I seem to have fallen into some crazy time warpish void. One minute it was Sept. 20 and then I blinked and it was Nov. 5th and I had about 6,000 words done for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I'm not sure how I fell into this non-blogging void but I did. For a short moment I considered discussing a little censorship after a woman upon seeing the Banned Books display at the library said aloud "what kind of nazis are overseeing literature" or some such thing. An exercise in banned books. 1) Pick up a book. 2) Observe said book, maybe read it. 3) Congratulations your book maybe have been one thousands that were challenged or banned. Perhaps when NaNoWriMo is over I'll expound on this brief bite.

For now NaNoWriMo Chaos Abounds!!!!!!!!
I am very pleased with this years progress so far, I am not keeping up with most of my arch nemesises, I mean writing buddies but I am not done yet. For with my freeze ray "I will stop the world" and novel far ahead of them all. Then when I unfreeze them I'll show off my "keys to a shiny new Australia". [The writer of this blog would like to acknowledge Joss Whedon's epic  Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long for the random quotes. MORE DR. HORRIBLE NOW!]
So eah the novel this year. Based on this crazy zombie-ish dream I have several months back with sides of 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, with supernatural forces sprinkled with a black plague like inspired apocalypse as the main course. Insane? Just like it's author.

Maybe if I get more ambitious I'll add a couple updates to my writing blog. Character profiles, overall plot ish things.
Current Word Count: 5812

I've also tricked some friends into NaNoWriMo (haha). And I'm trying my hand at hosting Young Writer's Program Write-Ins this year (My teens are aiming for 50,000 words too, crazy kids).

Time to get back to the noveling!

~Meep Out~

In a world where it seems every book is being turned into a movie, some with poor excuses of video games to go with them. I began wondering if there had ever been a book that had been turned into a video game. There are many games that have inspired novels but none that went book to video game.

When I write I have vivid images of the way everything looks and happens. People have told me some of my stories are cinematic and they can see the story as a movie. I take this a great compliment but also with some hesitation due to how many book to movie adaptations have fallen short. As I considered what I would like to see any novels I write turned into my first though was a graphic novel. I've been really impressed by a lot of graphic novels that I think could really capture my stories and depict them accurately. Then the though occurred to me that a book to video game would be rather innovative, if it hasn't been done already. I mean how great would it be to read a book and then be able to play through it?

My latest book to review is an adventure-survival/sci-fi-fantasy novel. It's all about these boys who live in this place called the glade. There are a lot of different jobs that keep the place going planters, builders, etc. The most dangerous of which is a runner; everyday they must run through the maze surrounding the glade searching for a way out. I can already see the game coming together for this book and it would be really great on the Wii. You would work your way through the glade trying all the different jobs and there could be a book mode where you follow the story, a free form where you find you own path, and various others. I mention the Wii because it would allow you to imitate the actions associated with each job.

What do you think? Would you be interested in a book that had been turned into a game? Do you know of one?

**EDIT**

I had completely forgotten about the Agatha Christie games, which I have not played yet.
Another question: Is there any book you've read you'd like to see translated into a game? Go beyond just reading it and experience the book?