My friends were here through the 2nd, so I dragged them to the Richmond NaNoWriMo kick off party on the first. They agreed, and both are actually planning on participating, which makes me super happy. Also at the party were my brother Michael and my niece Sam, both whom I introduced to NaNo. The party was a blast, and I went in quite happy, having woken early that day to get in my word count.
I've wanted to participate in the National Novel Writing Month program for a few years. Both times I chickened out. I love writing, and I've even written some short stories I'm not ashamed of. But I have always failed at writing a novel. I'm easily distracted by bright and shiny new story ideas. I didn't think I had the discipline to write a novel (I know I lack the talent, but I'm full of great ideas). I was determined to do NaNo this year.
So far I am doing awesome! I'm ahead of my word count goal, I've ignored distractions and written even when I didn't feel like it. At over 11k words, I've already written more of a novel than I ever have before. I'm beginning to believe I can do this! I don't even care if it's a suckfest, just being able to say I wrote a novel is going to be a huge achievement.
But I will try not to neglect you, oh dear book blog. You are part of the reason I feel confident this year. Through you I have met so many awesome bloggers, some even participating in NaNo, and some who are just cheering us word slaves on. Thank you! I might even do Script Frenzy in April (I'm not sure yet because I am not allowing myself to even think of an idea for a script at the moment).
So, books I've read recently and will presumably review in the somewhat near future:
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley
Shadow on the Dial by Anne Lindbergh
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Dead Until Dark (re-read for Sookie challenge) by Charlaine Harris
Currently reading: Generation Dead- which I'll try to do a Friday First blog with tomorrow.
But for now I am wordless and tired. I need my rest so that I can re-set my end of the week word goal to 17k- I would go for 20k but I work weekends and won't have as much time to write as I would like, but I'll re-evaluate after tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Have fun with your NaNoWriMo! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteYou are doing awesome with your NaNo goal, and if this is your first time writing a novel, I'm even more impressed. I know I couldn't even begin to do this if I hadn't had the practice of writing novels in the past. I wrote my first novel over four months and it sucks so so bad I will never show it to anyone! :D But I was able to make 3 rewrites of it over the years and finally concluded it where I wanted this year, so it IS possible to make something that sucks this much into a decent book! You can do it!
ReplyDeleteThe only reason my book blog is not going dormant is that I had some time to predraft readathon reviews to sprinkle throughout November...
Thanks, ladies! I will remember that next year, Amanda, and be a little more prepared for book blogging and novel writing. I've written lots in the past, but short stories and poetry are the only things I've ever finished. Right now I am further along than I ever, ever, ever have been in trying to write a novel. I had convinced myself I couldn't do it, but it turns out that just like in most cases, I was just being lazy! lol
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're doing really well with NaNoWriMo! Will look forward to your reviews when you have time to post them, but until then, keep up the good work! :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
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