You know what blows? Being sleepy at 9:12 pm…just under three hours away from NaNoWriMo 2007 officially starting. Ah. The tribulations of getting older. lol. I’m only 33. But some days…some days! Before this recent bout of sleepiness, I had planned on staying up and writing at 12:01 am. I guess I’ll just try to [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 31st 2007
I attended the Jacksonville kick-off party for NaNo and met a group of people with some interesting story ideas! It was nice to put faces to the user names. I’m looking forward to seeing how we do as a group. Can you believe it? I *still* don’t have a name for my novella. DH read [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 29th 2007
The drive to work can be so helpful. Although I had an idea for NaNo, I’m onto a – at least, I think – better one. What say you to this: Professor/writer’s boyfriend kills for pleasure. He’s planning to kill her on their first trip together. On her way down to meet him, she runs [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 27th 2007
DONE!!!!!!! 86 pages; 25,070 words at 10:55pm EST on 10/24/2007. Darned good story if I do say so myself. Unfortunately, now that I’m reading the story from start to finish, I recognize how stiff the conversations are in chapter one. Fortunately, as the novella progresses, the writing gets better. I’m going to modify and tweak [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 25th 2007
82 pages & 23,775 words down. I have just my last chapter to go!! I anticipate another 7 pages of text – at least, 1750 words – in the next two days. I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it. Yeah. Cheesy, I know. Face it, though. I’m about five days ahead of schedule! [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 23rd 2007
Eureka! I’m almost done!! As of this moment, I have 21,490 words. Wow. I’m down to the last two chapters. Writing this has made me realized how difficult NaNo is going to be. I mean Really. Difficult. I’m not usually one to fluff up my words, but I’m going to have to pull out every [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 22nd 2007
My main characters are finally gonna do the deed! Writing the scene made me wonder if writers ever feel like they’re repeating themselves when they write about sex. I’ve seen some very creative ways to change it up, but man, after a while you have to run out of words! Ha! I guess that is [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 17th 2007
As of this very moment, I have 11,937 words typed in my personal October challenge. That’s almost halfway to my goal of 25,000 words by October 31. I’m right on target. Here’s a small excerpt – note: up to this point, the hero doesn’t know the heroine’s real name: She stopped short when he came [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 15th 2007
I’ve decided to start this blog today to keep me accountable. Let’s see how well it works. The other day while cleaning out the garage, I came across at least a dozen stories I had started years ago – even pre-undergrad days – and never finished. Let’s not forget the novel that is about two [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on October 12th 2007
