Next Sunday brings the beginning of National Novel Writing Month, (NaNoWriMo). Two years ago, I wrote my first novel as part of NaNoWriMo. Last year, I gave it another try, but got off track. This year, I’m gearing up for another novel. My daughter, Miranda has successfully written, and self published, two novels this way, Subtle Differences and The Silent Serian.

My plan for this year is to write a twenty-first century remake of Pygmalion, or as one friend suggested, Frankenstein, since the two stories are different sides of the same coin. I’ve been doing some work trying to map out a general direction for the plot, ideas for the main characters, and other basic research.

The idea is that “Pickles”, a young trustifarian, convinces Hank, a childhood friend who now works as an accountant, to create the online persona, Liza. Through social networking, Liza becomes friends with Joan, a young molecular biologist and the network expands to include people like Karl, a psychotherapist exploring the possibility of providing therapy online. All of this will ultimately lead up to ‘Liza’s Party’, where the real and the created confront one another.

If you have thoughts about the characters and how they should be developed, other thoughts about the story, or simply want to join me in my journey of writing this story, please contact me directly and lets talk.

Beyond that, between NaNoWriMo, a programming project, various conferences and family events coming up during November, I am preparing for the possibility that my blogging may suffer. So, if you don’t see me visiting your blog as often, or, if heaven forbid, my own blog posting falls off, please bear with me.

I know a few other blogging friends are doing NaNoWriMo as well, so it should be a fun month.