Obligatory NaNo post
*checks calendar* Yup. It's November 1st. I should be panicking about now. I've signed up for NaNo. Again. And I'm absolutely clueless about what I'm writing this year. Clueless. As in no plot. No setting. No characters. I have a title. I have the first two sentences. And I'm wondering if I'm not an absolute glutton for punishment. Want to know why? Sure you do! And even if you don't, I'm going to tell you. *bwahaha*
Since the first week of July, I've written three novels. THREE. After meeting with an editor in New York, I came home and wrote a 52K word category romance. It's been critiqued, edited, revised, and submitted. I next turned to a stalled project and added 75K words to a paranormal romance for a total of 97K words. The book is actually three novellas with a continuing story arc, with each section having their own romantic couple. My critique partner sent it back over the weekend and I'll start on her revision notes tomorrow. My agent is waiting for it, but besides revisions, I also have to come up with a "matching" three-novella arc for a follow-on novel and write a synopsis for both.
This morning, I finished my third novel in four months. This is the final entry for my Tir Nan Og trilogy. Rory's story has been a long time coming but it's finished now, coming in at almost 70K words. Parts of this first draft are a little ugly. I need to read for continuity, figure out some names and phrase that stumped me as I was writing, and for typos. Then off it goes to my CP. Once it comes back, it's more edits and then I submit it to Ms. Editor 1.0. I'm hoping she'll be happy to have the darn thing, finally.
Can you understand why I'm a bit burned out on writing? In fact, I considered skipping NaNo this year. And I might have if not for an opportunity. I've been offered the chance to submit a novella to the epub arm of a major publisher. There are some fairly strict guidelines, but nothing I can't work with, provided I have more than the germ of an actual idea to write about.
So...I start NaNo a day or two late. I know I can catch up. I've always managed to eek out enough words to cross the 50K mark before midnight on the 30th. Family illness and death, weather, jobs, other deadlines--I worked through them all. I'll manage this hurdle, too. Because that's how I roll.
Since the first week of July, I've written three novels. THREE. After meeting with an editor in New York, I came home and wrote a 52K word category romance. It's been critiqued, edited, revised, and submitted. I next turned to a stalled project and added 75K words to a paranormal romance for a total of 97K words. The book is actually three novellas with a continuing story arc, with each section having their own romantic couple. My critique partner sent it back over the weekend and I'll start on her revision notes tomorrow. My agent is waiting for it, but besides revisions, I also have to come up with a "matching" three-novella arc for a follow-on novel and write a synopsis for both.
This morning, I finished my third novel in four months. This is the final entry for my Tir Nan Og trilogy. Rory's story has been a long time coming but it's finished now, coming in at almost 70K words. Parts of this first draft are a little ugly. I need to read for continuity, figure out some names and phrase that stumped me as I was writing, and for typos. Then off it goes to my CP. Once it comes back, it's more edits and then I submit it to Ms. Editor 1.0. I'm hoping she'll be happy to have the darn thing, finally.
Can you understand why I'm a bit burned out on writing? In fact, I considered skipping NaNo this year. And I might have if not for an opportunity. I've been offered the chance to submit a novella to the epub arm of a major publisher. There are some fairly strict guidelines, but nothing I can't work with, provided I have more than the germ of an actual idea to write about.
So...I start NaNo a day or two late. I know I can catch up. I've always managed to eek out enough words to cross the 50K mark before midnight on the 30th. Family illness and death, weather, jobs, other deadlines--I worked through them all. I'll manage this hurdle, too. Because that's how I roll.