naomi_jay: (wolves in snow)
 Got back from Manchester late last night feeling happy but exhausted. I had a fantastic four days, two of which were even more fantastic because I spent them at the She-Wolf conference. Yay! I'm so excited and full of ideas right now. This conference is really going to inform my writing, and not just the werewolf stuff, but the dark YA novel I'll be working on next. When I've eaten and recovered from this weird bout of hayfever I've just developed, I'll blog about it some more.

In the mean time, thanks to those who joined my cult! The Anti-Nano movement has begun ^_^ Again, I'll blog about this some more later, because I'm sure there must be more minions out there to join my cause.

In other news, I now must cleanse and dress and go food shopping because there is nothing here to eat. I've been off the Harcombe Diet this week, since I didn't want to be a diva and start demanding particular meals while I was with Kyle's folks, and now I'm back to being a bit blargh and umf body-wise. It was nice to have a few days of just eating without thinking too hard about it, but I actually did miss the Harcombe Diet. It's a way of eating that's really working for me, and for someone who's struggled with weight and body image for most of my life, that's refreshing. So I need to go stock up on bacon, eggs, fruit and cheese, and I might even go crazy and try to make some soup. Laters!
naomi_jay: (typewriter)
I am well up for starting cults, all the time.

Anyway. If you're like me, about this time of  year, you start getting excited about Nanowrimo. The writing! The social events! The challenge of writing 50k in a month! It all seems brilliant and so easily done. Just, what? 1666.6666666666666666666667 words a day, and you're totally there! And who can't find time for 1666.6666666666666666666667 words a day, right?

And then you start, and for the first week you're full of enthusiasm and the muse is there with you, and you're powering through and thrashing the word count every day, and you're so totally winning Nano!

And then one of the following things happen:

1. You skip a day for some reason. Maybe you have a headache, or a social engagement you can't avoid. So the next day you have to write double. But you don't manage that, because writing 3332 words is suddenly really hard. And so you fall short and have to write more the next day, and the next, and the next, until finally you'd have to be writing, like, 7000 words a day to make that 50k goal, and we all know how much that isn't going to happen, so you give up and watch cartoons all month instead. Fail.

2. You suddenly realise that everything you're writing is utter tripe. You panic, flail, try to get back on track, but have lost all confidence, so you give up and watch cartoons all month instead. Fail.

3. That old recurrent arm injury flares up and you're in too much pain to even look at a keyboard. You give up and watch cartoons all month instead. Fail.

(You'll notice a theme here. It's failing and cartoons. Cartoons is how I remedy failure.)

Well, screw you, Nano! There are other ways we failures cartoon fans writers can achieve greatness in November! I'm officially gauging interest in an Anti-Nano Cult. If you want all the cameraderie and goal-setting of Nano without the pressure of getting to 50k, come join me. Set your own target and flip the bird at all those smug 50k-ers. Look, I'll be doing it. If you want to join me, leave a comment so I can figure out if it's worth getting properly organised and christening myself a High Priestess, okay?

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