NaNoWriMo

I have always enjoyed reading fiction, so why not give a shot at writing a little. It is not a completely foreign land to me, but still very distant and strange. Enjoying good food doesn't guarantee an enjoyment of cooking, and I consider myself lucky that I enjoy both. What seems like a million years ago, I would have said the same about fiction. Perhaps it was just youthful hubris. There is still something intriguing about arranging words into patterns, trying to transmit fake realities into the willing minds of others. Stephen King might have been right when he likened fiction to a form of telepathy.

One of the potential side effects of being a SysAdmin is the development of a special kind of tunnel vision. You start to look at all software as something that needs to be configured, updated and optimized. It can be easy to forget that SysAdmins are allowed to be users of software too. One of the potential benefits of trying to crank out 50,000 words of story in a month is the forcing of a focus on using software as a user, not as a SysAdmin. Hopefully I will find Scrivener to be useful in that regard. The verdict will be in at the end of November.

I had intended to try my hand at NaNoWriMo last year, but did not, being in the process of transitioning from one job to another. Changing jobs is not something I enjoy in the first place, and this particular job change also necessitated a move. The only thing I dislike more than changing jobs is the process of moving, though waiting for a house to sell is rapidly rising up in the rankings ... anyone wanting to move to Berea, KY?

Two more days before the race begins. Lets see where it goes.