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That's write right, it's the eve of\r\nNanowrimo.
Last year, my MSc got violently in the way and I clocked out at about 15,000\r\nwords. I'm hoping that this year, my PhD will make friends with my month of\r\nliterary abandon, and both will come out better for it.
\r\nI stumbled into a new world last May, wandered around and met some characters\r\nover the summer, and have been mulling over them ever since. I put pen to\r\npaper to draw a map today, and discovered that more of the world was there\r\nthan I thought.
\r\nI have three viewpoint characters, and next I'm going to draw some squiggly\r\nlines on a piece of paper to figure out where their paths cross, and what\r\nmight happen to them along the way. Over the years I'm becoming more inclined\r\ntowards plotting in advance, but a large part of me never really thinks\r\nit'll help.
\r\nI've been reading A Song of Ice and Fire, and am now gagging to create a world\r\nwith half as much depth and drama as GRRM has done. Mine will be fantasy,\r\nwith a hint of sci-fi and a dash of Ancient Egypt (probably no medieval\r\nknights).
\r\nThis year I'm going to work in\r\nyWriter in an attempt to keep on top\r\nof things as I expand settings and characters.
\r\nI'm hoping to attend more than just the launch party for the Edinburgh\r\nNanobeans group this time round. Though they do meet across\r\nthe wrong side of town, so I might also start my own write-ins (consisting of\r\njust me) in Himalaya Cafe on South Clerk St. (it's ever so comfy, and the chai\r\nis the best). If you're writing too, and in that neck of the woods, come and\r\njoin me. I'm tentatively saying I'll be there between 10 and 11am every day\r\n(except Sunday, they're closed), starting on the 5th. (This is going to cost\r\nme a fortune in chai, isn't it..)
\r\nStay tuned for progress updates. Or lackthereof.
\r\nPS. I know I promised notes on papers related to my PhD... One day. One day.
","as:name":"National Novel Writing Month","as:published":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2012-10-31T20:01:00.001Z"},"as:tag":[{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/done"},{"@id":"blog:Done"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/fantasy"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/nanowrimo"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/writing+challenges"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/writing"}],"as:updated":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2012-10-31T20:02:23.377Z"}},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/2012/10/phd-informatics","@type":"as:Article","blog:tmpcontent":"# PhD in Informatics\r\n\r\n## School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh\r\n\r\nSomething something linked data something social profiles something context-aware self-representation on the web doodah online personas social machines uhhhh decentralisation.\r\n\r\nI guess I'll update this when I'm feeling more sure of myself.\r\n\r\n**Graduation expected:** July 2016 (funding runs out) / late 2017 (more realistically)\r\n\r\n**Publications:** See [/pub](/pub)\r\n\r\n**~~Humoured~~ Supervised by:** Ewan Klein and Dave Robertson.","as:actor":{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/about#me"},"as:content":"Something something linked data something social profiles something context-aware self-representation on the web doodah online personas social machines uhhhh decentralisation.
\r\nI guess I'll update this when I'm feeling more sure of myself.
\r\nGraduation expected: July 2016 (funding runs out) / late 2017 (more realistically)
\r\nPublications: See /pub
\r\nHumoured Supervised by: Ewan Klein and Dave Robertson.