Yes, it's true! As of June 30th my book (!!) is available in paperback through CreateSpace and in both paper and Kindle forms through Amazon.com! Here it is ( Read more... )

Well, sheesh, I posted just about nothing about the editing of my NaNo novel (The Assassin's Flute, hereinafter TAF), despite my original plan to blog the heck out of it. So it is my happy duty to update that we're 95% of the way to actual release! I finished the edit on June 12th, submitted my text to CreateSpace, and have ordered an author's ( Read more... )

So! I have until June to edit, complete (at least 30,000 more words) and polish my NaNoWriMo manuscript into publishable form, with the end goal of taking CreateSpace up on their offer and holding, ohmighod, an actual paper copy of my own first book in my hands this summer. Wow ( Read more... )

OK, you want to hear something totally mind-bending? Check this: the total final word count of my NaNoWriMo novel, The Assassin's Flute, is 51,551 words. I wondered how it compared to my epic fanfic Sleepwalker, which, as you may know, took me over a year to write (and still isn't actually finished...). So I went to check ( Read more... )

My gosh, I did it. I actually got there. at 11:30 last night I typed the ritual "The End" at the end of 50,005 words of story, and validated on the website. I wrote a freaking book!!! and it isn't a fanfic and the characters are all mine and holy wow, I wrote a BOOK. All mine ( Read more... )

40000+ words in, and I'm sure I can finish, but i have so many plot threads and character bits and iconic bits to stitch in that I'm a little dizzy. So I sat down and wrote it up in High Speed Condensed for the lulz and to get a grip on the shape of it. Here it is: the last ten thousand words of "The Assassin's Flute" in three pages or less.
( 10K words in 90 seconds, under the cut )

Apparently, Week 2 regrets are a typical hazard of NaNo, so this is a not-to-worry: but I am beginning to worry that keeping to this pace is not sustainable for me. Specifically, that with no time to polish and cross-check and actually write as opposed to just producing words, I'm gonna end up with 50K worth of junk ( Read more... )

I actually skipped last night's episode of Fringe to go on writing. Yes, really. Liz called in that it was Fringe time, and I did not even hesitate, because ***OMG I'm heading into the scene where Komori and Shao meet for the first time and if I drop it now I just KNOW I will not get the vibe back***. So I just yelled back "Sorry! Important plot ( Read more... )

Up to 7300+ words (7332), which is a little ahead of the game. The stats thingie gets discouraging, though, as it auto-resets sometime overnight and every day slaps you with how far behind you'll be if you don't write at least the minimum again today. I guess it's meant to be a motivator, but it's kind of exhausting ( Read more... )

I'm up to 5011 words, so I'm just about exactly on target (target is 1660 words/day, plus a few). But during today's words, as best I can predict, my romantic couple ought to meet for the first time. Oh my GOSH I hope I can pull this off ( Read more... )