Well, Lodi was absolutely no help
WHATSOEVER in deciding which of this or that I should write about. Instead, what does SHE do? SHE gives me an entirely DIFFERENT thing to write about and man, after that, we were off and running.
What you have to understand is that from 2004 on? Lodi and I have done this crazy, wacky thing called NaNo
together. In 2004, which we call our year of failure, we... well, failed. We both won in 2005, 2006 AND 2007. And like we were saying last night, it gets easier every time.
She was reading over her book (and yeah, they send you a copy of your book, or DID, from Lulu), from two years ago (which, really? Not my personal fave of my own, but we'll get to that) because she wants to pick that up and go with it again this year in a different way with the sister. Two years ago, I wrote something that was TOO close to home.
They say write what you know? Lodi and I were talking about that, too. It's more like, "Write what you know, not what you've lived." Lesson learned. :)
Last year's novel? MY one that I really liked. :D I mean, killer zombie vampire things combined with the end of the world apocalypse? How can you go wrong? Seriously. It was awesome. I read it over the other day going, "This is so bad. I'm awesome."
So, this year. I was bemoaning my lack of creativity and Lodi wanted a mystery novel and I said I was gonna just rip off an Encyclopedia Brown short story and there was Agatha Christie, Poiroit, Sherlock Holmes and... well?
*sighs*
( Here ya go: )