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Day Two

You know somewhere online they sell posters and stuff with this quote on it. No lie. Someone sent it to me and asked if it was really me. Yep. I wrote that on PBW. My fourteen years of online fame, distilled into 21 words.

Could be worse. They could have snatched something from that dilemma post I wrote about the Albino Robin Hood cover. I always thought that was me at my finest hour.

Anyway -- onto how it's going with NaNoWriMo. I caught up on day two and did well, I think. I'm starting to get back into Nex's head -- or centracore, if you prefer -- and pick up where I left off in her adventures. I also wrote a bit of backstory about Navara in the intro to Chapter Nine, which I thought came out well. Everything seems to be falling into place. Since I also got my day job done and vacuumed all the rugs in the house and made dinner, I think it was a productive day. Now if I can just keep that going for another 27 days . . . .

How are you doing, Theo? I think we're all alone this time around. :)

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nightsmusic said…
I think we might be alone as well. It's okay. I took a couple years off of Nano so this is good for me. :)

And I'm all caught up on Nex. I re-read it last night, as far as you'd gotten then. I really am fascinated with this story. I like Nex. I even Like Navara. :) It's been fun getting to know them both again.

I'm at 17K more or less but I didn't really edit the in-between (you can tell) so I think I'll pause today and make my first pass edit through that section. Then I can keep going without that niggling poking to fix stuff. I'll be okay enough to not worry about it for now.

I'm thinking with the encouragement you've been giving me, I might just get this one finished :)
November 3, 2019 at 7:44 AM
the author said…
It's good for me, too. I realized this morning that this is the first time I've written something just for fun since I went freelance. Almost five years.

I think your editing strategy is a good one. Those niggling doubts can be a big distraction.

I'm cheering you on to finish this one. It's definitely a strong story.
November 3, 2019 at 9:26 AM
Maria Zannini said…
I love this quote. I think a lot of writers like to scratch, never quite reaching the itch.

Good luck on NaNo
November 4, 2019 at 7:12 AM
the author said…
Thanks, Maria. Good luck with Nana and the new puppy!
November 7, 2019 at 9:02 AM
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