Tuesday, January 17, 2017

When Will You Write "Harry Moffer & the World's Stupidest Fanfiction"?

Actually, I'm glad you asked that question, because it brings up something I'm going to inevitably deal with in the near future.

And that is called fanfiction. Legal fanfiction, so to speak.

With the release of the script (not book) of the play Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, many people were up in arms, as they finally saw the Harry Potter series for what it truly was: a huge mess. It was like someone took the worst parts of the series, slapped them together, and called it a book. And to make things worse, the public accepted it without much question.

Which is why I have a plan to call that out in the book "Harry Moffer & the World's Stupidest Fanfiction" (which won't be written by me, of course!).

I'll let you all know what the play...i mean story...is about as soon as I get the fifth Harry Moffer book ready for publication. And with that, i must say that Harry Moffer is not to be treated as something trivial, even if it is a satire of the Harry Potter books.

So, What's Next for Camp NaNoWriMo?

In 2013, I began a satire known as Harry Moffer & the Dumbest Story Ever. In that particular story, Harry Moffer (a 14-year-old loser) is suddenly yanked away from his comfortable but boring home in Branford, Coggnetigut and taken to another town called Wyvernwing, Pencilvarnia. There, he is sent to Warthogpox High School.

In Warthogpox, many people believe he is the real-life incarnation of the boy wizard Larry Dobber, the hero of the Larry Dobber series. Harry doesn't think he is the hero, not when he hasn't done anything significant. He manages to befriend Pun Teasley and Hildegarde Lamer, two other losers who are just as discontent with their lives as he is. The Grim Trio sets off to break Larry Dobber's stranglehold on America, which also exposes the books as a well-written fraud. How the story progresses is anyone's guess.

Harry's story continues with "Harry Moffer & the Really Stupid Sequel", when the entire population of Warthogpox High ends up singing songs inspired by High School Musical, "Harry Moffer & the Class That Couldn't Keep Itself Together", in which secrets about Harry's past are brought to light, and "Harry Moffer Really Needs to Give Up & Go Home", in which Harry, now a high school sophomore, deals with everything happening in the Larry Dobber books.

Now, I should be on the fifth book, "Harry Moffer & the Unhappy Fandom", in which the Larry Dobber fandom is angry with him for not only calling their favorite book series a colossal waste of time, but Harry himself is a junior who must find out what happened to his parents or die trying.

Well, what's happening with the series? I'm going to get everything ready so the fifth book can be written in April. We still need Harry Moffer.

Hey, where's the story?

I know you're asking if I'm ever going to finish the story "And You Thought Your Family was Weird", but remember that these things take a lot of time to happen, and I simply don't have all the time in the world to devote to one story. There are many other things I have to do, and I can't sit in front of a computer all day long.

I hope you understand.

Anyway, I know that you're wanting an update on the story, and I will say that Kristin is starting to get on my nerves. She refuses to play her role, and she's ruining the story with her awful behavior. But fear not, dear readers, as she will be humbled, one way or another. You can trust me on that.

Well, that's all for now and I hope that you all know that I will have the story completed sometime in October.

Where have I been?

In case you were wondering where I've been all last week, I had gotten sick, so I couldn't work on the story. So I was pretty bummed about that.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting back into the game and hopefully making some progress with the story that needs to be made. It's not going to happen overnight, but I know for sure that whatever happens, I'll be ready for it.

Plus, I should be halfway through the first draft, and I would have gotten there if I didn't get sick, so there you have it.

But I'm not crying over the lost time; instead, I'm upset that I had wasted so much time being sick that I haven't had the chance to catch up with my blog and now it's getting further away from me. I hate playing catch up.

Well, that's all I have for now, and wait for more blog posts regarding the novel I'm working on this month and the months past. I'll be back with more!

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Happy 1-year Anniversary to this Blog!

I can't believe it has been one year since I started this blog. During that year, I have rediscovered my love of writing as well as me discovering how best to approach my lack of motivation to keep writing. Thanks to this blog, I have been able to complete Camp NaNoWriMo, JuNoWriMo, and NaNoWriMo in record time.

And I have you all to thank for this successful year and I hope for many more years with this blog.

As for NaNoFiMo, I'll get to it tomorrow.

Friday, December 2, 2016

I Guess I Forgot About NaNoFiMo

Well, this is...weird.

Apparently, I had signed up for this site called NaNoFiMo, which is short for National Novel Finishing Month.

As in, you have one month to finish writing your novel.

Well, had I known about it back then, it would have saved me so many hours, weeks, and even years of complete embarrassment, providing that I should have used the site when I had the chance.

Now I am.

This year, I hope to wrap up the story "And You Thought Your Family Was Weird" after my embarrassing flop last year. I bet you've all seen the blog post where I was angry with myself for failing to properly write the story, so don't ask. This time, however, I’m going to pick up where I left off and hopefully, save the novel.

The revamped novel now stands at 16,276 words, so I’m kind of ahead of schedule. Hopefully, I can get to 20,000 words before Monday.

In case I forget, I’m going on the site to get ready to finish the novel, so if you have any questions, don't hesitate to comment on this blog. I will get back to you shortly.

Thursday, December 1, 2016

The Post NaNoWriMo Blues

I call this post "The Post NaNoWriMo Blues", because it's been a day since NaNoWriMo ended. I'm now wondering what happens next, since the blog was mainly used for keeping track of my NaNoWriMo novel during the month of November. What do I do now?

Well, I already know that have a ton of blog posts to make up and I'm not sure if I can do them all in a month. Also, I have seven books to finish writing, edit, and eventually publish. So I have one day to rest and then it's back to work.

With that, I will see you tomorrow.