Checking In

Hello dear readers!

I would like to say that I have one chapter completed and one more underway for "An Aunt's Love!"  I hesitated to post the last chapter due to the content, and my therapist suggested posting two chapters at once to mitigate the content of the first.  She is brilliant, my friends.  Simply brilliant.  I am working on the next chapter right now, so I will hopefully have something ready to post in a few weeks.

I did not complete Nanowrimo, or even Camp Nanowrimo in April.  I'm not looking at it as failure.  I have more words on the page for one of my novels...so, it's still a win?

Look at me finding those silver linings.  My therapist would be proud.

That being said, I'm still looking for those interested in reading some of my original work for the simple price of feedback.  Beta reading, basically.  I have several different stories underway (cue maniacal laughter here) in a few different genres.  Fantasy?  Dystopian?  Any takers?

Until next time, readers!

What Sorcery Is This?

Against all odds, dear readers, I have actually managed some progress this month in Camp Nanowrimo.  I know, it's incredible!

I am the happy writer with 41,309 words to her name and it just keeps coming along with more and more words every day.  I'm not sure where this is coming from really, as two weeks ago I could not have cared less if this had happened.  IT IS HAPPENING!!!  :)

The best part is that nothing is wrong with it.  I know that sounds strange, but there is nothing wrong with the story at the moment.  The characters are cooperating, the plot is moving along nicely, the setting is perfect, the dialogue is good.

Wait a moment....

This almost never happens to me.  It is usually an uphill battle the whole way, fighting characters, forcing dialogue....

Hmm.  I probably shouldn't question this until after I reach my goal.

I'll keep you posted.

A bad couple of days

Hello dear readers!

I am still surviving. That's pretty much it at the moment.  Surviving.  I've had a rough few days (more like a rough week) and it doesn't seem to be getting much better.  I have managed getting to work, and then getting home from work, but everything else doesn't seem worth the effort.  Today starts Camp Nanowrimo, but that's not going to happen now.  I just....can't.

Nanowrimo Failure

I just can't seem to get this Nanowrimo thing under control.  This month has been a disaster all the way through in terms of having time to write.  I've been ill, had a root canal, sick again, and had family in to visit, and numerous demands on my time.

I miss writing.

The Despair Continues

So, my Camp Nanowrimo despair continues.

This past weekend, I had an infection in my tooth (I'm getting a root canal on Wednesday) that caused so much pain that I could only rest on my couch with ice packs on my face while I hoped that the antibiotics would start working.

No writing was accomplished.  At all.

I'm not happy about the root canal, but if it returns me to normal writing abilities, then hey, I can't complain too much, right?

Except...dentist.

I hate the dentist.  I have dental phobia...it's bad.  And the people who do my root canals (specialists, they call them) do not do the happy gas which make dental appointments so much easier for me.  No Valium for Emma, either.  *sigh*  I want to hide. 

Camp Nanowrimo and Despair

So, I'm taking part in Camp Nanowrimo and it's not going well.

I lie.

It was going well until my weekend was shanghaied by family.  My mother came to visit, and NO WRITING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

I tried.

I lack inspiration.  I really, really want to finish my trilogy.  Sadly, the characters are not speaking to me at the moment.  I honestly can't write at the moment.  After the weekend, I'm seriously in despair over my pathetic word count.

There is another story that's been pretty vocal lately.  I don't want to work on it because I want to finish the trilogy.  I would have to toss all of my notes and the outline for the trilogy and sort of start over seven days into Camp Nanowrimo.


It looks as though the second story won.  I entertained the thought for just a moment, and one of the characters threw an arm around me and crowed "We're going to have SO. MUCH. FUN!!!!"  I give up.