Is it cheating? Is it wrong? I’m typing out my brainstorming ideas for the upcoming National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org), starting in November. So far I’ve got the basic preliminaries: Title Page, Dedication, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Old Stuff, New Stuff, Facts, Index and Extras. Brouhaha! If only I had the “gift” within to proper grammar, correct spelling, creative plot, and useful characterizations, then I’d write more for publications worth selling. Right.
I visited the website earlier and it prompted me with two messages:
- You haven’t completed your profile yet. Click here to do it.
- You haven’t created your novel yet. Click here to do it.
Part of my Author Info is to Create Novel for the Event of November 2011. I don’t have a Novel Title Yet and filling in the fields Short Synopsis and Novel Excerpt will take me a while. As for the Novel Genre: here are the drop-down menu selections:
- Adventure
- Chick Lit
- Erotic Fiction
- Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Horror & Supernatural
- Literary Fiction
- Mainstream Fiction
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Religious, Spiritual & New Age
- Romance
- Satire, Humor & Parody
- Science Fiction
- Young Adult & Youth
- Other
I’d like autobiographical novel or at least a memoir of myself. The other fields for the former prompt include:
- Age
- Location
- Hobbies
- Favorite noveling music
- Website
- Sponsoring URL
- Occupation
- Favorite books or authors
- Author bio
- Years done
- Years won
Well, I guess this section of the profile is already biographical. So my novel should really be something else that fits the latter prompt: Religious, Spiritual & New Age. Duh! This has been my area of interest.