Day -1... or Day ZERO... you decide.

Wow, two posts in two day.

What could the matter be?

See, this is the new me. The new "blog" guy. Yup, that's me...

So, with less than 3 hours left to the beginning of the NaNoWriMo competition, I'm ready to start. Ready. Oh, boy, I'm ready...

Why does this seem to be a big deal? Okay, I'm worried, scared even. But why? Why should I feel apprehensive about writing an idea down. Writing a novel seems like something that everyone can do. You can't all do art, or animation, or make a comic book, or a movie or TV show, but you can do this, write a novel.

But why is it so impressive? Why is it so base and common? Why is it wonderful?

I don't know that I know the answer to that question. But I have a few thoughts on the matter.

A book... a story is something that you have a relationship with. In the dark, under the covers you don't just read a good book, you inhale it's essence. You take a book, a great book and you hold it secret in your heart. How that story affected you, how it made a fundamental change in your attitude to the world, that is the value of a story. What a story does to you.

I read books, "1984", "R is for Rocket", "S is for Space" and "The Martian Chronicles" in my late Middle School, early High School years. I would carry the books with me, and often people in school would ask, "Oh, your reading BLANK? Do you have Mrs./Mr. BLANK for English?"

"No," I would say in response.

"Oh," they would respond, a blank look of confusion crossing their faces, "Then why are you reading BLANK?"

And, inevitably I would respond, "Because, they are good books."

They are good books, something I would never find out if I were assigned to read them for a class. I really love those books. That is because I decided to read them, and I did... actually, I devoured them.

As I am about to start the "Brussels Sprouts" of writing, I am guardedly optimistic about what will eventually come of it. Happy, but guarded.

So, I am going into this eyes open. Ready to go.

Wish me luck!

P.S. The procedure will be that I will give word counts and later excerpts from my writing with an intent to hit everyday. Its my intent, you'll notice. At least every other day...  well, every three... four at least...