A Writer's Quirks: 01

I've just realized some of my writing quirks:

-I always have at least one forest scene in all my books, and the forests always have oak trees.
-I always use a male protagonist (which is intentional, but still amusing).
-I can't avoid humor, no matter how I try.
-Writing without music is impossible.
-Black eyes ROCK. Green eyes, too. They are my favorite to use for characters.
-Slender, beautiful men are not overrated. I'm serious! And they must always have striking eyes, long hair, cold dispositions and must walk lithely.
-I love plays-on-words.
-While I hate writing in first-person, it's actually somehow easier to write, but, aside from Paradise?, I will probably never use it again.
-I love, absolutely love, creating fantasy religions and cultures.
-My female characters are never very important unless they are slightly sarcastic.
-I usually write after the fact, when people are suffering from the repercussions of someone else's stupidity. In other words, I start the novel in the middle of the story, and slowly reveal the past. It's more fun that way.
-Instrumental music is actually more distracting to write with than lyrical songs are.
-The most common letter I use for a character's first name is "J"; like Jenen, Jeyeswe, Jenkin, Jenny, Jason, Jeremy, Jana, Jamae, Jemi, etc.
-If I quit writing at the end of a chapter, I have a hard time starting again later. However, if I write even a single line in the new chapter before I quit, I can pick back up easily the next time.

I'm sure I'll recognize more as I go along. NaNoWriMo has been teaching me a lot about myself, this year.

NaNoWriMo: Day One

I've managed to write over 5,000 words in BONDS today, thus far, which rocks! As it's a Saturday I was able to spend most of my time focusing solely on writing, so I certainly don't expect every day through November to be so productive. Still, this gives me a head start, so that on days where writing is simply out of the question, I won't so resent the time away from my novel.

In all, so far so good!

Redundancy of the day: The word "so".
I wonder how often that ended up being used in my writing today...