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Chronicles of a NaNoRebel: Full Time Jobs
There are many, many creatives in the world. There are painters and musicians and actors and writers and directors and web designers and video editors and game designers and so many more that I am probably missing.
Some of these creatives work full time as creatives. They work hard to promote themselves in order to get paid for the work they do. And if they are lucky, they get to make careers out of the work they are so passionate about.
Why hellooooooo Neil Gaiman!
This article is not for them. Read the rest of this entry
Chronicles of a NaNoRebel: Distraction and the Dulls
First things first! It is Week 4! That means there’s a new ML update!
Note: You will notice a lack of pictures. Pictures take time. And in November, time is at a premium, so I am forgoing the hunt of amusing pictures to distract the ADD brains of the 21st century. Apologies.
Unlike Val, I am further than 500 words, but alas, I am still woefully behind at 31,000 (I should be at 36,000).
There are a couple of reasons for this. First is that I have these things called friends. Friends who I like and who like me and who lament when I go MIA which for the past year or so has been…always. Read the rest of this entry
Watch “ML Updates: Just Keep Writing!” on YouTube
In lieu of Dining and Dating Errol and I have been making fake ML Updates from Rick and Val, two characters in the NaNoMusical to celebrate NaNowrimo. Here is the latest one! I am feeling like Val is appearing right now.
Chronicles of a NaNo Rebel: Everything sucks.
It is the midst of week two for NaNoWriMo. Tomorrow marks the halfway point. I’m slightly behind but not terribly so. I have 22,000 words. That’s nothing to complain about. Sure, it’s a hodgepodge of blogs, articles, scripts and novel-style storylines, but they’re my 22,000 words and I should be proud of it.
My Neighbour Errol: Smug
Stupid smug smuggers smuggy face jerk wanna punch him in his stupid smug….
Sigh.
As many of you may know, I am a bit of a fan of the Myst franchise. Understatement? Yes.
I am as obsessed as Brad Dourif is crazy
Chronicles of a NaNo Rebel
This year was supposed to be the year I fully got back into NaNoWriMo again. But then, as I wrote earlier, I got the oppurtunity to write a video game. Not just any video game either: it’s a time travel video game. This sort of project requires the time and effort that doesn’t allow for a novel to be written on the side. At least…so long as I have a full time job.
And yes, I do get really cranky when people take my stapler…seriously…
But, all was not apparently lost. I was told that I could still participate in NaNo, counting my script and video game planning towards my word count. However since it’s not an official, coherent novel I no longer can be considered an official NaNoWriMo participant. No, I have become what is known as…a NaNoRebel. Read the rest of this entry
My Neighbour Errol- Projects
When it comes to our projects, Errol and I have a system.
Errol thinks up some fantastical creative endeavor.
Errol gets excited about said fantastical creative endeavor.
Errol tells me that we are now doing the creative endeavor. Read the rest of this entry
Train Man
Blugh. Glargh. UGH. FEELINGS.
I don’t like to admit that I’m a romantic. In fact, I go out of my way to prove that I am bitter, cynical single female who needs not this emotion you humans call love.
But then…urgh, ARGH, but then I’ll catch myself listening to a certain song or watching a certain movie and then all those girlie feelings will bubble to the surface and then it’s all tears and swelling hearts and BLARG!
Up until recently, I’ve been able to keep these episodes private. But then…Train Man. Freaking Train Man.
Or Densha Otoko if you want to be Japanese about it.
Extra Life
Dear world: My friend Dan is doing a fundraiser called Extra Life. On November 2, he will be playing video games for a full 25 hours straight to help raise money for Children’s Miracle Network.
I have agreed to perform a Whitless Letter live (which you can vote for on my wetangent page) and Errol will be livestreaming a video game with Dan as well (where you can witness the frustration firsthand). He has already gotten his goal which is amazing, but if he gets to $1,200.00 I will be forced to play a horror game by myself for a full fifteen minutes. Errol might be there too.
I don’t want to do this. I really don’t want to do this. Me playing horror games is like trying to put a cat into a bath. But I also don’t want children to get sick. And so if you are so inclined, feel free to donate to the “Watch Manda lose her mind” fund. It’s for the kids. And your entertainment, but mostly for the kids.
New Vids!
Once I finish this game, I’d like to review it properly, but for now here’s a Let’s Play series I have begun with my friend Dan! It is the first part of many!
If you’re interested in seeing the story but don’t own a PS3 or play games, then check it out!
Also, here is the newest Dining and Dating! Don’t forget, you can send in questions!
Thoughts from the Test Chamber 