Oooh, sitting here typing this is useful! I just realized what my mc's name should be. Not what I thought it was going to be, either.... sigh.
- Mood:
uncomfortable
However, in the middle of nano another story came to me, so I'm going to try and start working on that one, and see if I can maybe switch off between the two.
Here's hoping!
- Mood:
contemplative
Oh, and yes, my story is going, but so slooowly. Maybe it won't read that way, but it sure seems to drag on and on! Plus, an entirely new character just thrust his way into my MC's life, which I totally wasn't expecting. My MC needed to fill a few minutes (or words) before the love interest showed up and instead of just having a nice cup of coffee and pondering life as people walked by, a brand new character just appears and sits down with her! gah.
So now my MC is upset, her love interest is pissed off and the minor character? He's wondering why the hell everything suddenly went to shit, it's not like he was doing anything! Grrrr.
I'm done writing for the night. If the nanowrimo cache hasn't cycled by the time you read this, I should be at a wordcount of 23,230. Okay, I'm actually at 23,234 but I'm not going to quibble over 4 words.
Now onto the important shit.
Go to goodsearch, find a charity you like, and for a month or so, do all your searching and maybe even some of your shopping through them. I'm doing goodsearch for NaNoWriMo right now, but I might do it again for a different charity later.
Now, they aren't as good as Google, but hey, for a month I can live with it.
word count s of now: 17,253.
And after dinner, I've still got a few hours of writing time! It's a good writing day. (plus I was able to fit in a tea party with my youngest between bouts of writing!).
I've been a busy bee with nanowrimo! My wordcount is now up to 14,188! Nothing else of interest is going on in my life, so I'll just get back to my novel writing now.
- Mood:
creative
to update, I've got about 75% of my outline done, which is excellent since this morning I had 0%. Though I am tempted to do a second one, assuming I have time, since if I reach 50k quickly, I might be able to do a rough draft of a 2nd novel. If I do that, well, I'd really have to start editing and consider publishing, right? *shiver*
Nothing like coming home after a grueling day at work, and finding the NaNoWriMo site up and running! And the Spork Room is totally a go! wheeeee!
- Location:7th heaven
- Mood:
giddy
- Mood:
awake
I've finished my nano novel. Doing that involved skipping... six chapters, in which I only used a couple of sentences to describe what should happen, and
not the prettiest of endings, but then it's more of a... summary, lol, than the actual ending.
- Mood:
okay
So I've really been finding it harder to write still, though I'm no longer depressed. Yay! It's just that my romance novel, which was supposed to be light and fluffy, has been more like a hidden personal journal for me. Issues I didn't know I had, things that are glaringly obvious to my main female character, are popping up left right and center, and so of course I have to slow down, stop writing, and figure out what I really need to learn from whatever issue is being raised up, and then figure out how my MC is going to deal with it without having to go through my heart ache, lol. This is a romance, after all, so she does get her love in the end.
It's incredibly theraputic, but not necessarily all that good for my daily word count, or even finishing this strange novel by the end of november. And it hasn't been helping my sleep schedule either. I just can't stop thinking about whatever has reared it's ugly (or not, as the case may be) head from my psyche, and think it through, usually at around 1 am when I should be sound asleep. Thbbpt. (the sound blowing a raspberry makes, lol)
My girls are doing good, though my eldest has a memory like a sieve (just like her mommy!). We wrote a reminder on her hand (after she insisted on doing it first on her arm), but it did no good. I told her we should stamp it across her forehead; she said, 'good idea mommy!', then paused and added, 'but how will I read it?' I love her so much, lol.
I think I need to go to the nanowrimo forums, and see about writing a letter to my characters, or my muse...
I also found myself in a good mood today. I was doing some grocery shopping, and I as I was walking down an aisle, a couple caught my eye. I don't recall much of the woman, other than to notice she was there, but the guy kinda caught my attention. Instantly I thought, now that's what I need to do, limit myself to checking out tall guys! The silliness made me smile (or smirk, I'm sure), which this guy noticed, and he was blushing a little a having been checked out (in even the vague fashion I was doing it in) and standing a little straighter. And I realized he wasn't recoiling in disgust, but was probably in fact now in a better mood himself. Which improved my own mood again.
