Tie my hands behind my back!

[girlyswot]

So, I seem to have signed up for yuletide.  I think this is okay.  One fic due by Christmas.  And there are some really fun fandoms that I've offered to write in.  I've asked for Antonia Forest or Georgette Heyer.  *grins*  This could be a fun Christmas present.

BUT it is now getting worryingly close to NaNoWriMo time of year.  I am NOT signing up.  That way madness lies.  I'm doing way too many courses this semester as it is.  Just because I am not going to the big conference in San Diego, thus freeing up, ooh, three days in November, does NOT mean it will be okay to write 50,000 words that month.

You are all my witnesses and I trust you to hold me accountable to this.

Comments

[amamama.livejournal.com]

I've made a note behind my left ear, so hopefully I'll remember if you start rambling about NaNoWriMo. :) Good luck with the fic, I'm sure anyone would love a fanfic from you as a gift *imagines having a sister who writes fanfics* - if they understand it. I'm not sure I would've understood fanfic B.S.Q. (Before Sugar Quill).

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

That's funny. I've been writing fanfic for at least 20 years. It was only a couple of years ago that I realised other people did this too and that it was called fanfic!!

[amamama.livejournal.com]

Writing stories has always been fun, sometimes basing them on books sometimes Rl, sometimes pure imagination. Fanfic was a totally foreign concept, and I always thought I was the only one making up stories for fun. I've never written them though - we weren't allowed to tell stories in our high school assignments, it was all analyzes of some kind. Story telling was for kids. *shakes head* Amazing what narrowminded teachers can do... Stripping me of any writing joy was part of it, but I'm slowly finding my way back.

[dogstar101.livejournal.com]

Amazing what narrowminded teachers can do... Stripping me of any writing joy was part of it, but I'm slowly finding my way back

Hey - you too? *kicks narrowminded teachers*

Someone was trying to get me to do nanowrimo but I have the same problem as you Ros - "I don't spend enough time thinking about what I write, not that I spend too much."

*rueful nod*

[tdu000.livejournal.com]

Have you written any Georgette Heyer fics? I'd love to read them if you have. I think you'd do it really well as you've got the perfect combination a liking for fluff and just the right sense of humour.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Well, yes and no. I once started a sequel to 'The Masqueraders' which was when I first discovered that I really can't do plot. And I've written a few silly scenes from various others. I don't think I've still got any of them, though. But maybe one day I'll try again. Actually, I think I'd quite like to write an original Regency romance one day. *starts wondering if she should try that for NaNoWriMo*

[stmargarets.livejournal.com]

I love Regency romances! But no, you shouldn't do that for NaNoWriMo. *raps knuckles*

We should have our own NaNoWriMo month (that isn't November) Maybe we could try it in our writing group?

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Maybe. November is a decidedly bad month for me. Though I'm not sure about doing it again anyway. 50,000 words in a month means I just write 50,000 bad words. My problem is usually that I don't spend enough time thinking about what I write, not that I spend too much.

But maybe we should start trying some kind of challenges in firemuses. Hmmm.

Well done for passing the 'don't-let-Ros-do-NaNo' test!!!