A Race to the Finish

I'm a bit pressed for time, I realize.

I have to finish writing my June 'WriMo and a collab play I'm doing with a friend before August. Unfortunately it seems both will be extremely lengthy, and we only have a matter of days left. How sad.

On the bright side, my August novel is going to be really, really, really fun, and surprisingly easy. I mean, writing about writers? How much bigger of a break could anyone give me? I'm really looking forward to characterizing everyone too, because they're so awesome (and their personalities play an important role).

~Silvermist

The End of Camp

Camp NaNoWriMo June... has ended!

But my novel hasn't. 72,000 words into it, and the main villain still needs to at least come close to completing his quest, the Captain still has to face off with the General, my warriors need to regroup, and above all, the huge amazing plot twist has to take effect!
Then, of course, the big battle at the end.

It seems there's so much left to do... but at least I know it'll be as big as its prequel

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Speaking of camps... how about August 'WriMo? I've planned my novel called 'The Truth' over at the site, and although it's not my usual cup of tea (genre-wise) I'm going to experiment with it a little. And I'll be experimenting again in April when I attempt a sci-fi comedy... wow.

Still! The Truth is probably going to be the deepest, thickest, most meaningful book I've ever written, and although it's a newbie cast, I still can't wait to dive it... so much to anticipate! x_x

~Silvermist

*POOF* ...Done

It's a bit of a jump, but I've hit 50,000 words in my June 'WriMo and am now closing in on 60k. It's one of those things I have where my novels always go 10-15k longer than the goal, but hey, go until the story ends, right?

It's exciting, too. I just hit page 100, single spacing (with my special super-single spacing), and I plan to go much farther. There's so much that still needs to happen! I'm excited. :3

~Silvermist

Total Obsession (Freaky?)

I am totally and wholly obsessed with writing.
And with this new music.

It seems lately I've been dragging along with my novels, but suddenly today I figured out that there's this new band out there (I'll never tell! Mmeeehehehehehe! Mmeehehehehe!) that really really really really gets me going... I've only listened to three of their songs and already I have one chosen for battle, one for intermediate scenes (those songs are hard to find), and one for despair/goodbye/sadness. I am so psyched about this story now, I've gone an hour over my usual time and zoomed to almost 30,000 words.

So now I'm totally obsessed.

Freaky?

~Silvermist

My Interpretation of New Novel Idea

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Oh em gee.
I have to do this.
Soon.
Sooner than soon.
Oh em geeeee.

And in the middle of June 'WriMo, too.

Oh em geeeeeeeee....

~Silvermist

Insert Effort Here

Novel challenges undoubtedly live up to their names, and it's always hard trying to complete a novel in a month while retaining the quality of a novel spanned over a bit longer. So this June, I'm going to try my hardest to insert a little effort on my part, and instead of focusing on getting to fifty billion words, (just fifty thousand), I'm going to focus on making it just what I envision it to be.

There will be love scenes, fight scenes, death scenes... the works. If I'm going to make this novel as EPIC (WOOAOOIHIOHOEJAIUHFOWERHPRIO) as it is in my head, I'm going to have to try very hard. So that's exactly what I'm going to do.

And what's more, I'm going to juggle finals, and my job on one end of it. (Finals only last til the 6th, thank goodness). So if there's one thing you could wish me for the upcoming month, it'd be luck.

Merci beaucoup in advance,
Silvermist

P.S. I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too excited for this X.X
*run around screaming*
Like, this excited.

Big Things Coincide

You know how big things tend to coincide? Here's a few big things that happened in the last few days:

-I was taken to the beach and then a prom by an extremely over-generous friend, and I even got dressed up to go to the prom. Did I dance? It's a secret.

-I sent in my novel manuscript and query letter to my first publisher and kind of messed it up but SHHH, I handled it professionally. It's not a very long novel, only about 300 pages double spaced, and my query was gone over multiple times.

-I got sick. Yay! Such a beautiful sickness, this is. My throat burns with every swallow, my head is light and feathery and is bound to float away soon, and I can't seem to wake up as early as I could when I wasn't sick. Either I shall die a slow and painful death, or slowly and painfully recover.

-I am suffering from Writer's Block, and it's even more painful than being sick. I finally accepted that I don't have to write until June 2nd (can't do June 1st, thanks to a trip we're taking) for my first Camp NaNo '12. (I did both last year and whooped 'em). I'll have to try and muddle through life until then.

- FINALS ARE FREAKING NEXT WEEK.

So here I am, dying, with big things happening everywhere. Life is... well, life.

~Silvermist