I have been spending way too much time over on the NaNoWriMo forums. Probably close to an hour a day at this point. Time I could/should be writing.
Not that I’m not writing. I’ve been keeping up with my blogs. And editing my 2007 Nano Novel, The Fairest of the Faire. I still want to have it edited and up to Lulu for publication by the time Nano2008 starts. But at this point, while wasting time on the forums, I am not getting that done as quickly as I could.
At least I know that once Nano starts, the forums get awfully slow, making them frustrating to hang out on to begin with, and also I would rather work on my Great American Novel than piddle around having discussions with people.
But right now, the distractions are numerous, and not helping me get the job done. I feel like I have ADD. I was reading the online news and found out that Neil Gaiman has a new novel out…a new novel!! How can I not want to go out and snatch it up RIGHT NOW and start reading it, leaving all that is Nano behind me?
I won’t, though. I’ll solemnly ask our reference librarian to order it, it will appear in December and I can read it over Christmas. Why? Because Neil Gaiman is a huge fan of Nano, and a great supporter of writers of all levels, and I should honor that. Gaiman even wrote a pep talk for last year’s Nano.
So, back to work I go. I’m about 3/4 of the way through the rewrite of Fairest of the Faire. It is up to about 80K, which is respectable. I don’t think it’s my best work, but it’s good enough.
