Originally posted on November 25th, 2007 at Finding Boddie.

I have officially started writing the Coney Island novel. I have no idea what it’s going to be called, how long it’s going to be or, really, any other particular relating to the novel itself. I have ideas for chapters and while I’m aiming for linear writing, I doubt that’s going to happen. But we all need to start somewhere and that somewhere is at the beginning for me. Not all that shocking for a starting point but it’s pretty hard to write from the end back and all. Maybe there’s someone that can do it but not me.

Another shocker, for me at least, is that I started directly to Word. With that new-fangled contraption you wouldn’t think it’s surprising but I’m a pen to paper type of gal. Everything I’ve ever written has been manual first, type later. With the daunting task of typing in hundreds of pages and tens of thousands of words later on, I thought on it for a millisecond and started typing. I have my lovely book ‘o notes that I jot things down in and then I type. Eh, something new for me. What I need is one of those pens that when you write, it transfers directly to the computer. Holy crap, the time that would save! Now if only I can catch one of the commercials and actually remember what the hell the thing is called.

I’m still tossing around the idea of creating a separate blog for the book but keeping up with this one is a pain in the ass as it is and I’m just way too lazy to add another ass pain to my ranks. I still don’t know, though. I might, I might not. Eh.