Wednesday, November 9, 2011

WIP Wednesday: Stranger in a Strange Land

And no, I'm not referring to Robert Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel.

Not NaNo-ing always makes me feel a bit "out of the loop". Many bloggers are deep in the NaNo muck, and I'm here, piddling away at a pace of 500-800 words a day on my new book.  Not a NaNo pace at all. Not at all.

Slow and steady wins the race? All right... but I didn't know I was in a race.

Speaking of strangers, here's a snippet of strangeness from what I'm tentatively calling Reunion:

“Hold on,” James said. “Where the hell did Carl go?” 

The three men faced each other and turned slowly, eyes scanning the rows of stone and dark fences of trees. James let his gaze drift past the grey ribbon of highway, K-15, which ran along the western edge of Greenwillow. No Carl. Plenty of darkness. A gust of hot summer breeze meandered through the cemetery. Late July brought temperatures near the century mark earlier that day, but James shivered.

Don't worry. Carl's fine.

For now.

7 comments:

Katey said...

I didn't know I was in a race.
Only if you think you are! I like slow and steady -- I wish I could maintain it, but I was always a sprinter. Drove my swimming coach nuts...

I am not reassured about Carl, by the way. Two paragraphs (one and a half!) and I'm already sure this doesn't end well.

Cate Gardner said...

Well you are getting far more words down than me if that helps. :D

K.C. Shaw said...

Nice snippet! Sounds like you're doing just fine. :) I'm doing NaNo again this year, but I'm writing about the same number of words as you each day. I may not "win" this year, but I think the words I'm producing are pretty good.

Kristi DeMeester said...

After failing miserably last year, I'm Nanoing once more. Slow or fast, I wish my words had half the impact of your small snippet. Happy writing!

James Everington said...

I'm not really into it either. Seen plenty of people in previous years who just seem to burn themselves out writing fast nonsense... I'd rather keep consistent all year round if I can.

So yes, tortoise wins.

Bobbie Metevier said...

Qaulity over quantity!

I may do Nano next year just to train myself to write everyday and at the same time every day. I know I'd never make the word count . . .

Barry Napier said...

Yikes. Poor Carl!