NaNoWriMo: The Adventure Begins

November 1 has come and gone, and the National Novel Writing Month competition has begun. I have nowhere near the preparation that I wanted to be ready before I began, but it's too late now, and I've started writing. I'm still on the first chapter, and I'm already seeing areas that I'm going to have to go back and fix later. But I feel that the main concept of this novel is solid enough and important enough to warrant the work that I intend to put into it. I'm also finding where some of the weaknesses are that are slowing me down (like stopping writing a scene or chapter in the middle, then going back knowing where I want to take but it would involve some editing, which during November is a no-no).

I'm also aware that the word counter on this site is only working sporadically, and it keeps appearing and disappearing. This is actually an issue with the NaNoWriMo servers, and was expected by their team. Unfortunately, there are so many people taking part that the server is having some issues under the load of all the people participating that it's running slower than a slug up a hill of salt (and probably sizzling about as much by now).

I have one more politically based post which I'm working on that I will put up tomorrow, something that I feel is important to get out there before election day. It would have been better to have published the article a while ago, but I didn't get the basic concept for it until less than a week ago, and I've had other stuff I've had to work on at the same time. In the meantime, I want to add to the politics that for those who vote, Starbucks is offering a free cup of coffee, Ben & Jerry's is offering a free ice cream, and Krispy Kreme is offering a free donut. If nothing else, vote and get free stuff. I'll probably be using the coffee to give me the writing edge.