Nov 1, 2009
In which Mr. Nabokov dissembles while moving to the couch
Somehow I’ve gotten this far in life without hearing Vladimir Nabokov’s voice or seeing him move. Oddly cartoonlike for such a wickedly good writer. I love how he’s clearly enjoying the hell out of himself here.
Nov 1, 2009
NaNoWriMo Progress, Day One
I’m almost at exactly the daily count that I need to hit if I’m going to be on track for NaNoWriMo, but I’m only about 1/3 of the way toward my Day One goal of 5,000 words. I figure that’ll be far enough in to tell whether this idea has some momentum and, if so, to give me a little buffer should things slow down as I’m told they do in week two.
UPDATE: Finished at 4,212 on the day. Not bad – more than double the average quota, though I know for certain I need to bank some excess because of the looming TedX Midatlantic, which looms in all its massive time-suckerness on Thursday.
Nov 1, 2009
“It’s all in your head, and you take your head home with you”
Nick Hornby, on writing. Thanks, PBS, for the non-embeddable clip. Skip to 5:30 to get the the good bits.
Me, elsewhere