And it's name is Skyrim.
I bought it so my friend, who was coming for a visit, could have a game of it. In the end she never tried it, but I have now and I can feel it sucking me in.
Such a vast space, so many places to go and things to do - it reminds me of the first time I played Warcraft, that feeling of having a world to explore with no limits (other than getting killed by big monsters).
The problem is that I'm trying to do NaNoWriMo. I have fifty thousand words to write. I'm currently on 19,200, about a day and a half behind schedule. I do not need to be pulled into a vast virtual world with monsters to kill and phat loot to gather up!
DAMN YOU, SKYRIM!
And don't even get me started on Uncharted 3.
(In case you're not aware, Skyrim and Uncharted are new video games. They're both great, though, and you should totally get them. Unless you're trying to write)
This blog post is basically going to replicate what's on the front page, but it's a damn good cause (one very close to my heart) so I have no compunction about repeating it again and again.
She needs to sell at least another 80 tickets as of the time of this post or there won't be enough people for the venue to stage the event - please, if you can get to Cardiff on the 18th, go along for an awesome time and to help out a great cause.
AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
On the 18th of November, 2011, my friend Kirsty Winskill is hosting a ball in O'Neills, St Mary Street, Cardiff, in aid of Breast Cancer Care.
Doors open 7pm. Tickets are £10 each and include a buffet, raffle, DJ Tom Loud and a set from the marvellous Big What?! Band!
If you want to buy tickets, email charityballcardiff@hotmail.co.uk
The Facebook event page - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=259547084056360&__user=604730111
Just Giving page - http://www.justgiving.com/CharityBallCardiff
2 days in to NaNoWriMo now and it's going fairly well (I think).
I've not done the full word count for today yet - a mere 2800 words compared to the 3200 odd that it ought to be. But I can make that up, might even do a smidgeon more before bed tonight.
Anyone who wants to be a writing buddy, my name on NaNoWriMo is RagnoDonna -
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/ragnodonna
Update: I've now hit 3100 words but am having trouble focussing on the screen. That may mean it's bedtime.
Just a quick note to anyone who bought the ePub format version of Crystal Eyes off Smashwords.
First of all, thank you, you're a beautiful person, and secondly, you may have noticed the contents page was a bit messed up. This has now been fixed and a new and improved version is available for download from the link below.
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/99280
The clock ticks down, hearts race, eyes stare at a blinking cursor on a virgin page, and across the world thousands upon thousands of fingers hover, poised like hawks over waiting keyboards.
It's NaNoWriMo time!
It's amazing to think about all the people across the world doing this, all the love and hate, the joy and pain, the laughter and tears, being transformed into (almost) uncountable words.
I'm proud and humbled to be a part of this wonderful thing. My only sadness is that I'll never be able to read everything that is written.
My apologies for the purple prose!
Anyway, good luck, fellow NaNoWriMoers, may your fingers fly fast and true!