---------------------------------------- NaNoWriMo 2019 October 31st, 2019 ---------------------------------------- This year I'm going to participate in my own way in NaNoWriMo [0]. I will not be attempting a whole novel or even their on-pace daily word count. It's not for me, though I wish I were that prolific. No, instead I will be working on finishing some things. (HTM) [0] NaNoWriMo First up: Emergence [1] This is a speculative fiction about the birth of an AI that I began a while back. I enjoyed some good progress on it and have been satisfied reading back and what came out (rare). Sadly, it fell off my priority list and has been sitting there begging for some love. Since this is only a short story, it's not the same level of investment required as a whole novel. I've already got some good development in place and notes on where I want it to go. Time to finish it! (DIR) [1] Emergence Next: Trobairitz [2] Over on Cosmic Voyage [3] I have a new "ship" in planning. This one is actually an interstellar group of women storytellers who are hired to share the stories from various cultures. The format for it will be very different than we've seen so far on Cosmic in that each post is a complete, self-contained story. The first story that will be published is related to the Oleander [4] storyline, and shows a bit of the aftermath of that mission. I hope to have that first post done in November as well. (DIR) [2] Trobairitz (DIR) [3] Cosmic Voyage (DIR) [4] Oleander Finally: Melchizedek [5] If you're following along in my main Cosmic Voyage storyline you'll know that something pretty weird just went down. As excited as I am to explore that, there's a bit of a time delay involved. So instead I need to switch my focus back to the other crew sitting on the planets around Beta Hydri. It's always a joy to write Stephanie Janssen, so she'll probably get another log next, but there's also an ignored plotline I need to chip away at on planet 4 with Hildar Simms. The poor guy has spent 90 days in quarantine! Now that he's out, fun gets to begin. (DIR) [5] Melchizedek I don't know that I'll get the to all this before the month ends, though. We have our first visitors coming around the 20th. They'll be staying with us until December, so I only get about 2/3rds of the month to write. I hope it's enough to finish Emergence at the very least. That's the minimum bar I want to set for myself. - - - - - So what about you? Are any of you planning on doing anything special for NaNoWriMo? Anyone actively following Melchizedek? Have anything you're dying to read more about?