I think it’s time to get things rolling. Meet Vincent Torsten, our main character – and a man who has found purpose in the Taconic Slate mines of Cydia. Happy reading!

Word Count: 1,835

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To celebrate the start of National Novel Writing Month in less than an hour, here is the prologue to The Collapse. Wish me luck this year!

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As you can probably tell from the rather poorly made banner above (sorry, I had an all-nighter last night), the tentative title of my next novel is The Collapse. I’ve decided to handle NaNoWriMo 2009 much differently than I’ve handled NaNo in the past. This is the first time I will be returning to a world I’ve already created in order to write a story. If you’ve read my NaNo 2008 novel, The Typist, then the cover above should easily explain itself and lend to what this novel is going to be about. But why am I doing this?

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It only took me several years, but I’ve included a favicon at last onto this blog. I can’t believe I never did. I think it’s a pretty nice favicon as well!

It matches the site and will probably even look great on an iPhone or iPod Touch. So, with that off my chest, I’d like to announce my latest work – I’ve been doing quite a bit of work for IBE Workshop, a product development class I’m taking the semester. The product my team of four has been tasked with developing is a humidifier for vehicles such as cars and trucks. I’ve created a brand image and company identity for this product – I call it Vënti. And we’ve got a website, too.

Vënti will, with any luck, be the most versatile humidifier for any vehicle out there – but we’re still making big changes to the device, and we’ll have a working prototype made by the end of the course. I’m actually incredibly excited to see this amazing yet simple device come to life after the entire design and development process. We’re moving forward into business at the moment, so I’m pretty much settled on a design for the product. I’ll have much more to show about Vënti in the coming weeks, so watch out for that!

On the side, I’d like to mention that I’m 20% through editing The Typist! I’ve never gotten this far into editing a novel before. I’m going to finish this one, I swear it! The writing is actually half-decent – better than any novel I’ve written thus far – so I think it has real potential.

Now that The Typist is finished, I’ve made a front and back cover for the book. You can also feel free to download the entire PDF – or give this poor college student some cash by buying a physical copy from LuLu. Click the thumbnails to see bigger versions (they’re pretty darn big).

Front                                                                     Back

It’s over. Holy crap. I don’t think I’ve ever been more satisfied with any novel I’ve ever written, or more frightened by the sheer size and scope of the universe I’ve created. I’m going to create a cover, back cover, and spine for this story and get myself a couple of LuLu copies, then call it a day. It’s been one hell of a NaNoWriMo 2008.

Final Word Count: 122,861

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And tomorrow, the novel ends. It’s gonna be a big day! Most likely more than 5,000 words will be written ;)… and it’ll become very climaxy. Also, happy birthday to me! I’m a whole year older than I was yesterday – 19 years old! Soon I’ll need a cane.

Word Count: 115,372

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There really was nothing he could do, in Wheat’s defense.

Word Count: 112,105

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Tomorrow will be the last day anyone spends in Talos – well, kind of. It’s time to wrap this baby up in a neat bow. The next three days will be crazy stuff! I paced the floor for hours and wrote in my journal for MORE hours trying to figure out how to properly transition into the War Arc and the ending, which are really one in the same thing. But I think I figured out a working solution. It’s not perfect, but it’ll tie everything up in the end. Just wait and see! (On a side note, sorry for posting this late – classes and choir have me tied up. I falsely put the date of yesterday on this. But yeah, I am posting it a day late. :P)

Word Count: 108,433

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Due to the absolutely overwhelming amount of work I had yesterday, coupled with choir rehearsal, I was not able to write. Tomorrow and the day after that will both be 5,000-word days to catch up.