National Novel Writing Month is here to stay, at least for 23 more days. The past few days were like a trip down Cooke road, just west of High Street. (It’s hilly. Lots of ups and downs.) Sunday and Monday morning, I really didn’t know what to write, nor did I know where I was going with the story. I wrote a quick post to the nanowrimo forums which said my tagline was “Ghosts turn a library into a disco of fire and soulstealing.” What the crap is that?! That, my friends, is what happens when I make stuff up. I beg, borrow and steal from my surroundings, in this case “Danger! High Voltage” by Electric Six, and see if anything comes from it. I wasn’t really putting anything together, even from such an inspiring tagline.

Then the self-doubt crept in and I considered, albeit briefly, ceasing this silly activity.

But somewhere along the way yesterday as I haunted the halls of my office building, I got an idea that could build off of what I already wrote. Actually, it just gives some structure, a beginning, middle and ending. It also allows me to introduce some characters I was working on at this time last year, some little demonic heroes who are really easy to write.

So I’m back on track, and this morning while I was writing, I felt like I was there, watching something happen and just recording it. It was fun and there’s more fun to follow, I think.

(Sorry for the lack of detail regarding the story. More to come.)