I know I’ve been AWOL in October. The last post on wynderlon.com was on the first! But I have a perfectly good reason: October was one huge, long headache of test after test and then assignment after assignment. But now most of it’s over and the best thing is in less than a week NANOWRIMO begins! So, to begin getting into the NANOWRIMO spirit, here’s my list of stuff I’ve gotta do before NANOWRIMO begins:

  1. Clean up my desk, which right now looks like the hurricane from Twister went over it.

  2. Finish the chores that have been piling up during midterms (I’d really like to think I’ll get these done…)

  3. Make up some music lists for different types of scenes: fight scenes, romantic scenes, dramatic scenes, normal scenes, etc.

  4. Get my tea stash in order. I think I’m out of orange spice and I’d love to find an herbal tea with mango in it.

  5. Finish the last revisions of the short short story And We All Fall Down.

  6. Figure out if I’m going to the All Soul’s Procession or not (this mostly depends on if I can find a costume I like).

  7. Finish my outline for the first chapter of the story I plan to write for NANOWRIMO.

I even made a spreadsheet on Excel for it, with graphs and stuff! Yay, graphs!

Once NANOWRIMO begins, I’ll definitely be blogging about it. It’s kind of turned into a tradition now.

Update Nov. 1st: Well, close enough. I’m kinda bummed I didn’t get around to cleaning my desk, though. That’s going to be a job for this weekend.

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You know what needs to be invented? Waterproof laptops. I was thinking this as I was taking a bubble bath and reading IT by Stephen King (which, by the way, may not have been the wisest course of action since there was a drain in view. That book can still give me the heebie-jeebies, it’s one of the few Stephen King books and few horror books that can push my buttons so expertly). All my best writing ideas happen either A) in the shower/bath or B) just as I’m about to drift off into sleep. With a waterproof laptop, I’d at least have a way to capture half of my missed ideas. And think of how much more productive and creative I could be!

If my best ideas are in the shower/bath…then why not write in the bathtub? Or while sitting on the shower floor with water gently falling like rain? Think about it, it’s really genius. My writing would probably become much better. And think of the market! I know authors would snap it up while singing HALLELUJAH! Or maybe that’s just me…Plus, if they’ve made waterproof vibrators, I’m sure laptops can’t be much more difficult. So I say that instead of coming out with the new bajillion-core or whatever, they should just make a waterproof laptop.

In other news, a piece of dialog came to me today that was pure genius (once again, it was during my bath. See what I’m talking about?) and I had to jump out of the bath and run butt naked to the kitchen for a pen. Luckily, I’ve mostly upgraded all my bookmarks to envelopes and little torn pieces of paper, which are very handy for these moments of inspiration (and give SOME use to junk mail). So I scribbled some notes to myself. And chuckled — yes, the dialog exchange amused me, especially for someone who could probably never be as witty in real life when talking to someone. Ah, the life of a writer.

Maybe I should post it here when I’m done typing it up — tomorrow. Today, IT calls.

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