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	NaNoWriMo 2019
	October 31st, 2019
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	This year I'm going to participate in my own way in NaNoWriMo [0].
	I will not be attempting a whole novel or even their on-pace daily
	word count. It's not for me, though I wish I were that prolific.
	No, instead I will be working on finishing some things.

	[0] NaNoWriMo

	First up: Emergence [1]

	This is a speculative fiction about the birth of an AI that
	I began a while back. I enjoyed some good progress on it and have
	been satisfied reading back and what came out (rare). Sadly, it
	fell off my priority list and has been sitting there begging for
	some love.

	Since this is only a short story, it's not the same level of
	investment required as a whole novel. I've already got some good
	development in place and notes on where I want it to go. Time to
	finish it!

	[1] Emergence

	Next: Trobairitz [2]

	Over on Cosmic Voyage [3] I have a new "ship" in planning. This
	one is actually an interstellar group of women storytellers who
	are hired to share the stories from various cultures. The format
	for it will be very different than we've seen so far on Cosmic in
	that each post is a complete, self-contained story.

	The first story that will be published is related to the Oleander
	[4] storyline, and shows a bit of the aftermath of that mission.
	I hope to have that first post done in November as well.

	[2] Trobairitz
	[3] Cosmic Voyage
	[4] Oleander

	Finally: Melchizedek [5]

	If you're following along in my main Cosmic Voyage storyline
	you'll know that something pretty weird just went down. As excited
	as I am to explore that, there's a bit of a time delay involved.
	So instead I need to switch my focus back to the other crew
	sitting on the planets around Beta Hydri. It's always a joy to
	write Stephanie Janssen, so she'll probably get another log next,
	but there's also an ignored plotline I need to chip away at on
	planet 4 with Hildar Simms. The poor guy has spent 90 days in
	quarantine! Now that he's out, fun gets to begin.

	[5] Melchizedek

	I don't know that I'll get the to all this before the month ends,
	though. We have our first visitors coming around the 20th. They'll
	be staying with us until December, so I only get about 2/3rds of
	the month to write. I hope it's enough to finish Emergence at the
	very least. That's the minimum bar I want to set for myself.

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	So what about you? Are any of you planning on doing anything
	special for NaNoWriMo? Anyone actively following Melchizedek? Have
	anything you're dying to read more about?