Tuesday, June 29, 2010

New Year, New Blog Title, New Genre

Hello everyone, it's good to be back. It's good to be back, sitting at my computer, thinking creative thoughts, and writing blogs. In all honesty, I have been so occupied with other things I have had little time to think about, plan, or otherwise revel in the lead-up to the best month of the year, NaNoWriMo, or, let's go with the new title, shall we? EsNoWriMo. Yes, I like that. It fits.
Some of you have heard that I will also be writing a horror novel this year. I first conceived of writing a horror novel back in November (I think). I had the opportunity to see Stephen King speak last year, and in his Q&A period, he mentioned that he had always thought about writing a story in which a person receives e-mails from the dead. He thought this was such an obvious idea that surely someone somewhere must have written about it, but to the best of his knowledge no one ever had. I'm sure he's correct, that someone somewhere must have, but I have always enjoyed writing derivative, unoriginal claptrap, so why change my M.O. this year? Why, indeed.
So I am changing the title of my blog, and I am changing genres, but many other things shall remain the same. So the things you love to hate about my writing- the annoying use of repetition for dramatic intent (and a thinly veiled strategy for bolstering word count), my ridiculously muscular and idealized male supporting cast, the ubiquitous love triangle, the grossly inappropriate use of obscene and offensive language... dear readers, I will not disappoint, those elements will be there.
EsNoWriMo...fucking bring it.