NaNo Launch Is Go!

For the first time in three tries, I had a successful midnight NaNo launch. Maybe it was having a friend over to help kick things off, or maybe it was the knowledge that a great cosmic alignment and a certain former commander-in-chief's bright idea to move Daylight Savings Time had combined to grant all good little NaNoers a magical extra hour to work if they didn't wait til they woke up on November 1st to write. Either way, my story has successfully gotten its start, and as of 3:30am on November 2nd, a grand total of 3,415 words already grace my screen.

For those of you keeping track, that puts me a day ahead. That... is awesome. With some serious willpower and some luck, I'll be able to keep up the pace, particularly since I still have this week's Strawberry Syrup page to do.

Yep, that's right - I'm going to actually try and keep the comic going through NaNo. That will probably be a challenge. Writing a 50K story in 30 days tends to lead to that story completely consuming your brain. If you're not writing it, you're working on background details, or getting to know your characters better, or trying to figure out what in the world happens next. It doesn't stop, and that's part of the thrill of NaNo. You fling yourself wholeheartedly into the creative process and leave yourself at the mercy of the muses for a full month. It can be brutal, but it can also be exhilarating.

So, we'll see how it goes. I'm going to still try for my daily quota when I wake up later today, then get the layout, sketch and ink of page 12 done. Lather, rinse, and repeat with the shading on Tuesday, and I should be all set to go! Should be interesting...