Hanging out there

So I am trying really hard to get back into a writing swing of things, so I think I am going to do a series a short stories for NaNoWriMo.  A series of stories you say?  Well, yes, but they will all belong to one "book". 

How will that work?  Well I am going to create 4 characters.  And each day, to hit my word count, I am going to write about an adventure these 4 heroes go on.  Then, I will write the same adventure from each character's view point.  Seems repetitive right?  Yeah, it kind of does to me as well.  But it gives me a chance to get to know my characters better, to see how they will experience the same thing, but through their own lens on life. 

So for the next few days, gearing up to NaNo, I am going to create my characters.  Join me on my adventure of creating characters!  Have suggestions?  Feel free to throw them out there. 

As an aside, I am going to take this time to remind you of my copyright policy.  At the top of the blog you can see the link to the policy, please click through and read that policy. 

Until Next Time!

I am opinionated

And that is okay!  That doesn't always mean my opinions are correct, or valid, but they are mine.

Just needed to get that off my chest.  I have sat here looking at this blog for the better part of a month hoping the words would just spontaneously appear and suddenly I would have an active writing space again.  Well, they did not and I am truly disappointed in that!  Why can't I have a writing fairy come write all the things in my head out for me?  Hrumph!

Anyway, I am back, and hopefully better than ever.  I have ideas, I have ideas, and I have more ideas.  Now to see if those ideas actually pan out into wonderful blogs.  I think I am going to fuse my love of writing, my ongoing experience writing a novel and a children's book, as well as the fact that my life is every bit as boring as it sounds together to write diverse blog posts!  That sounds good doesn't it?  haha.

So now we begin again to try to build a blog base.  And away we go!!!

Writing

So an update on where I am in writing my novel plus the children's series. 

I am in the exact same place. 

Yeah, I haven't written a lick in the last month on the novel and I'm sad about that.  I always had great intentions.  I set up times to write, created my little writing nook, even got back out my notebook of awesome... and then promptly stared at the screen then played a Facebook game.  It was easier. 

But July is my month.  My goal is to write the first book for the children's series, just to see how that kind of goes, and then spend at least 10 hours a week on my novel.  I am only trying to get the rough draft out there on paper.  I have grand plans of sending out feelers by the first week in November.  That's the grand plan though, so we shall see what happens. 

How is your week going?  Have you written anything lately?

Until Next Time.

Working it out

Ahh, I missed another day during pride month!  Why oh why???  I am having issues completing posts and I don't know why.  I have about 5 Pride month specific posts sitting in my drafts folder and I just can't bring myself to write anything about them, and I don't know why.  This is such a weird writers block that makes no sense!  So here is me trying to push through and write something. 

I was hoping there would be some exciting news in the gay world for this month.  I had high hopes, and have just been unable to find anything overly exciting.  I have already written about marriage, and right now that is the most exciting thing going on.  Every state is now under a challenge to their marriage bans, and I can't wait to see them all fall. 

Other than that, things are just a little quiet.  Hopefully I'll write more tomorrow.

Until Next Time!