10 Nov 2007
Apologies
It has been months (has time really gone by that fast?) since I last posted a message on this blog. It is really high time that I made some sort of comment.
The reason I stopped posting on this blog during the summer is because my hard drive crashed. It took me months to get my computer up and running, partly because of a project I undertook halfway through, and partly because I took the time to back up all of my files. (Amazingly enough, it takes more than 40 double-layer DVDs – each capable of holding 8.5 gb – in order to back up all of my files. I keep waaay to much stuff.) Then I decided to move from Windows to Linux; I now run only Ubunutu at home.
Now, in November, I am in the midst of nanowrimo (www.nanowrimo.org). The idea behind nanowrimo is to write an entire 50,000 word book, starting on Nov 1 and ending by Nov 30. So far I’ve written just over 28,000 words since November 1. I’m starting a new series; the first book is tentatively entitled Eternity’s Twilight.
This morning I finished the first draft of the manuscript, but I’m only halfway there in word count, so for the rest of the month I’m going to edit and edit and edit some more, until I finally claw my way to having a draft that is actually readable.
At any rate, I am now back, and – nanowrimo aside – I am going to try to post at least once per week on this blog. We’ll see if I can stick to that or not!
See you later!
–Jon Cooper