Hello hello!
First things first, I'm doing well! Had some allergy problems over the week which slowed me down, but I'm back with a vengeance!
I've done some marketing for Physics Incarnate, for when that project is fully ready to release. As far as the NaNo goes...
NaNoWriMo Obligatory Word Count: 25,639 (And rising)
Right now I am literally half-way done with the book. I actually have to say that my "planned" series of events has lasted me well into this area, even if I didn't plan for it to go as it did. Yep, the book has a life of its own! Whaaat a shocker! Truthfully I'll hit at least 26,500 before I'm worried about "okay, what should happen next," although that's not saying much. As for my plan overall? A plan for what the end of the book'll be?
I think I have one!
But normally by now, in the process of writing a book, I hear would-be authors (and sometimes myself!) come upon a wall where we say "all of my strong front-loading ideas are gone, but its far too early for my climax. Now is when I have to stretch things out." And boy is that an art!
Repetition is an idea...But it gets old fast. If there is nothing new in the introduction of old information, it is simply a second telling to the reader - even if it is the first time the character has heard it! Describing the alien death ray is cool! Describing it six times is not. But, describing it a second time and with a new, perhaps subtle factoid thrown in is a way to expand upon it; "Oh yeah," says character one, "this is the death ray." "Cool," responds #2, "its just like this thing I saw!"
Okay, now you have something.
And that's all I'll say about stretching, for now. Cuz now is sleepy-time!
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