So all I've had to do since then is remember the silliness, and the way my smile made someone happier, and I'm happy too. I've even been grinning at home for no apparent reason.
Oh, why tall guys? Um, almost ex is relatively short (an inch taller than me), and so have most of the boys I fooled around with when I was younger. So I'm thinking of trying a new 'type' on for size. Wow, was there a dirty pun in that? My brain is tired.
I didn't write as much as I wanted to today. I woke up, got juice for the kids, and collapsed into bed again. Almost ex got up soon after, though, and he dealt with the kids. When I got up an hour later, they were gone, and I was alone without any coffee! Gah. I went back to bed soon enough and woke up three hours later. That's when I went grocery shopping.
My only pet peeve of the day is that he bought the kids clothing, when he knows we're on a tight budget and I need more work clothes rather badly. Sigh. Oh well, next thursday I hopefully get paid. *fingers crossed*
And after being distracted by lots of movies on tv, I finally managed to write a bit, but my wrist is hurting (mild carpal tunnel syndrome), so it's best if I stop before it turns into a major flare up. Which means I also have to stop writing here, lol. So g'night!
- Mood:
pleased
I reached 30k last night, and it made me so happy, lol, I don't know why. Now I have to push to get going again, but the novel had a big turn in it, which was way weird and not what I was expecting, so it'll be interesting to see what happens next.
Otherwise, I'm a little down, which may be to do with the weather, which is grey and rainy, or just cuz, lol. Or it maybe because I haven't made any coffee yet, cuz I was hoping almost-ex would come home soon, and I could run out and get non-flavoured kind. I like flavoured creamer, not when they add it to the coffee. Oh well.
30k! Already! wow....
- Mood: creative
I also applied at Roger's Video. It doesn't pay quite as much, and it has less job security (which isn't that incredible at Safeway, not at my level, but it's still something). But selling videos would be fun, and the job has the perk of free rentals, which is always good.
On the subject of nanowrimo, I only wrote 250 odd words today, due to a headache and work, so thbbpt (the sound of a raspberry being blown, lol).
- Mood:
exhausted
*yawn*, soo tired. My brain is getting worn out, and it still has to work, cuz i didn't outline. Gah.
I'm also getting frustrated with the flack I'm taking for having a high word count. I can't help it if I type fast, and have more time for this than a lot of others.
I've gotten to the point where I hate telling people, because of the way they start to treat me when they know I have a high wordcount.
- Mood: sleepy
Imagine your book gets published and a Hollywood studio buy the film rights. :)
Which actors would you want playing your characters? Why them?
Originally, my male MC was sort of based off of Brad Pitt, since I wanted someone charming, blonde and good looking.
He's since morphed into a younger Jeff Goldblum.
- Mood:
mellow
Anyway, on the way home from the library today, we stopped at Timmies for some donuts, and I decided to get one again, for old times sake. And as soon as I smelt it, I knew it was my nanowrimo scent. Now it feels like nano!
- Mood: nostalgic
And a big thanks to
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enkanowen for doing a word war with me and getting me to really write fast; though I'm sure I did the math wrong, but whatever the case, I'm doing good now, and have the time to write *and* think more or less at the same time. Otherwise, I might start writing about otters, and it's all down hill from there.Anyway, good night, and I'll sleep easier tonight, knowing I'm going to do okay this nanowrimo, rather than the blind panic that had me sleeping poorly last night. Cheers! Good writing vibes to all who want 'em.
Work was funny last night. Apparently, the woman in charge forgot that I was working last night. Still, nobody sent me home, and so I got in a few hours. As an added bonus, it was a slow night, so we closed up at ten pm and I had plenty of time to get home and panic.
And I feel a little guilty. I really should be writing my novel, not posting here. sigh.
