web Dirtside to Spaceside - the novel I've published my Nanowrimo novel on Read/Write Web as an HTML file. The PDF version will have to wait till Monday. I tried to use the Adobe Online Conversion service, but I couldn't get the file size under 600KB for some reason (which is odd because the Word file is only 350KB). So I'll use Distiller at my work on Monday. Update, Monday 1 Dec: A… Richard MacManus View comments
web Nanowrimo Novel Finished!!! 50,060 words. Completed in 27 days. The new name of my novel is: Dirt-side to Space-side. This is a NASA term for the Interplanetary Internet. I'll post a PDF version of my novel in the next day or two (once I correct the spelling mistakes). Looks like I'm the second Nanowrimo winner from Wellington, New Zealand. Am feeling calm and happy… Richard MacManus View comments
web Nanowrimo Day 26 - 96% done. One more day to go... The penultimate day. 48,011 words (ch. 54 onwards). One more night's writing to go. I think I'm bringing together all the threads in time. I can't wait to finish now, although I'll probably miss it once I am finished. But I won't miss the late nights and early mornings. It's 1am as I write this. One day to go, one day to go, hee hee. Richard MacManus View comments
web Nanowrimo Day 25 - 92% done 46,253 words. Here's the latest (chapter 49 onwards). Two more nights to go and I'll be finished. Yesterday was quite difficult and I wasn't satisfied with my writing. I couldn't get in The Zone. No flow mojo. Thankfully today was easier and I was back in rhythm. I even went back and patched up yesterday's work a little bit. Perhaps it is nerves… Richard MacManus View comments
web Day 23 - building now to an exciting conclusion 42,448 words - nearly 85% done. The end of chapter 46 is here, then I started a new page for chapter 47 onwards. While walking in the local park today, feeding the ducks on a lovely sunny breezy Sunday with my wife and two-year old daughter, I had some ideas for the ending of my novel. It's amazing what fresh air will do. btw my wife said the other… Richard MacManus View comments