Yeah, what the subject says ( Read more... )

So it's been a crazy 30 days. My NaNoWriMo story is at 55,000 words and the first draft of it is just about done. Thanks to www.createspace.com and www.amazon.com, I have the option of making it available for sale once I finish editing it so long as I submit it by June. It isn't precisely self-publishing, but it will be a real for real paperback ( Read more... )

Because I'm just this crazy - and you all know it - I'm participating in NaNoWriMo. Five days in, I'm at 11,000+ words, 4000 of those from today ( Read more... )

A Pound of Flesh:

Two years and seven months of my life.

Four hundred and forty-four pages.

One hundred eighty three thousand,

two hundred and seventy-two words.

It's FINISHED.

(rough draft, anyway)

And by the way, if you haven't yet seen this AMAZING picture of Tom Felton, THIS is now the picture I think of whenever I think of Draco's picture hanging ( Read more... )

As I recently received an amusing though rather misinformed review chastising me for starting a story without the intention of finishing it - if only the reviewer had checked my yahoo! group or this handy journal - I figured I ought to give you another update on the progress of the story ( Read more... )

Pennilyn here, taking a short break from writing (and I am writing on APoF, I promise - the Hermione Big Bang is pretty much a hopeless case now).

I'm giving a shout out to all of my readers, who, in spite of my lengthy breaks between updates, keep coming back for more, and leaving such encouraging reviews.  You guys are the best, really.

It's been ( Read more... )

The bunnies attacked me as I wandered down the meager book aisle at the supermarket while I waited for the lines to get less crowded ( Read more... )

I feel a bit like I've cheated on you.

I know, I know, you love me in spite of the awful wait I'm putting you through, and that you support me while I wait for the story to come to me, and that I shouldn't force myself. I know, you've said it all before.

So, I did what you said and focused on something else.

With my friend Heartdamoose, I created a ( Read more... )

So I spaced out this morning, staring at my keyboard, and thought to the future.

In the future, I am an *author*, published with things like BOOKS, and critics reviewing said books.

I picture seeing my penname (which I haven't decided what it shall be yet... not Pennilyn Novus, that's for sure - maybe a combination of my initials and last name, but ( Read more... )

A Pound of Flesh reached 300 pages tonight in my word processor. It's also tipping the scales at 139,000 words ( Read more... )