NaNoWriMo

It's NaNoWriMo time again. The plan is to the write the antagonist's half of my fantasy novel. So far - day 6 and doing okay. A little behind but the work was was crazy.

I am also fundraising for NaNo again this year. Like to see your name in my book? See here for more information on how we can make that happen.

July 6

I spent a chunk of the weekend researching language, making notes and looking at maps. Tonight, I finally wrote the next scene. I think I know where the story is heading now. There will be more research (especially around names in the region where the story begins) but that's for later.

Title: Mick's Story
Type: Short Story
Accomplished: Finally stopped researching and wrote
Time: 60 minutes (or 1,000 Camp words)
Total: 3,500 words

July 1 - end of day

Thanks to a LiveJournal post listing two possible upcoming anthologies, I have the basic idea for my first short story. As is usual with me, the name is a placeholder until something else presents itself.

Title: Mick's Story
Type: Short Story
Accomplished: Research on tigers / wrote opening scene
Time: 90 minutes (or 1,500 Camp words)

July 1 - First day of Camp

Camp NaNoWriMo is back.

I tried in April but things weren't gelling and I found myself frustrated every time I opened the file. I'm not saying I won't get frustrated this month but I'm doing things a little differently. 

I have a list of markets with upcoming deadlines & a plan to write short stories and/or poetry to submit to each one. (I'm using the 1 hr of work = 1,000 words equation since I have no idea how many words will actually be accomplished.)

As it's a holiday here, I'll see if I can get more than one hour of writing behind me. Just in case the rest of the month becomes crazy. ::carefully not looking at my work schedule::

Wish me luck. Or words. Or what have you.

That's a draft

Only 2.5 months after the end of NaNoWriMo, I reached the end of the first draft. It's a very drafty kind of first draft but it is finally finished.

My next step is going to be going back to the first book to finish revisions. Then I can come back to this one and fix the things that don't mesh with book 1. I also want to get back to working on the Chaos books.

Maybe I need to start scheduling these things.

That was quick

Received a rejection for the January 1 submission. I'm not surprised, really. I just wish it took a little longer before the stories came back home. Next week, I'll start looking at possible markets for the next submission.

I've finally broken 40,000 words on the paranormal romance. I should be able to wrap it all up in another 10,000 words. Then will come the rereading, revisions and revelations (aka the things I didn't realize I had included until the second or third time through).

Good-bye 2014

I had set writing goals (500 words most days, send 1 submission per month) for 2014. Those who occasionally drop by here will note the lack of updates. Well, I'm not going to make word count goals for this year. Those just set me up to fail. I'm going to try a project view instead.

First, the 2014 round-up.

2014
Submissions - 13
Acceptances - 0
Rejections - 12
Outstanding - 1- I'm waiting for more information before I talk about this one.

Revised - 2 spicy romance novels (1 - the paranormal - requires further revisions as I discovered a few things during the revision process that I hadn't realized) Both revisions took place during Camp NaNoWriMo months

New - 2/3rds of a new paranormal romance / 2 short stories

2015 Goals

Submissions - 1 per month (I have already sent out January's.)
Projects - complete first draft of in-progress romance
              - complete 2nd revision of paranormal romance
              - restart Chaos #1

My only other goal is the perennial 'update this blog more often'.

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