Working on the Night Shift at Harbor House

It's nearly 8:30 p.m. here in Aberdeen, Wash. I'm at Harbor House manning the helm and at my trusty laptop.

I'm halfway through the night shift.

It would be great to have a few other writers down here at work with me, but I work alone (so far) tonight. I did have a writer (by the name of Dwight Johnson) drop in during the morning shift requesting to read for the Salon (Oct.1). He turned me on to his YouTube channel and I got to listen to him read his work. It was quite good--both the poetry and the reading.

That's pretty much my life today, except for a few errands and coffee with my amazing man bun son between my split shift.

So, tomorrow I expect pretty much the same. Ho hum, right? The writer's life. LOL

And now for your listening pleasure...

NaNoWriMo Nuts Noodle New Novels in November

Put everything else aside. Write right now! LOL

Wrimonites: I'd love to hear your NaNoWriMo progress. We all work at different paces. To some it comes easy to others with great pains. that's all okay.

This isn't a bragging thing; it's an encouragement thing. We're all in this together and we need the support to press on.

And DO press on. Don't stop. And if you miss a day, pick it back up the next. Do NOT be discouraged.

My goal is higher than 50K, so at 14K, I'm behind on my goal, but I'll keep crackin'.

Celebrating NaNoWriMo: Author's Insanity Month

So it begins. National Novel Writing Month. Average goal 50,000 (50K) words. That's a mere 1,500 words a day. And it doesn't have to be a polished masterpiece. Just write.

Author Shannon Hale said: “I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”

Sure it takes dedication. Sure it takes discipline. Sure it's a lot of work. And, sure it takes some measure of insanity. And it's hard. But anyone can do it who wants to.

This is actually how I work. LOL

It's said that over 300,000 people will attempt the challenge this year. That would be a lot of books if all succeeded. Most won't see the light of day. But some do. Like Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants.

I'm drafting a novel to be titled Through HELL and Back. (That could be appropo. lol) I will begin today. I will write every day except over Thanksgiving weekend. I will write at least six hours per day on this one work (remember my goal is 100K and I've been doing this for while).

I'll be revising and editing in December and polishing in January. The finished work should be about 80K. I have the story idea and intro knocked out. (I know, I've cheated a little.)

http://gregoryezschomler.blogspot.com/p/books.html

So true