January 7th, 2007 by Rasmus | No Comments
It’s a new year and with that, there some new things happening. I am ashamed to admit, that I actually failed to complete Nanowrimo 2006. I almost made it though, having just over 41,000 words in the bag, but I’ll spare you the excuses.
Instead, missing the deadline for Nanowrimo made me realize something else. It [...]
November 27th, 2006 by Rasmus | 5 Comments
With this year’s Nanowrimo, I will be finishing the first draft of a novel for the fifth time. It’s a great feeling, to reach that last page and set down that last period. Whenever I’ve done that, I always sit and stare blankly at the screen for a while. In slight disbelief that I did [...]
October 15th, 2006 by Rasmus | No Comments
As a writer it happens that you meet people, who will want to be in your stories. Some literally ask for it, while others have something about them, which lends itself well to whatever you’re writing on.
A while back, I attended the opening of a new restaurant here in Seattle. As I made myself comfortable [...]
October 11th, 2006 by Rasmus | 4 Comments
Every year in November, thousands of writers set out to finish a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. These are all participants in the National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo). Many try and succeed, even more fail and some who want to never even get started. From the latter group, those that I have spoken to [...]
