So far my main goal this year seems to be to write everyday instead of bitching about being uninspired the first three weeks and then writing 30k a day the last week.

While that's a fun way to go, I want to try this every-day thing. I can do it, right? No problem. I write every day anyway. This is just for a cohesive, linear plot/story. No problem.

*gulp*

Because I know you're dying of curiosity (haha, get it?), this is what I've been listening to, more or less, and what I sent out for the CD Swap:

001.) Fanfare - R. Strauss
002.) Awesome Forces! - The Aquabats
003.) Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
004.) Superman - R.E.M.
005.) Duct Tape My Heart - Freezepop
006.) Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra
007.) I'm Not Bad, I’m Just Drawn That Way! - Alan Silvestri
008.) You Just Watch Me - Tanya Tucker
009.) Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
010.) I Want Love - Akira Yamaoka
011.) Cold (But I'm Still Here) - Evans Blue
012.) Cinnamon Spider - Jack Off Jill
013.) Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
014.) Make Me Stay - Ani DiFranco
015.) Need You Tonight - INXS
016.) Sweet Dreamms - La Bouche
017.) Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5
018.) Take Me as I Am - Faith Hill
019.) Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash
020.) Empowerment - Kiva
021.) She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
022.) I Call It Love - Windy Wagner
023.) Love And Happiness - Al Green
024.) Urban Aire - Afro Celt Sound System
025.) The Cruel Mother - Lothlorien
026.) Bad Dream - (hed) pe
027.) Enter My Mind - Drain S.T.H.
028.) Flood - Jars of Clay
029.) No Need To Explain - Lacuna Coil
030.) Leave Me Alone - The Crüxshadows
031.) Butterfly - Tapping The Vein
032.) Poor L'il Fool - Ricky Nelson
033.) Crazy On You - Heart
034.) I Believe You - Celldweller
035.) Mary Mary (Stigmatic Mix) - Chumbawamba
036.) Heroin, She Said - Wolfsheim
037.) When Mermaids Cry - Eagle Eye Cherry
038.) Voodoo - Godsmack
039.) Don't Let Me Get Me - Pink
040.) Dealerman - OPM
041.) Paper Doll - Kittie
042.) The Boogie Monster - Gnarls Barkley
043.) Wish I Had An Angel - Nightwish
044.) Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back - Meat Loaf
045.) In A World Of My Own [Alice In Wonderland] - Kathryn Beaumont
046.) Someone Is Crazy - Jonathan Coulton
047.) Avanti - Corvus Corax
048.) Dead - Korn
049.) The Unquiet Grave - Faith and the Muse
050.) Wake - East West
051.) I Am Stretched Over Your Grave - Kate Rusby
052.) Crossroads - Bone Thugs N Harmony
053.) Hill - Hungry Lucy
054.) What I've Done - Linkin Park
055.) Bowzer's Castle - Jinxed
056.) Two Angels And A Dream - Depswa
057.) Linger - The Cranberries
058.) Is She Weird - Pixies
059.) Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
060.) Angry Johnny - Poe
061.) Monkeybirds - Iain Ballamy
062.) Hanuman Puja - Krishna Das
063.) Normal Like You - Everclear
064.) You Gotta Be - Des'ree
065.) Make Yourself - Incubus
066.) Real World - Matchbox Twenty
067.) Third Rock From The Sun - Joe Diffie
068.) Cigarettes - Fort Minor
069.) Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls
070.) We Belong to the Sea - Aqua
071.) Dream - Everly Brothers
072.) Papaloko - Axial
073.) Dreaming - BT
074.) Catherine Howard's Fate - Blackmore's Night
075.) Standing Outside The Fire - Garth Brooks
076.) Around The World - Daft Punk
077.) The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
078.) Push It Fergasonic - DJ Axel
079.) Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone
080.) Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
081.) The Wild Hunt - Tamarra James
082.) Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly
083.) Unbelieveable - EMF
084.) Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
085.) The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
086.) The Faerie Queen - Heather Alexander
087.) Swinging On A Star - Bruce Willis
088.) Long, Long Time Ago - Javier Navarrete
089.) Better Off Alone - Alice Deejay
090.) She's Got Issues - The Offspring
091.) Spiderwebs - No Doubt
092.) I Don't Wanna Stop - Ozzy Osbourne
093.) Move This - Technotronic
094.) Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette
095.) Don't Turn Around - Ace Of Base
096.) Electric Boogie - Marcia Griffiths
097.) Molly Malone - Paddyrasta
098.) Hush, Hush, Hush - Paula Cole
099.) Give Me Danger - Dangerous Muse
100.) Duck And Run - 3 Doors Down
101.) True Love (Scarborough Fair) - Gypsy Soul
102.) I've Done Everything For You - Rick Springfield
103.) Holderkin Sheep Song - Mercedes Lackey
104.) Uninvited - Gregorian Masters of Chant
105.) Falling Star - Qntal
106.) Prologue - Loreena McKennitt
107.) Into the West - Annie Lennox
108.) Devrah's Delight - Trapezoid
109.) Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
110.) Exile - Aine Minogue
111.) Astounded - Tantric
112.) Center of the Sun - Conjure One
113.) A Stranger - A Perfect Circle
114.) Maid on the Shore - Cauldron 13
115.) I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit
116.) Down In Mary's Land - Mary Chapin Carpenter
117.) Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
118.) Tapestry - Moya Brennan
119.) Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Reviva
120.) Starlight - The Wailin' Jennys
121.) Black is the Colour - Gaelic Storm
122.) Leatherwing Bat - Cormorant's Fancy
123.) Knights In Shining Karma - XTC
124.) Cradle Song - Brahms
125.) Man's Road - America
126.) Least Complicated - Indigo Girls
127.) An Irish Lullaby - Brobdingnagian Bards
128.) Why Does She Have To Die? - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
129.) Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
130.) Spreading Wings - Gabriel Yared
131.) KS (Victoria Mix by VNVNation) - Apoptygma Berzerk

