Menolyrical; The Glimpse

Further to the NaNoWriMo situation... the prep has been going well; the teaching and photo blogs pre-posted up to end of year, more or less, and this one plugged in with as much as possible with the regular bits, such as Menorise and the Sunday offerings... bit of cheat there insofar as not words but meditative music clips have been chosen - as much as possible centred on Heart and Love of the capital kind.

Meanwhile, within the NaNo site, there are all sorts of prompts and tools available (some of you know this already); things like forums to connect with other writers on various aspects, webinars from HQ with little exercises to interact with, actual goal-measuring on your personal page... seeing oneself working ahead of the graph is very satisfying! That's how I got the blogs done. Also used one to get a proper outline down on the page and some character work prep. That was a bit of a challenge because, actually, have had the main ones living with me for quite a few years now and am pretty clear on who they are anyway. Still; good practice.

Part of the process is to 'announce the novel'. This is daunting. It makes something real which doesn't exist yet. Even calling this thing I am going to attempt 'a novel' sounds corny to me. But I'll join the chorus... Unless you are signed up to the site, you can't see a writer's progress; I have therefore screen-printed the synopsis and 'opening gambit' for you to take a gander. Whether what you read here will be in the final thing... if there ever IS a final thing... who knows? (You probs have to biggify so's not to strain your eyes... )