Lazy Sunday Post

Feeling a bit crappy, honestly. I think I may be catching a bit of something, but no matter. There is work to be done.

I've got some stuff lined up to talk about later in the week, so hopefully I can get all of that cranked out before Thanksgiving. My NaNoWriMo bid is falling a bit behind, so that's a thing I'm going to have to rectify shortly. My NaGaDeMon efforts (read: finishing the game I've been working on for significantly longer than a month) are also falling a bit behind, but we've come up with some interesting developments there as well. I'll have to mark that down as an additional topic of discussion, either here or on the Grand Heresy blog. On the plus side, at least NaBloPoMo is working out just fine, so overall National Masochist Project Month is going well.

Once this settles out, I'll probably turn down the article frequency to one or two pieces a week, with additional posts coming out whenever I feel inspired. Interestingly, it is not for want of topics. I have another dozen or so partially finished posts sitting in my drafts folder. The rub is that each of those takes some hours to sit down, research, and give the effort they are due. Hours that I presently don't have, for all of my other masochistic projects and deadlines.

Amusingly, a video showed up in my "recommended" section on youtube, so I thought I would share it here. Luke Crane is a really interesting guy, even outside of his work on Burning Wheel. Given my current situation, the topic seemed extremely relevant. I'll leave you with this, it's worth the watch if you have the time to do so.

November is #NaMaProMo

Why does everything pop off in November? This month is going to be insane.

First off, I convinced myself to sign up for National Novel Writing Month. Because the internet talks like an infant or a stroke victim, this is now known as NaNoWriMo. The goal is to put out 50,000 words of fiction in the 30 days of November. It's fairly nice, with an entrie online community taking part and gearing up for it. There are various events and things scattered throughout the month as well, so it will be an interesting ordeal.

Then there's National Blog Posting Month - NaBloPoMo, hosted by BlogHer. These names. 30 blog posts in the 30 days of November. Good grief. But, I do have a lot of content..and I do enjoy a challenge. So fine. I signed up for that too.

Then, it turns out, there's National Game Design Month - NaGaDeMon. My god, why? So much November. In honor of National Game Design Month, I'm attempting to finish a game design project that's been sitting on my plate for a while now.

And of course, there's also No Shave November (NoShaNo?) in which men try to raise cancer awareness by letting their beards grow out. Can I even count this one? I technically haven't had a proper shave since the last No Shave November, or before that. I'll say yes for the sake of completion.

I hereby declare that November is National Masochist Project Month (I'll coin it here #NaMaProMo). A glorious and terrible month in which people take on too damn many projects in a furious guts-and-glory bid to accomplish something or die trying.

I have 30 days to write 30 blog posts, a 300 page rulebook, and 50,000 words of fiction, in addition to a side-business I am starting.

NaMaProMo Day 1: I shall not fear. Fear is the mind killer...