nanowrimo_lj | And Me, Too!

Well, there's always the hope that one or more writers from this community will become famous, and the rest of us can say "We knew them from their LJ posts back when!"

I'm Evan (as the more observant among us would deduce from my ID). I did my first nanowrimo last year in Anchorage, I'm back home in Portland, Oregon for this year's novel. One of my ongoing projects is a humorous advice column, www.AskDrEldritch.com, which answers letters about situations faced by characters in fiction, like superheroes, arch villains, strange creatures, and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This mythical columnist, Dr. Eldritch, has been the subject of a couple short stories as a paranormal trouble-shooter, and I'm planning on using him as a main character in this year's novel. The favored idea right now is a young-adult horror story about suburban kids realizing that creatures from their dreams are roaming their neighborhood, but there's still forty days to be insecure about it...

I'm also just started a screenwriting class, with a completed screenplay due Dec. 4th. I'm hoping this will inspire me to maintain a steady and organized writing schedule, but more likely means I'll get no sleep the last week of November.

Good luck, everyone!