Live forever, a novel by Kathleen Bright for NaNoWriMo (work in progress)

UPDATE: All Things Bright went offline on Monday (6 Nov), but it's back for good now. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience, I've returned to my usual scheduling of every other day now, starting today. Thanks for being so patient. 11 Nov 2006

NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is a creative writing project originating in the United States in which each participant attempts to write a fifty-thousand-word novel in a single month… Organizers of the event say that the aim is simply to get people to start writing, using the deadline as an incentive to get the story going and put words to paper… “No Plot? No Problem!”

Wikipedia: NaNoWriMo

I have no time to write a novel in a month, but I want to do it anyway.

What it's about: Time

Consequently, I'm exploring ideas about the elasticity of time, human frailty, boredom, fickleness, mortality, life achievements etc. My character is immortal and I'm exploring what that might actually be like beyond all the hype about how great it would be.

Immense pressure to practically complete the novel next week

I am on Reading Week next week. Which means in addition to writing three 2500-word essays, I now have the vast majority of a novel to crank out before I drop from exhaustion. Plus, I need to get working on Ethical Beads still. Oh, and I'm (hopefully) on KCL Enterprises' committee. Well, I do like a challenge. Hurrah!

Help needed; ALL ideas welcome

Writing 1667 words a day (minimum) is no easy task when you're over-worked. Which is why I'm desperate for your support. Please help me by making suggestions and submitting your ideas, no matter how boring or bold.

If you have any of my contact details (especially Internet ones, i.e. email, IM etc.), please initiate contact with me with your ideas. Leave ideas as comments to this post. Thanks!

As I progress I will post snippets online, either in All Things Bright entries or I'll link to wherever I put them. I welcome questions on my progress, comments on my story etc. All feedback welcome.

Join me

If you're taking part in NaNoWriMo, do let me know in the comments to this post. If you haven't started yet, there is still time. I've only started properly today. So far, I have 23 words. Or 10, if you don't include the title & subtitle…

But that's okay.

Oh, and if you know of any London NaNoWriMo groups, please let me know.

See also:

• NaNoWriMo, Wikipedia definition: Excellent summary, including history and spin-offs
• Official NaNoWriMo Forums
• NaNoWriMo, LiveJournal community
• NaNoWriMo Icons, LiveJournal community
• Find more NaNoWriMo at LiveJournal

In other news…

Unfortunately, I've missed the start of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). However, will be doing it next year. (Have set my reminder). It's probably a good thing I'm not doing that too really. :)

This year; I win!