You did WHAT, Gilman?

from CE Murphy's blog:

"I have accepted desperance /Chaz's challenge, and will be writing a novel in five weeks.

Chaz is already ahead; he has 15K of an 80K novel written, and I have, um. Five or ten hand-written pages of a 60K novel written. More alarmingly, I have a Walker Papers proposal and a short story to do, both of which really need to be done before the novel. BUT I SHALL NOT DESPAIR."

And because a) the write-a-thon taught me nothing and b) I can't see a challenge go by without thinking "sounds like fun" I said "hey, can I play, too?"

Apparently, I can. We start Monday.

*headdesks, makes more coffee*

I also have 15k words written, of a 70k novel. I s'pose I'm technically in the lead, when we start. This situation will not hold, I know those two. Plus, they're six hours ahead of me. I'll wake up and already be behind...

Um. Zoom?

ETA:  An Update on Who and How  Short version: 60k in 5 weeks), and many of us are insane.


Originally published at Practical Meerkat: A Blog