It's November, peoples

why aren't you all NaNoWriMo-ing??

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Writing day

i've blocked off tomorrow so i can write as much as i can on this new story, which i don't think will be more than 75-80,000 words... i want to get through the outline i have mostly planned out... i don't plan out the end, because it could change as time goes on

i'm not sure when i'll get the chance to edit this story... i want to have it done by about the 5th of December, so i can give myself some time to study for my exams, then i'm starting the giant edit/re-write on the 14th so i can start polishing it so i can start writing up the agency queries

i think doing that will be a blast, talking about what i have to try and interest someone into reading it... but i'm getting ahead of myself *sigh*

so i'll be typing away tomorrow, possibly giving myself carpal tunnel... i hope not, that'd be painful

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song: "The Forsaken" by Within Temptation
book: "Where's My Hero" anthology

Back from the SiWC

so i'm back from the writer's conference... it was lots of fun, i saw a lot of interesting writers in the workshops i went to over the past 3 days and took a lot of notes... i also got 10 minutes with a literary agent and plugged my last year's NaNoWriMo novel... she said it sounded interesting, that it was marketable, and that i should possibly break it up into more than one book before contacting them and submitting something

now, i realize this isn't a guaranteed offer of 'edit what you have and ship it to us so we can send it out to a publisher' but it is 'edit what you have and look into sending us a query, because then we might ask to read part of it'... this is good news... and i was more than a little thrilled when she said that 'werewolf novels are still hot right now'

of course, being told to edit sucks a little because i'm trying to write something different right now... but i've told myself that what i'm writing now has to be finished at the end of November, or at least a few days before my final papers are due, and that the edit starts on December 13th after my last exam

in the meantime, i'm going to write as much as i can before i have to stop and write some papers for school, and hope i don't lose my mind

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song: "Stand My Ground" by Within Temptation
book: "Blue Bloods" by Melissa De La Cruz

SiWC time

so, i haven't blogged much... darn... o well, it's happened before, and it might happen again

the SiWC happens on Friday... wooooooooo... i hope it's bunches of fun... with any luck, i'll get to meet with some literary agent, plug my books and books-in-progress... i think there's like, 3 or 4 of them

and NaNoWriMo starts soon... i have no idea what i'm going to write about this year, maybe just use it as an excuse to write 50,000 more words on what i'm working on right now, or start something new... i don't really want to start something new, i like what i'm working on right now, but i have an idea for a new book

darn my creative brain

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song: "All The World" by Fauxliage
book: "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer

Re-organizing my brain

so, after some thought, and no new writing, and finding some new music to listen to, i've decided to re-write the beginning of this new novel i'm working on... instead of waiting for when it's time to edit, or switching gears and editing the one i already have finished

well, it happens... i think i wrote myself into a weird spot, and have written little to no back story on my narrator/main character... i think i need to do that and flush out my brain and make sure that everything's going to make sense

so, now it's like i'm writing it over again, but i think i'll keep some of the bits i've already written

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song: "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Sarah Brightman
book: the Key trilogy by Nora Roberts

Why school sucks

it sucks... i've barely gotten any writing done in the past few days... maybe after i get home from class tomorrow i'll just hide out in my room and write until i fall asleep... of course, i'll have to listen to a bunch of music to get my writing groove back... i get into different moods when i listen to music

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song: "Almost Lover" by A Fine Frenzy
book: "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer

The time of death

my classes have started again... darn... o well... maybe it won't be so bad this time around... at least i met some interesting people today in my tutorial... they seem pretty nice

i've been writing the new book... which needs a better title... i wanted to mention both the fact that she's a photographer and that he's a vampire... i've been listening to a lot of Evanescence as i write this... i think that when i get a better feel for what i'm writing, or when i finish, i'll put up a theme playlist for this new book

have a good September, peoples

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song: "Your Star" by Evanescence
book: "Sabriel" by Garth Nix

And the world goes on and on

i've started writing a new book... i was going to wait and start it for this year's NaNoWriMo, but i was just so interested in the plot i thought up i didn't want to wait... so, i have about 2,000 words written, and i'm going to get as much done during the week-end before classes start on Tuesday

i don't want to go back to school and so on... but i have to... o well

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book: "Emma" by Jane Austin
song: "In The Deep" by Bird York

