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Looking For Quacks In The Pavement

Author: Karel Kerezman

  • Getting All Fired Up

    I apologize for the dearth of updates this week. Every spare productive moment has gone into my NaNo project. I have a bit of character sketching typed up and posted now, as well as a nice chunk of background data. I’ll probably be linking in some of the other Portland NaNos next, followed by the actual structure of the story postings. (I’m still undecided on “full story” versus “excerpts” posting. Comments are encouraged.)

    Just a bit more than a day left before I become a full-on writing powerhouse. Hoo boy.

    I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome some new Blogs of Note. Intellectual Orgy has already been mentioned but Mari can stand the encouragement. The People’s Republic of Seabrook provides a witty slice of Lone Star State life in addition to some keen sociopolitical commentary and has become a daily fave of mine. Rounding out the roster is I’ll Say She Is!, another well-written slice of life journal. The Chuck-A-Palooza antics alone are worth the visit.

    Let’s put it this way: Unless you want to read my novel (or about the progress of my novel) there won’t be much of interest on this site during November. Dig into these Blogs of Note, dear readers. I wouldn’t steer you wrong.

  • Towards The Furtherance Of Guilt Motivation

    There’s now a special subsection devoted to my National Novel Writing Month endeavor. It will begin to fill with meaningful content just as soon as we’re past Halloween and into 30 days of heavy-duty writing. My current plan is to post short excerpts of each day’s writing. I was originally going to post the entire novel as I went along, but I’ve come to realize some dangers inherent in such a plan…

    In related news, the Portland NaNo coffee get-together Sunday afternoon was a quiet, dignified, friendly success. Then again, there may very well have been more NaNos upstairs at Java Vivace that our foursome weren’t aware of. Too bad, their loss.

    Last night I sketched out my basic plotline. I now have a short document to consult whenever I get stuck thinking, “Where do I go now?” I’ve also downloaded and tried out a little Windows proggie named Rough Draft, a kind of “text editor for writers.” Since I’m going to be stuck in Windows anyway, this looks like the way to go.

    Just a few more days until I lose all hope of redemption. Now’s a good time to start sending me care packages: Music, fluid and snacky refreshment, Advil…
    NaNoWriMo

  • Friday Five-o-ween

    • What is your favorite scary movie? – That’s damned near to being an oxymoron, sorry.
    • What is your favorite Halloween treat? – Pumpkin pie, of course!
    • Do you dress up for Halloween? If so, describe your best Halloween costume. – I would, but I don’t. Halloween always shows up before I’ve given it any thought, so I never have a costume prepared. Feh.
    • Do you enjoy going to haunted houses or other spooky events? – See the answer to Question #1.
    • Will you dress up for Halloween this year? – Uh, hi. Friday Five? Didn’t we already have this question about two questions ago? Whatever.

    Friday Five

  • Do you really want 50,000 words from me?

    Those of you who know me well know that I’ve often agonized about doing some serious writing. I want to be an accomplished novellist, dammit.

    This is probably not the way for me to achieve that goal, but it would be good for getting me into the habit of writing. I’m seriously considering doing National Novel Writing Month, the goal of which is to produce a 50,000 novel in 30 days.

    What do you think? Should I? Shouldn’t I?

    UPDATE: Bzzt. Time’s up. I signed up to do it. May the gods have mercy on us all. Look for related webstuff appearing here between now and Sunday. And yes, Melissa, here’s their cute little logo:
    Official NaNoWriMo 2002 Participant
    NaNoWriMo

  • Mari Blogs Now

    Hooray! After much deliberation, perspiration and concentration, Intellectual Orgy is online. This is Mari’s very own online journal (or blog-type-thing, whatever you want to call it). Visit. Encourage her newfound blogging addiction. Show her the love.

  • Where Tuesday Went

    Heh. Styrofoam peanuts.

    “It’s like they took a bit of a movie, put it in a box and filled the rest of the box with styrofoam peanuts. This scene, for instance, is a styrofoam peanut.” – Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Screaming Skull


    And no, that quote probably isn’t exact. I’ll redact this post later, maybe, once I’ve got the wording straight. Anyway, on with the day’s events:

    • Department Head meetings are now on Tuesdays. Still at 8:00 in the bloody damned morning, though. Needless to say I got up too bloody damned early today. Oh yeah, and the Summer 2002 ratings were released today. This is information only interesting to other radio people, I’m afraid.
    • Mari wants a weblog/journal/thing. I’ve set one up for her, but you can’t see it yet. We’re waiting for DNS to get set up, then I’ll make some sort of big announcement. For the record, it’s running Movable Type. MT’s neat and all, but I don’t see myself switching this site any time soon. I’ve got far too much time and effort invested in Monaural Jerk, which I still think is a better system for techies like myself.
    • In related news, I now know how to enable those Trackback things you’ve probably seen popping up all over the blogosphere. They’ll probably appear as if by magic at some point in the next couple of days on a greyduck.net near you. Stay tuned.
    • A diet consisting solely of hot cocoa and Ritz crackers, coupled with sleep deprivation. This is the answer to the question, “Why are you so incoherent this evening, Karel?” Now stop asking me silly questions.
    • This is damned funny. Note to self, add The People’s Republic of Seabrook to the Blogs of Note…
    • Last and probably least, I spent a part of the day poking around on DeviantArt. I even posted a journal entry on my profile. Mostly, though, I was there to grab a bunch of cool new anime wallpapers. If you ask nicely, I’ll show them to you.

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