I Think NaNo Is Done-Oh
And it's just under 46,000 words. Missed the goal by about 4,400 words. I know I need to work this around a little bit; the hero's all possessive and "hands off" to the secondary character, then turns around and allows a menage. Hmm. Got a bit of a problem there. There's a reason for the menage and it makes sense (I think), but there's not enough time between the "hands off" from the hero and the actual menage scene. And I think I'll have another scene between the heroine and her friend Maggie, which helps the heroine come to the decision to have "wild monkey sex" with the hero. I'm just not sure I can figure it out by tomorrow. We'll see.
Looking back over last week, from Sunday through Saturday, I wrote just over 20,000 words on NaNo and the novella. Once these are both done, I don't think I'm gonna do this again. Work like that on two at a time, I mean. I'd write on NaNo in the morning, get my daily word count goal, then have lunch and work on the novella. No wonder I have cougar-boys running in both stories; my brain was wired to work that way.
Once these are done, I MUST finish the rewrite of the werewolf story that I have an open submission call (so to speak) to Ellora's Cave. The vampire stories from my blog on Sunday will continue to percolate, and I'll be figuring out who's story gets told first and what that story is. Then I'll be immersed in vampires and witches and fairies and werewolves... oh, my!
Stephen King, eat your heart out. His vampires go around eating people and being bad. My vampires go around, um, eating people and being very bad. But when they're very bad, they're very, very go-o-o-o-o-d.
7 comments:
Congrats.
I dropped out. Not for me. Mostly cuz I'm having Dagger Boy issues.
Hey, if your Dagger Boys are finally ready to start talking again, I say push everything aside that you can and get your Alphasmart fired up.
Well, Kate, you do have certain other distractions and drags on your time. 20,000 words in a week is what you can do when you're sitting on your butt all by yourself.
Congratulations! Darlin', you've done a marvelous thing here. You should be proud of yourself. And look how you're already figuring what you want to change and add.
There are very few of us who could do so much writing in so short a time.
Well, Sloane, it's writing. How much of it is good writing is a completely 'nuther matter. :)
Well, if you cranked out THAT many words in a week, YOU are pretty special in MY book! I sat here almost all day yesterday and barely cranked out ten pages, but that's in 14-point type.
I think your writing is what keeps you Alive and Kicking. And that's pretty special in and of itself. You get a pat on the back and a box of chocolates. (BAD pun on "Forrest Gump.")
Congratulations, Sherrill!
Forrest
You must stop underestimating yourself. It simply can not continue.
Between you, Jenna, and Kate I've come to enjoy vampires, werewolves, and the like, which I always disliked. Don't think I can handle a wererabbit though. You three bring an exciting new life to creatures of the night.
But I digress. You, Sweet Sherrill, have a God given talent. I told you a long time ago you'd make it big in this tough industry.
Now get those 50,000 words into tip-top shape and get it submitted. I want to read it, dammit!
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