Writing news

i think i've finally finished the first draft of "Full Moon Falling"... at 104,706 words and 406 pages

well, i think i'm going to change the margins and make sure all the chapters start on different pages... then put it away and thinking about what i'm going to write next

the first draft will be sitting in my files for about 2 or 3 weeks, then i'll be going back to it and editing what i have so it all flows nicely... maybe it won't take me as long as it did to write the darn thing

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Milestone #2 reached

yay, i have over 400 pages!! WOOOO!!

well, i do now... when i edit i do hope to add bits i've forgotten, or didn't think about until later on, but i'm also going to change my margins so they're all an inch around, because that's the way school has taught me to do it... of course, maybe i'll just do it once i finish this first draft, but i have this thing about not leaving 1 line at the top or bottom of a page when it's part of a bigger paragraph

o well... well, i think i'll finish this first draft soon, i'm getting near the end of the story... and possibly the end of my sanity... i started writing this on November 1st, 2006, and it's already the 24th of August... that's 297 days

when i finish this first draft, i think i'll just sleep for a day or two

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book: "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
song: "I'd Start A Revolution" by Aimee Allen

Trying to write... again

so, the week-end was a bust writing-wise, and i now have 10 days to finish the first draft by the deadline i set for myself... it's looking like i'll have a few nights of late writing ahead, since usually i can't write anything good until 11 at night which is very, very odd... sleeping in late and getting headaches from drinking coffee at noon sucks

now, i know i said i wanted to do mermaids for this year's NaNoWriMo novel, but i started thinking about writing something about an investigative photographer getting a stalker, but more like a vampire stalker... it came to me when i was reading something about some vampire tales when they have no reflection, and then thinking that they wouldn't end up on film, either... now i don't know what to write about... o well

school starts in 2 weeks... barf... this time i'm busy Tuesday and Thursday afternoons... parking's going to be fun if i can't find a spot at where i usually park... the city's increasing prices there in September, maybe the cheapos will leave and i'll get a spot at 12:15pm or at 11:15am

and i got a manicure today and have already ruined the polish on one nail... but i got a bottle of the colour the woman used, so i can always do it over... the downside, my nails will never look this pretty unless i get another one... o well... at least my nails aren't too long that they mess up my typing

happy writing, peoples

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book: the Key series by Nora Roberts
song: "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance

Woooooo! Party time!

as of 15 seconds ago, i hit the word count of 100,026 words

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!

one of my goals was hitting at least 100,000 words... another was 400 pages, but i'm not sure if that's going to happen or not, which changing the margins and edits and everything... who knows what my page and word total will be at the end

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Has something changed??

6 months ago, i was sporadic at best with posting to this darn thing, and was bored out of my skull... now, i'm posting from every other day to every day, and writing like a crazy person... have my priorities changed??

well, to a point... i'm writing more, which is good, but i'm not working, which is bad... i know you're thinking, but aren't you a student?? shouldn't you be working to pay for tuition??... yes, but i have money put aside for school, so shush

i'm also at a bigger word count, maybe 40,000 more, maybe just 35,000... i've written 10,000 in the past two months, but that gap had papers and finals in it, and 3,000 of it has come in the past few days... it's totally wiped me out, but you never know what happens when you're on a roll

for all you writers out there, check out Mark Putnam's Plotastic blog, and Paula B's Writing Show podcasts featuring Mark Leslie... 5 bucks says these guys will have published novels in the next 12 months

oh, and i know what i'm going to write about for this year's NaNoWriMo... mermaids

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book(ish): "The Iliad" by Homer
song: "Through Glass" by Stone Sour

My word count is what??

the word count's gone from about 95,000 very late Monday night, to 98,000 very late Wednesday night... that's because i wrote about 1,000 words late Monday/early Tuesday... and another 1,000 late Tuesday/early Wednesday... and now another 1,000 Wednesday afternoon and evening

i haven't written this much is such a short period of time since NaNoWriMo

i think i'll reach my one goal of 100,000 words in the next couple of days if i don't burn myself out

