Sometimes you wish a fictional person was real just so you could punch them in the face. I have a love/hate relationship with a lot of my characters, but I would be lying if I didn’t tell you Rhys is at the top of that list. Just like other characters perceive him, he is really, … Continue reading
Welp. I’ve gotten a lot done this month. I really, really have. I don’t think I’ll quite make it to 50,000 by the 30th this year for NaNoWriMo, but I’ll be close. The important thing is going to be keeping the momentum going – because I want to have the “gamma” draft ready to give … Continue reading
Off to a running start with a word count of 1,200. Yeah so, I decided about twelve hours before it began that I’m going to be participating in Camp NaNoWriMo for the month of June. To get all the rest of the crap written that is supposed to be in my first novel but is … Continue reading
Word count as of this morning: 2398 This is extra good. The official recommended daily word count is 1667, and my personal goal is 2000 a day, in the interest of trying to stay ahead. It makes me happy that on this first day, at least, I got in a solid head start. I’ve already … Continue reading
The primordial word soup I was talking about a couple posts ago has a name – chaos pages. This is my new way of sketching out a scene. It feels really right. Right now I’m working on chaos pages for the opening of R+S. I don’t want to introduce too many characters too quickly, but … Continue reading
Aine Crabtree 