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kellan_the_tabby) wrote2004-10-12 05:04 pm
kellan_the_tabby) wrote2004-10-12 05:04 pm
NaNoWriMo considerations...
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea. So I'm going to start considering what I'm gonna have to do before November 1st to make this even a remote possibility...
The first thing I'm gonna have to do is see how Lewis feels about it. If he's not into the idea...I don't think I should try. Going heads-down most of the day, most every day, for a month straight isn't a good idea without checking with the people it'll affect most...and he's it.
Now, he'd mentioned the possibility today of trying NaNoWriMo himself...and if that happens, well, the house will be a pit when we're done, but I think it'd be a lot more fun otherwise. In fact I have a vague hope of talking a bunch of people I know into trying this with me...more fun that way, and a more supportive environment.
That having been said...
The house needs to be _really_ pretty clean first. And not just stuff-out-of-way clean, but stuff-where-it-goes clean. We can do this; my room is pretty close, the bedroom isn't far behind, and the downstairs, while superficially messy, is really in pretty good shape.
Scheduling...well, I'd have to see how little I can get away with getting out of the house. Already on the schedule for the two of us:
November 6: Haus von Halstern Winter Wolf Tournament. Lewis wants to go. I could happily go, watch the fighting, eat Dietrich's feast, but I could just as happily blow it off.
November 13: Hundred Minutes War. Already planning to meet a few people there, and Candy might be bringing Da Boyfriend. Can't miss it.
November 26-28: Darkover. Ain't missing that for anything.
Possibly on the schedule: The Wreath meeting, and Jae's party. No idea when those'll be, yet. Both are potentially missable though I'd prefer not to.
So...the weekends are an issue. If I can use the laptop frequently, they become less so, but that's something to talk over with Lewis.
Other considerations: heraldry. Over a typical month, I help Lewis put together the external letter, help with with the packet, and comment on Eldrich's ILoI. The first doesn't take a lot of time; the second, more so. I suspect I can get Eldrich to release a proof copy of the internal a few days early, and if so I'll simply comment early. The packet...well, we might be able to come up with some extra help, or something.
I've been trying to do two pages a day on the Brechenmacher project. This would, if I kept on at that rate through November, put me at page 120 or so. So...I'd want to get that far along before the beginning of the month. I think I can do that.
The job...well. Things are getting to the point where I can quit. If that's happened by or near the beginning of the month, that makes things a whole lot simpler. If not, not so much.
The cats? They're pretty used to me spending a lot of time on the computer anyway...and as long as I can keep up with food, water and litterboxen, I think they'll be all right with it. And none of those take _too_ awfully long.
The house...I can keep up with dishes and laundry reasonably well, I think, during breaks. I suspect, if I do this, it will wind up being as much a lesson in efficiency as in writing...
I can blow off nearly all of my sewing projects until the end of November with no problems whatsoever, and likewise any other A&S I have going...
I almost think I could manage this.
*grin*
The first thing I'm gonna have to do is see how Lewis feels about it. If he's not into the idea...I don't think I should try. Going heads-down most of the day, most every day, for a month straight isn't a good idea without checking with the people it'll affect most...and he's it.
Now, he'd mentioned the possibility today of trying NaNoWriMo himself...and if that happens, well, the house will be a pit when we're done, but I think it'd be a lot more fun otherwise. In fact I have a vague hope of talking a bunch of people I know into trying this with me...more fun that way, and a more supportive environment.
That having been said...
The house needs to be _really_ pretty clean first. And not just stuff-out-of-way clean, but stuff-where-it-goes clean. We can do this; my room is pretty close, the bedroom isn't far behind, and the downstairs, while superficially messy, is really in pretty good shape.
Scheduling...well, I'd have to see how little I can get away with getting out of the house. Already on the schedule for the two of us:
November 6: Haus von Halstern Winter Wolf Tournament. Lewis wants to go. I could happily go, watch the fighting, eat Dietrich's feast, but I could just as happily blow it off.
November 13: Hundred Minutes War. Already planning to meet a few people there, and Candy might be bringing Da Boyfriend. Can't miss it.
November 26-28: Darkover. Ain't missing that for anything.
Possibly on the schedule: The Wreath meeting, and Jae's party. No idea when those'll be, yet. Both are potentially missable though I'd prefer not to.
So...the weekends are an issue. If I can use the laptop frequently, they become less so, but that's something to talk over with Lewis.
Other considerations: heraldry. Over a typical month, I help Lewis put together the external letter, help with with the packet, and comment on Eldrich's ILoI. The first doesn't take a lot of time; the second, more so. I suspect I can get Eldrich to release a proof copy of the internal a few days early, and if so I'll simply comment early. The packet...well, we might be able to come up with some extra help, or something.
I've been trying to do two pages a day on the Brechenmacher project. This would, if I kept on at that rate through November, put me at page 120 or so. So...I'd want to get that far along before the beginning of the month. I think I can do that.
The job...well. Things are getting to the point where I can quit. If that's happened by or near the beginning of the month, that makes things a whole lot simpler. If not, not so much.
The cats? They're pretty used to me spending a lot of time on the computer anyway...and as long as I can keep up with food, water and litterboxen, I think they'll be all right with it. And none of those take _too_ awfully long.
The house...I can keep up with dishes and laundry reasonably well, I think, during breaks. I suspect, if I do this, it will wind up being as much a lesson in efficiency as in writing...
I can blow off nearly all of my sewing projects until the end of November with no problems whatsoever, and likewise any other A&S I have going...
I almost think I could manage this.
*grin*
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If I'm not working any more, Mom's gonna want me to visit maybe every couple weeks...plus I want to spend more time with Jodi once Fred's shipped out.
We've got a zillion books already copied which I want to file properly...and a zillion more which need to be copied. That's another thing I can get a jump on this month, though, and there's no deadline on any of it.
Christmas presents...I like doing a lot of my shopping in November but I can start early and get some done in October...
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I know you want to drag other people into it. I could tell that from the beginning.
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*chuckle* You seem to have noticed before I did...I didn't think of that until I started talking to a couple of people about it over chat.
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I have to figure out if I am going to do this.
Liam
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And...of _course_ you will, dear Liam. :)
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Wreath meeting: currently scheduled for 13 November. But may get pushed, if collation hasn't been in hand for a week by then. Trouble is, push it to when?
Jae's party: either 20 or 21 November. We are still working on that. We may have to do party on the 20th and meeting on the 21st. Which would be ugggh.
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And, yeah, changing the schedule like that _would_ suck a lot...yow.
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With his current schedule? I can't imagine it. If things lighten up? Maybe. Would be cool.
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Even if he didn't make it to 50,000, I think just _writing_ the stuff in his head would be a Good Thing.
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Amusingly enough, half the shire _has_ already met him...she brought him to a demo that Lewis and I didn't make it to. I don't think Candy quite realizes how much the rest of the Shire is going to be keeping an eye on this guy until he proves himself to be decent...
We get to meet him tomorrow, though. And he sounds good so far...I haven't heard Candy sound this happy in _years_.
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More in the update from this weekend, which will probably happen to-bloody-morrow.
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