A novel in a month

Writing a novel in a month? That's got to be crazy!

Maybe so - but I'm going to hop aboard for National Novel Writing Month, about which more information can be found at http://www.nanowrimo.org/

The goal of the project is quantity, not necessarily quality, but for me, I'm going to use it to power through the start of a new novel project that's been ticking away in the back of my mind and has been resolutely left there while I work on my fantasy novel, my main project.

So, for the next month, I'll be branching out into a modern-day horror novel, a tale of a serial killer and the man who hunts him, and the supernatural bond that ties them together. Not a word has been written yet, but the plot outline is all there in my head, after first percolating up in a roleplaying session a long time back.

Under the working title Fresh Blood, we'll see how far I get, and just what the effects will be of trying to work to that 30-day schedule.

Any fellow writers wanting to join in, consider this a call to join me in a mutual 30-day support group.

Wish me luck!

Sunset...

My walk to work

Now I don't want to give the wrong impression that I go idly strolling past all this every day - because that would be a seriously long walk every day - but this is my walk to work when I do go by foot instead of hopping on one of the local jitneys - the buses that charge $1.25 for what seems like any length of journey, on any part of the island. There may well be more than a few walks to work, though, with this being the view along the way. 

Pictures from the first week in the Bahamas

I've now relocated to the Bahamas - new job, new home, and while I might not be fully back online yet, here's a selection of pictures from my first week over here.