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!

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.

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).

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 ^_^

Think of of the fiction!!

It has been a productive week for my muse.  I have given him so much exercise he must have collapsed from exhaustion by this point.  But I have several great projects to show for it and my writing is steadily improving.


The Crown and the cavern started life as 'Picture it and Write' challenge.  It is flash fiction that is a cautionary tale about reading the instructions.
Country Guy and City Girl  are two separate pieces of flash fiction that happen to be the same story from different points of view.  Nice real romance.  I may do a continuation.
A parody  of 'Singing in the rain' that is deliberately of key about the joys of job hunting.  You will be able to tell i have been job hunting for too long that day.  I clearly needed a break.
A walk in the rain  A nice short poem :)