I spent most of my weekend sleeping absurdly long hours and writing the bare minimum. The suggested word count for someone writing 100k is *checks* 13,336. I've got a little over 3k. I think. So I'm only 10k or so behind. Which is technically ahead, for me.

So far my MC has made the rest of the military look bad, laid the smack down on some back-talkin' skirt, and given the cold shoulder to her domineering protector. For her next trick she's going to accidentally overhear a suspicious rumor and realize her companion animal has gotten into mischief again.

:P

I got back from my Samhain obligations around 10pm, Oct 31st. I watched an episode of DS9 with Logan and then chatted with him while I logged into chat (over a hundred people in there) and waited for midnight to roll around.

Then midnight rolled around. I promptly fell asleep and just woke up. Hehehehe.

So now I have to get that word count in, before my day begins. I have today off. It should be fun, spending the hours molding the words like clay into the images I require . . .

How is everyone else doing?

I think it’s appropriate that Nanowrimo starts at the witching hour right after Halloween is technically over. I’ve been somewhat avoiding thinking about mine because if I think about it I’m going to want to write it, but I think I have an idea of how I want to start it. So, you can probably expect random ramblings about steamships and inter-dimensional travel, if I blabber here about my novel.

Hey, it’s Nanowrimo, anything goes. To all you playing, the best of luck, to any of you that aren’t, well, why aren’t you? it’s only a bit less then two-thousands words a day!

Just a few days from Nanowrimo. I’m starting to get excited, though I still don’t have much of an idea of my plot besides mad scientists and cliches and vague steampunk ideas. For some reason I’ve decided to write something that’s vaguely steampunk, though I’ve got no real idea what that means. Also I took a dare from a friend to include a male ballet dancer, so that’s Victor Beauchamp, my male MC’s, day job. There will be some romance, and probably some scifi, and I’m afraid it’s just going to turn into a colossal mess, but hey, it’s nanowrimo, so who cares.

Also I got an eeePC, so I can write on the go:

That’s my eeePC (running eeexubuntu) on top of my compaq presario for a size comparison. I broke the hinges on my laptop, so it’s no longer really portable. I also got a portable DVD player case for it (it’s the same size), so I can really take it on the go.

