Here are some highlights from the last week:
Plans are in the works for a new Holiday Blog Segment: Holiday Coffee Deathmatch. See the first face-off on Friday, November 28...
...which is also Black Friday. Cindy, Bridget, and I typically get up (or stay up all night) and go shopping. Last year, the deals at the Columbia Mall were lackluster, but the people watching was awesome. This year, I think I'm going just for the pancakes. We're looking for suggestions for a place to start.
Arundel Mills opens at midnight (Friday morning), but hanging around outside that Best Buy will be slightly scary.
Matt and I caught the new Harry Potter movie with the Sixes on Sunday. I know I read the book, but I apparently forgot most (ok, nearly all) of the details. The effects were cool, but this stage of the story translated into long, drawn out periods of inaction on screen. I felt 'Meh', though I'm looking forward to the finale. I might have to go back and re-read the series...
...once I'm done Jessica Z. by Shawn Klomparens. I'm enjoying the book so far, even though I'm going through it at a crawl. Why so slow you ask? Well, I have to ration my time because...
...NaNoWriMo is still going on. I'm well over 50K and finishing my book. I'm also realizing that January will not be editing. It will be a rewrite. There are lots of things I need to go back and add in, but I won't be doing it this week. Instead....
I got the
Is it possible to write historical fiction with approximately 6 hours of research behind it? Because thats about how long I can spare to research the history of female incarceration in the US, the glam-gangster age of the 1930s, and Grimm's fairy tales. Anyone have suggestions for good resources?
Finally, the BBC released the new Doctor Who Christmas special trailer. Yay!
That's all for now. Tune in tomorrow for the Tuesday NaNoWriMo update.
An update on the NaNo 2.0... definitely going the more-historical route. I'll do the hardcore research in December, but from what I'm reading about the history of females in prison... wow. there's a ton of stuff I didn't know. Time to check out historical novels from the period, see what's out there.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be one dark fairy tale.