GG, NaNoWriMo.

It's November 30, 2013.  Time to talk about what we've learned this year, about writing, about ourselves, and about how short a month is.  I've learned that 1,667 words a day is a completely attainable goal for me.  I've learned that trying and failing feels a heck of a lot better than cowering in your boots on Nov. 1st and running for the hills.  I have written 18,000 short of 50k but I'm happy.  I tried and I learned what I need to know to win next year.  I even plan on attempting camp NaNo in the summer and trying some NaNo rewrites on my own during the rest of the year.  I'm happy with what I did.  It's 32,000 words I would have never written otherwise.

Best Wishes, 

              Lucy Lane

20,000 Words and Thoughts on Google+ Fiasco

I hit 20,000 in the car last night on the way to Ft. Worth and yes, I am behind.  I have all week on vacation to catch up and finish, however, so let me have this.

In other news, Google launched a new program that forces Youtube users to connect to Google+ accounts.  If you'll notice, I've already merged my blogger.  It sounds like a small change that can't really affect anything, right?  Wrong.  It has had a large effect in many areas all over the YouTube community.  It has mussed / will muss several brand names, i.e. Meekakitty, Nerimon, Vlogbrothers, Itswaypastmybedtime, Nanalew, Danisnotonfire, Katytastic, Italktosnakes, and many others.  Google+ requires a first and last name to connect and will no longer allow brand usernames like those listed above.  It also has had an effect on the strength and speed of servers.  The plus side?  (Bah dum tsss) It allows a greater connectivity to everything on Google.  Gmail, Google Drive, Calendars, Planners, Maps, and many tools Google has to offer.  It's a good way to have everything in one place and it's a lot cleaner and easy to deal with than Yahoo.  (I may be biased, I recently had to shut down a Yahoo account because it was hacked and there is no way to get back into my account other than answering a question I answered sarcastically when I was twelve and forgot the answer to.  Still kind of mad at Yahoo.)  So what do you think about Google's marketing?

 #randomrants

Lucy

My Story Accidentally Reflecting Real Life and The Grand 10,000!

Before I update you on how it's going, I want to share a funny story about something that happened in my novel.  Instead of taking a long time to think of names for less important characters, I just put dow the first name that comes to mind, sometimes those are names of people I know in real life.  I named a beach bum poser / henchman 'Joshua'  Then I named a small ginger boy 'Jordan'.  In real life, I know a Josh and a Jordan who are brothers.  In a random plot twist, I made Josh a good guy and made him Jordan's older brother before I even thought about it.  (Side note:  The real Josh and Jordan are not Beach Bum posers or Gingers.)  Anyways, I'm just about to hit 10,000 words!

Best Wishes,

Lucy

Knee Deep in NaNoWriMo Nonsense

November 9th also means day nine of NaNoWriMo.  No, NaNo isn't a code name for some kind of drug or questionable pastime.  NaNoWriMo is a yearly endeavor taken on by brave writers all over the world, to write a 50,000 word novel in a month.  I am determined to finish this year, and that's all I have to say on my word count, which you can track with the link somewhere at the bottom of the post. Also, if you follow my Twitter, you'll probably hear a lot about it as well.

Random NaNoInfo:

My book is about a small Route 66 town that is taken over by an evil Magician/Mayor, a girl that the Mayor takes hostage, and a band of boys that try to stop all of this from happening.

The story has several unintentional parallels to Peter Pan, and I'm okay with this.

I have referenced the Goofy Movie twice

Used the phrase Nonsensical Banter once

Used the word shenanigans twice

Referenced Greek Mythology once

Named a sub-chapter "Sleeping bag of Destiny"

My word count is currently 6,192 as I write this, subject to change as soon as this is published.  I update my count HERE

Until next time,

Lucy Lane