So, I recently won NaNoWriMo by writing a 50,000 word novel in a month. Glorious, no?
You may be wondering what this has to do with video games. Well, for starters, games played a major role in my novel (everything I write is something I’m passionate about. In 2009 it was steampunk, in 2010 it was creativity, and in 2011 it was games.) But, much more importantly, my finishing up NaNo coincided nicely with three days off from work. Do you know what I am going to do for the next three days?
I am going to play nonstop video games. Yes. Yes. It’s going to be glorious. I’ve already warmed up with some Civ this morning and now that I’ve sorted out some chores I’m going to launch into some delicious Space Empires IV and whatnot. I’ve got quite a backlog built up largely for similar reasons that Mister Adequate went into earlier, and of course there are classics to be played!
Classic strategy games, of course.
Congratulations! I just finished reading Windshifter and really enjoyed it. I don’t know if you have any plans to revisit those characters, but it seems like you left things open enough that you could do a sequel or a prequel :-) Happy gaming!
Thank you for your kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I left the ending open-ended on purpose. I don’t particularly have a sequel idea in mind at the moment but I would love to revisit the world at some point!
I have also recently enjoyed Windshifter, and well done on going three for three.
Is it wrong that in Book 2 I want there to be a Large Hedron Collider? I don’t know what it would be, I’d leave it to you to come up with a pain-free solution!
Okay, you’ve officially made me laugh out loud at 6am. And now I have to draw this.
Congrats, Pike! Can we read your current NaNo work? (I haven’t had a chance to read Windshifter yet, but it’s on the list!)
You can certainly read it once it’s all edited and finished! Unfortunately I’ve yet to reach that point…
Congratulations! Links to your works would be much appreciated. :)
I’ll be sure to let everyone know once I get my newer stuff all finished up :D
Congratulations! Writing 50k alone is quite the accomplishment!
I also read Windshifter, and it was really well crafted. There’s tons of story potential in your world!
Enjoy your vidweekend!
Thank you for the congrats and for the compliment! It makes me so happy to hear that people are enjoying the world I created :D
Gratz on the new book, Pike! I just started reading your blog here, but I followed Aspect of the Hare for a few years ( I even check it now). I remember you writing something last year about your NaNo book, but I never knew that these were actually projects instead of 5 page tales. Hope to see many posts from you in the future, you deserve more readers.
Good Luck!
Gz! I hope to read your book sometime soon!