NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month, as I've learned.  How I missed this in all my years of writing and searching for outlets, I'm not sure--well, other than giving birth to three children, working full time and trying to keep life going in some sort of sane routine. I'm happy to have found this community of writers working toward similar goals and wish everyone the best in obtaining those last few words in the days leading up to December 2013.

While we are still in November, I have been attempting to fulfill the 50,000 word challenge on NaNoWriMo.org. As of today, I have 35,000 of those words logged on the website. I've found this was a fabulous way to jump-start writing Book Two of the Stormflies series that starts with my recently published title Pouring the Cup. With 15,000 words to go, I have hit a slow down.  Reaching several major plot points in the first draft, and coming to what I believe is a suitable ending, now I am looking into filling in the gaps throughout the stream.  Keep in mind, Pouring the Cup contains 120,000 words.

I don't want to give away too much of this follow-up novel, and if you haven't read Pouring the Cup yet, you'll be missing key elements to understanding how the two novels will fit together. Suffice it to say, there is more hard writing to come. The characters must face several more struggles, both physical, emotional and ethical, while dealing with a globe-wide parasitic infestation.A delicate balance of emotion is necessary to keep the story from being too melodramatic or too stale.

Today would be a great day to work out more of the details of this second work. I am sick and home from the office. My husband, a teacher, brought home a bug and shared it lovingly with me. My geriatric calico cat, Jojo, and I are hanging out on the couch watching Enterprise, a series I never finished watching when it aired, and now I'm discovering why.  The inter-dimensional/alternate time-line plot carried on far too long and left too many paradoxical holes to make sense. I'm pushing through to see how it ends. At least Brent Spiner adds a plausible tie-in during the fourth season.


Remember, Pouring the Cup is available on Amazon.com
Christmas is coming! Give someone you love the gift of a good book.