Yep, I'm doing it. The lovely Frezned reminded me that NaNoWriMo starts this Saturday. He also reminded me to take my placebos.

I need a friggin' title for my novel, by the way. I don't want to give too much away, but it's a modern mix-up of the Orpheus myth. ANY IDEAS, FELLOWS? I want something no more than two or three words so it's easy to remember and rolls off the tongue. I'm not saying long titles suck. For example, I quite enjoyed the book "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time." And "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories" is a great favorite. But I want mine to be something fast and eye-catching, so when somebody sees the spine, they're like, "Oh shit, I want to read that!" Let's see, the last time that happened to me... I think it was "Sharp Teeth" by Toby Barlowe. See? Two words.

Fabulous book by the way, if you haven't read it. It's a lyric novel, and I'll admit that I was previously non-disposed to lyric novels thanks to... well, dang. Now I can't remember the title. I had to read it in sixth grade and it was about a girl living during the Dust Bowl and I think the word "dust" was in the title. I remember the girl accidentally killed her mom by accidentally throwing kerosene instead of water on her when the mother was on fire. Anyway, I remember being like "WHAT THE FUCK, MR. BASS?" when we read it. Most depressing story ever.

Ok, I just looked it up, and the book is "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse. Don't read it. Read "Sharp Teeth." It's infinity times better. It's about werewolves!

/>I almost forgot why I started this entry. It was because I just signed up on the NaNoWriMo website and got an email with this except:

"Do not edit as you go. Editing is for December. Think of November as an experiment in pure output. Even if it's hard at first, leave ugly prose and poorly written passages on the page to be cleaned up later. Your inner editor will be very grumpy about this, but your inner editor is a nitpicky jerk who foolishly believes that it is possible to write a brilliant first draft if you write it slowly enough."

here that, iner editor? suk it!

Hey you!