…and now I’m asking myself, can I turn a fantasy Western about a revenant hunting down the man who killed him into an entire novel? …Which, when I put it that way, makes the answer sound fairly obvious. But will it be any good?
Maybe. Let me think about it. I’ll attach the story so people can give me their own opinions. I think it could sustain, although it’d be a somewhat terse novel.
The problem I’ve been having with ANALOG is that the story’s big enough for a novel. So I’m going to turn it into one. I’m also putting up the first chapter of it for this month’s Patreon, and then I can start thinking about how I’ll expand all the hints that I was putting in it already.
I consider this a victory, given that I lost pretty much a week to Covid. Well, four or five days. If I had managed to still have those, I probably would have hit 60K. 50K is supposed to be the target number anyway.
Continue reading 11/30/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 636/50013. [Victory!]Didn’t stay up to finish it last night, but I might tonight. Although ‘finished’ is a nebulous term. I have the framework of the book. It’ll do.
Continue reading 11/29/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 2018/49377.‘Temporary’ because I’m staying up to get it to 48K. Today was a very complicated day involving fixing a persistent problem with this website, but that’s no excuse not to finish. 50K awaits!
Continue reading 11/28/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 1097/47359 (temporary).Should hit 50K before the end. Huzzah!
Continue reading 11/27/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 2156/46262.
Covid probably will keep me from 60K, but I should still hit 50K. Which is technically the goal anyway. Welp, the point is to get the book down in some form.
Continue reading 11/26/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 2063/44106.
Trying to knock down the numbers!
Continue reading 11/22/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 2004/42043
Clawing my way back! Now over 40K words. 2/3rds of the way there!
Continue reading 11/21/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 2516/40039.
What can I say? It was a complicated weekend. I’m just pleased I could get myself to write words today.
Continue reading 11/20/2022 NaNoWriMo, BANSHEE BEACH: 555/37523.
