Re: Introduce yourself to the region!

InMediasRes
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:09:00 -0500

Hello everyone! I'm Rachel, and this is my second NaNo, though I've *almost* participated every year for four or five years prior to my first real attempt last year. Anyhow, I'm from Aurora. Due to a rather crowded schedule, I don't know if I'll attend any of the write-ins--last year, they always seemed to be scheduled at my workplace (the Eola library) during the times I was working, which was not helpful. In other unnecessary news, this will be my first year using a program developed for noveling (Yarny), rather than the ubiquitous Microsoft Word. This will hopefully make it feel less like work or school or something.

Speaking of school (and work), I also teach homeschooled students, and a number of my students will hopefully be participated in the YWP of NaNoWriMo. Extra credit all around! And it's something I don't actually have to grade or even read--how absolutely lovely!

As far as plot summer goes, I do sort of have a plot. I'm being a moderate out-of-copyright infringer, as I'm going to loosely base my novel on Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff, though with a shiny, new post-apocalyptic and/or dystopian setting. That will hopefully take care of my perennial "how the heck do I end this blasted thing" dilemma, which has been the bane of my creative existence. I honestly can say that I've never actually ended any fiction in my life (not counting school-assigned short stories under 5,000 words), so this could be a major accomplishment. We'll just have to wait and see . . .