I have resources up there in the links, don’t forget. And if anyone knows of any other resources or links, feel free to leave a comment. Let’s get ready to rumble!

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bonus: I sent a suggestion to mental floss for their “Feel Art Again” blogpost and they took it. Click to read more about one of my favorit painters: John Martin

And what I have decided is follows:

1.) I am too broke for nano-bribes this year, woe!

2.) I am, in fact, writing two novels.

-----a.) Novel One shall be a fairytale retelling of Beauty and the Beast, set in my Sidhe-Land* world.

-----b.) Novel Two shall be an urban fantasy focusing on shape-shifters. Cliche to the core, baby.

3.) I will try to write every day without fail. At least a sentence.**

4.) Frantic plotting shall now commence!

That is all.

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* No that isn't the actual NAME of the place/setting.
** I say this every year and it amounts to very little.

Devil_Trigger/d_evil_trigger and his unholy cohorts are putting together a #nw/NaNoWriMo Gift/Card exchange over at nanogiftxchg. If you're interested, check it out.

Today's Author Count: 47,517
Crazy Things I Agreed To Do: Work both of my days off, NaNoWriMo CD Swap, packages.
Crazy Things I Want To Do: #nw Christmas Card Swap


#nanowrimo participants must submit two songs:

1.) One song representing how you see yourself now.

2.) One song representing how you would like to be. Or where you see yourself in ten years or . . . think of it as reality versus fantasy.

I know, I know. It's really hard to quantify one's self with one song. Volunteers only, as per usual. No you can't use a mash-up or an hour long mix. No deadline yet. My goal is at least twenty people. We'll split the songs into two lists and see what we come up with. If you want to use the same song for both lists because you're all perfect and whatnot, that's fine. If you have questions, ask.

*As for the second playlist project that some people never got back to me on - I'm writing up the lists that I did get and doling out the tunes. I'll pass them out soon. Honest. Is this the face of a cat who would lie to you? :D

Q: Will you accept classical music?
A: Yes, yes! There is no music that is not accepted here. Even *shudder* bubblegum.

Q: Dude, you totally wrote this post on the 6th! Why is it showing up now?
A: I forward-dated it to show up today, after I made some edits (added the on-going list, below the cut. If you have complaints, just leave a comment and I'll slap the whole post behind an LJ cut.

Q: Doesn't this imply everyone is dissatisfied with themselves?
A: I honestly didn't see it that way, I was thinking more along the lines of if you could change any one thing, what would you? What do you want to do in ten years? What's your most important goal? What is your perfect ideal. It was supposed to be a contrast between reality and fantasy but I guess I sort of worded it poorly.

-->Song: Now<--	.|.	-->Song: Later<--
Holdin' On - Saliva	SteelAngelJohn	Rise Today - Alter Bridge
Never Too Late - Three Days Grace	Gypsies(Feather/Fences)	All That We Needed - Plain White Ts
Ridin' The Storm Out - REO Speedwagon	Devil_Trigger	Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Broken Wings - Alter Bridge	dream_weaver	I'm Alive - Disturbed
Wait, Wait, Wait - The Format	pagmies	Androgyny - Garbage
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode	ohwowitsbecca	I Like Birds - Eels
Fine, Fine Line - Avenue Q	elle	Zueignung - Richard Strauss
The World Spins Madly On - The Weepies	Kortney	More Than Fine - Switchfoot
When I Grow Up - Garbage	ThorinLight	Milkshake - Kelis
Disenchanted - My Chemical Romance	xmolder	Simple Man - Shinedown
Under the Water - Merrill Bainbridge	Jei	Goodbye - Gravity Kills
Carebear - MC Chris	kennethlove	A Favor House Atlantic - Coheed & Cambria
Waiting Line - Zero 7	Ava	I Will Find You - Clannad
Allstar - Smash Mouth	That Zombie Person	The Queen of Old Argyle - Silly Wizards
Beggarman - Gaelic Storm	curiosity	When I Win - Gaelic Storm
	Total: 15 #nano-ers / 30 Songs

More later . . .

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