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What 'Full Moon Falling' is all about

recently, i've been talking to Paula B of The Writing Show podcast, and the link is in my blog list to the right... i've been talking to her about writing, sometimes my writing, and something dawned on me while listening to a recent show of hers

have i ever said what my novel is all about??... i don't think so, so i will right now

'Full Moon Falling' is a novel about the life of a young woman, from the time she is bitten and turned into a werewolf, to a point where she's finally accepted what's happened to her, as well as a serious relationship with another werewolf... from when she's 20 to about 27... i've written it in first person, and have tried to make it sound almost like a journal of her life... she goes through weapons training, gets shot, stabbed, and even tortured by the crazed humans that want to kill her and everyone else like her... of course, there's also her dealing with attraction to someone she's not supposed to be involved with, and i worked hard not to make this a romance novel... i want it to be fantasy/paranormal first

if there are any questions about my writing, then feel free to ask in the comments section of his post

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book: "Demon's Delight" anthology
song: "Jaded" by Aerosmith

What I've learned about my writing

#1. people are interested in what i'm writing... proof of this is the current number of published books out there featuring werewolves and other supernatural/paranormal creatures... i'm starting to get the urge to write a vampire book... also, proof is other people saying that they enjoy the little bits i've given them to read

#2. i am going to finish this darn thing before September so i don't go insane, and i am going to book an agent appointment in October at the SiWC, once i get the money

#3. i can't write in front of the TV anymore because it distracts me too much, but i can write to music

#4. once i finish, i have to take the time to edit... make sure everything makes sense and follows a timeline and everything... and this could take a while

have a good week, peoples

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book: "Hot Blooded" anthology
song: "Sleepless Nights" by Faber Drive

Freedom

WOOOOOOOO!!!!

my exams are over... time to go back to writing

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What to do now?

well, i know what i should be doing... studying for my Tuesday evening exam... barf... not today... or tomorrow... i know, i know, i'm slacking, but come on, who wants to study in the summer

no one, that's who

meanwhile, in the more interesting part of my life... i've submitted something for the SiWC writing contest... i can only hope that they don't hate it... i was writing something, and realized that I couldn't get it finished in time unles i wrote for about a day or two straight... instead, i sent the first chapter of a novel i started last spring, before my grandmother passed away... afterwards, i couldn't really get back into it, i tried to, but it's been sitting around in my Word files unfinished for about a year... i'd be happy if i just got one of those honourable mention thingys

also, there's a new blog in my list to the right, Starting Write Now... it's done by a bunch of different people, blogging about their writing experiences, goals, and writing while dealing with real life... this blog is really interesting, and everyone should stop by it to read it

and hugs to my Jeannie... you deserve everything you want and more, i just wish i could send you those oiled hunks/assistants

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books: the Stanislaski books by Nora Roberts
songs: "Alegria" from the Cirque du Soleil show and "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles

Writing update... number however many it is

so... i've done almost no writing since early July, which pisses me off just a little... i mean, i wanted to finish this darn thing, so i could maybe do an editor/agent interview at the SiWC in October... now, i'll be lucky if i finish before classes start again in September

exams happen in about a week and a half... hopefully they won't be terribly impossible... i don't think they will be, but you never know... this pretty much means i have until Friday to write as much as i can, then study my butt off... i think i can do it... this one distance class just made no sense half the time, but with some luck, the exam won't suck

now, i'm going to try and get some writing done, get some people through some realizations... and props to Wendy for continuing with her script

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song: "Bitemarks and Bloodstains" by Finch
book: "Parallel Heat" by Deidre Knight

Marked for life

so, i got my tattoo done on Saturday... i was surprised at the pain, but after a little while it was bearable... like bee stings over and over and over again... once it heals over and peels off, a picture will appear

i've got barely any writing done, because i've got papers to write... i'm hoping to get some done on the week-end, when i have the time... after this other paper is due in a couple of days, the next thing that happens is exams in 3 weeks

how fun

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song: "Save Me" by Remy Zero