You have a wyvern army? Cool. We should pit the wyvern army against the robot army.
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(Cross-posted to
nanowrimo, kindasorta.)
Yep. I made it.
The Procrastinator of the Way will show you how it's done! For the wages of procrastination is deeath:
:BLINK: The time-skipper? Why the frell did I write the timeline for his story?
(He's a character from a planned sequel who isn't even in this book, though an important person in his life makes a very brief cameo.)
tanelos is the WIP journal.
Moral of my writing process:
(Although I must mention that the above word count includes my appendix on Terionach and Archniniei units of measurement, which are actually metric in origin.)
Morals of my story
Genre: SF
One-liner description:
A centuries-long cold war between two superpower nations of the psychically gifted heats up when a tyrannical mage-lord declares war on both sides.
Acknowledgements:
Gratuitous computer science and mathematics references
NaNoWriMo is Victory, and Victory is Life,
Banazir
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nanowrimo, kindasorta.)Yep. I made it.
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The Procrastinator of the Way will show you how it's done! For the wages of procrastination is deeath:
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:BLINK: The time-skipper? Why the frell did I write the timeline for his story?
(He's a character from a planned sequel who isn't even in this book, though an important person in his life makes a very brief cameo.)
tanelos is the WIP journal.Moral of my writing process:
Procrastination's a bitch. In particular,
(Although I must mention that the above word count includes my appendix on Terionach and Archniniei units of measurement, which are actually metric in origin.)
Morals of my story
(Cliche moral) Heroes come in all shapes, sizes, sexes, creeds, colors, ages, sexual orientations, and with all manner of physical descriptions and handicaps.
(World building moral) If you exile people with certain metapsychic powers, don't expect for them not to breed in exile or for their descendants not to come back and get you.
(Interesting plot twist moral #1) Don't mess with dragon genomes.
(Interesting plot twist moral #2) The first time someone who has never directed a psychic concert of thousands does so, don't be surprised if he goes a little power-mad.
(Interesting plot twist moral #3) CRUOR EMICAT UT FONS
Genre: SF
One-liner description:
A centuries-long cold war between two superpower nations of the psychically gifted heats up when a tyrannical mage-lord declares war on both sides.
Acknowledgements:
- Technical assistance
- Miitary strategy and tactics in an SF environment: burkhardt, hempknight
- Martial arts (which I know next to nothing about): phawkwood
- Imperial successorship, historical: darana
- Miitary strategy and tactics in an SF environment:
- References (any remaining mistakes or stupidities are entirely the fault of yours truly)
- Metaconcert programming and template design: Julian May, Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey
- Mounted combat tactics
- Equestrian: Mercedes Lackey
- Aerial, draconic: Anne McCaffrey
- In-jokes (spoiler alert): Farscape, Azureus, The Fellowship of The Ring, zengeneral, Homestar Runner, Strong Bad (take a wild guess), miajesbar, Hugin, O. Sharp, Gladiator, tamf, angular momentum, Firefly, Weekend At Bernie's</font>
- Blatant scene rip-off: the AT-AT/mumak rope trick from The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of The King
- Moral support and encouragement: jereeza, yodge, miajesbar, masteralida, dragnflye, nobuddy69, hempknight, burkhardt
- Burnination: f00dave
Gratuitous computer science and mathematics references
- Conditional probability (Rizulek/Alinyel)
- Traveling Salesman Problem (the Autarch and Praetor of the Terionach vs. the Mage-Lord)
- Maximum entropy (Autarch and decoy vs. the Mage-Lord)
NaNoWriMo is Victory, and Victory is Life,
Banazir
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- Current Music:Strong Bad E-Mail - Trogdor!
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To you as well,
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As a reward I'm going to do ALL character portraits today.
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I am Zolthar! Also known as Madame Mysterio.
Thank yew!
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Your questions, comments and feedback are appreciated, if you're willing to be one of my beta readers.
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Any evaluations from someone who has the good taste to read Simmons? Welcome indeed.
Are you also one of the
(Hint, hint...)
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Are you also one of the julianmayfans?
(Hint, hint...)
Considering I haven't gotten around to reading any books written by Julian May - not from a lack of interest so much as a lack of attention span of late - I'd feel out of place. As soon as I do read some, though, I'll be glad to join.
(Hint, hint...)
Considering I haven't gotten around to reading any books written by Julian May - not from a lack of interest so much as a lack of attention span of late - I'd feel out of place. As soon as I do read some, though, I'll be glad to join.
Actually, that's what I meant - to read.
But please do join when you have, if you feel like it.
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Caffeine, an idea, friends to goad you on, and 100% sheer teunce. I have to say I had more motivation this year that in previous years, and thought I had ample free time to do it (see below).
Especially with professorial duties and all?
Heh. Feel the procrastination...
I did my normal work until the 17th, then went to Rochester, NY where I thought I could write in peace, but got dragged on a weekend outpigging trip to Toronto, ON. Then I came back, did a couple of days work (see the low word counts in the first cut above), and procrastinated some more until I had to write 11000 words per day to make quota.
I wanted to, this year, but November was pretty hectic for me.
Do it next year!
I'll join you with Book 2, which might be Darvas's story, or perhaps a prequel on the "Harrowing of Terion" (with apologies to Katherine Kurtz). Operant-persecution prequels are always in fashion these days.
Oh, BTW, let me know if you would like me to friend you from
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I should also research Croatia/Serbia.
Yeah, you should friend me from that one. At some point (have no time atm), I'd like to read the drafts.
How far from your qualifying exams are you? Or have you already passed them?
Post-qual, ABD, yes. Pre-qual, nuh-uh.
Give your soul to Jesus, acos yer ass belongs to the
uniPh.D. program.I should also research Croatia/Serbia.
Why's that? Is that where your story is set?
Yeah, you should friend me from that one.
At some point (have no time atm), I'd like to read the drafts.
Done, and np.
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Da, tovarisch!
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Well done. :) :) :) :) :)
::bows:: Thank you.
Where will we be able to read it?
Will it be on a website with other NaNoWriMo things?
I just friended you from
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TROGDOR THE BURNINATOR!!
TROGDOR THE BURNINATOR!!
Did you catch the actual Trogdor homage?
(It's in Chapter 5.)
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LOL that's great.
I was plodding along, came to a line about burning the peasants out of the their thatched roof cottages (see Chapter 3), and I thought - woah, Trogdor moment!
You know you've arrived when you get to put a Strong Bad ref in fic. ;-)
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ROFL!
Oh, yeah, baby!
Kyp: "What the kriff is this, you kriff of a kriff?!"
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How about "you vap of a vap!"?
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