under went a craniotomy to remove a tumour from the left hemisphere of my brain. If the frequent dizzy spells and stumbling wasn't enough to worry about; there only so much work I can do before I feel a seizure coming on. Talk about biting off more the you can chew. Still, I'm supposed to be engaging in activities I normally would to recuperate and this is definitely something I would normally do.
I hope you join nanowrimo and good luck!
Thursday 30 October 2014
Butterflies
Hungry little caterpillar
spinning a cocoon
Dreaming of the day
she will fly away soon.
Seasons shift, time flows forward
Our little caterpillar releases from her dreams.
I've always seen butterflies as a symbol of change. At this point in my life there is no symbol more representative of my experience. I can effectively say my life as it was is currently in tatters without being overly dramatic. I no longer know who I am or where I'm going. I am left with the singular option of walking forward, hoping not to stumble. Meanwhile, I turn back to my literary pursuits; there's nothing more helpful then escapism into the written world.
Sunday 9 February 2014
Era of the tech
We have become so caught up with technology that we take backup devices incase primary devices fail. For example I took my iPad with me incase my mobile (which it did)/ died. Yet when I was younger I regularly traveled the countryside with no commincation device outside fixed public call booths (my god who uses them any more).
Wednesday 5 February 2014
I'm a busy busy bumble bee ^_^
I made soap! Yay, I successfully did something other than write, or job hunt. Go me! Sadly this is not what this post is about (Soap can have it's own post ;) ).
Today I want to talk about (you guessed it) fiction. I have been consistently writing recently. I am publishing 6 days a week. Most of these are small pieces of flash fiction but I have also started a series and 2 short novels.
Short stories:
Not Pinocchio: I'm particularly proud of this one. Lot's a lovely comments. It's a short piece on the nature of grief.
There will always be Technology: A short piece of Sci-fi cracking a joke about teens.
Gone Wild: Regular Jane lost on an island. Involves pointy sticks.
Series and episodic novels:
Jason and the Darwin Awards: This one is a series taking the piss out of us Aussies. The theme behind the episodes is the near miss of earning a 'Darwin Awake' (a joke award given to those who's acts of stupidity successfully removes their genes from the gene pool.)
And you call yourself a...: Katherine has found herself out on her arse when her landlord goes bankrupt. She is forced to room with oddball housemates. Heavy supernatural theme. Elements of parody.
Sweet Brain Damage: Abigail Lawson was born gifted but lost her powers when she was dropped on her head as a baby. Whats an ordinary teen to do when her powers re-emerge and she is shipped off the psychic equivalent of Hogwarts. Meant as a rom-com with more elements of parody.
Hope you enjoy ^_^
Today I want to talk about (you guessed it) fiction. I have been consistently writing recently. I am publishing 6 days a week. Most of these are small pieces of flash fiction but I have also started a series and 2 short novels.
Short stories:
Not Pinocchio: I'm particularly proud of this one. Lot's a lovely comments. It's a short piece on the nature of grief.
There will always be Technology: A short piece of Sci-fi cracking a joke about teens.
Gone Wild: Regular Jane lost on an island. Involves pointy sticks.
Series and episodic novels:
Jason and the Darwin Awards: This one is a series taking the piss out of us Aussies. The theme behind the episodes is the near miss of earning a 'Darwin Awake' (a joke award given to those who's acts of stupidity successfully removes their genes from the gene pool.)
And you call yourself a...: Katherine has found herself out on her arse when her landlord goes bankrupt. She is forced to room with oddball housemates. Heavy supernatural theme. Elements of parody.
Sweet Brain Damage: Abigail Lawson was born gifted but lost her powers when she was dropped on her head as a baby. Whats an ordinary teen to do when her powers re-emerge and she is shipped off the psychic equivalent of Hogwarts. Meant as a rom-com with more elements of parody.
Hope you enjoy ^_^
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