135,703
(Image from Helen Woodall: Freelance Editing) The word counts have been added up and checked. I wrote 135, 703 words in November.
NanoJourno
NanoJourno Update: Day 30
Who has two thumbs, speaks limited German and IS DONE?! Ja! Ich bin ein berliner! I’m done, I’m through I’m finished. I was actually finished yesterday but spent a chunk of today doing extra bonus golden time pickup work which is now done and I’m… Decks clear Sky wide I …
NanoJourno Update: Day 29
Four weeks ago I sat down and worked out a plan. I was going to polish up the Pseudopod outros for an e-book, chase up each and every GenCon and Thought Bubble contat and honor each verbal commitment for a review or interview and then and only then, if I had time, go through …
NanoJourno Update: Day 28
Today’s count is…wow. Look Brave The Dark Knight Rises Battleship Sinister The Possession The Muppets The Bourne Legacy Totalling 9,632 words. From a standing start. I’m CHUFFED:) Also they’re all pretty good. The Muppets one is a little hinky and a couple of the others need an edit pass but I’m pleased. Also…the …
NanoJourno Update: Day 27
Today’s movies were Taken 2, Lockout, Silent Hill: Revelation, Argo and Safehouse. I can only conclude from this that a film about a spatially displaced cursed town inhabited by spies and Ben Affleck may be my ideal story. I’m now at the point where, if I wanted to, I could finish the project in …
NanoJourno Update: Day 26
Another five movies done today; Premium Rush, The Cabin in the Woods, Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter, Resident Evil:Retribution and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. I used a hack actually, by doing almost all the movies with really long names, my sticky with the movies I still have to do is about a third shorter now:) I’ll …
NanoJourno Update: Day 25
Today is the 19th anniversary of my best friend’s death. His name was Mark Quinney and everyone called him Coombes for reasons largely lost to the mists of time. For the same reasons, my friend Pete, despite being called Alan, is called Pete. His MUM calls him Pete. He just has an inherently Pete-like …
NanoJourno Update: Day 24
5260 words, all of it is film essays. Specifically film essays on Skyfall, the Total Recall remake and The Sweeney. I’m really pleased with all of them, and once I’ve got five banked I’ll start scheduling them for the site and run them Monday-Friday if possible. I’ve got about 23 other movies to do …
NanoJourno Update: Day 23
Today was going to be catching Here Comes The Boom and End of Watch as a warm up to going back to the movie essays, as well as prepping the Titanium Rain piece for launch and digging into both The Child of Time, the first collection of the 11th Doctor comic stories from Doctor …
NanoJourno Update: Day 22
So today I didn’t go to the movies. Here are the reasons why: -One book review written -Two interviews moved further along -One Blogbusters piece compiled and filed. -Ten miniature spaceship write ups completed It was a full day, and I was really pleased that I was able to get some stuff …