----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: Re: Winner, NaNoWriMo 2004 > > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Steve Brust wrote: > > > ... Finishing a first novel is the hardest thing a writer > > will ever have to do [...] > > Ever try to write a non-cringe-causing villanelle? > > I'm not at all a novelist, but based on hearsay - is it not the case > that it's harder to write a satisfactory second novel than a first? > I figure I've got a novel in me somewhere but probably not two. > heh. One hard sci-fi, one romance (don't ask), a children's book and a manga storyline are currently percolating in my cranium. Fortunately, I am such a procrastinator, by the time I get around to putting pen to paper, I will have finished writing them in my mind. I am in awe of you that found the time to punch out 50k + words in a month, and have them remain in any coherent form. Whenever I attempt to write that way I end up changing direction or style before I am through. Jeff