Walk About

Well, yesterday was a bust for all concerned. I didn't get much writing in after I got up and didn't get home until after midnight. Did stay up late enough on Saturday night to get a word count in though so I'm still rocking the word count.

Figured out how to work the lead in to the first conflict point (all the rising tension will be fun)

Figured out how to work out the follow through to the conflict point,

Since I'm at the first point of the lead in, I figure I can work out the rest soon enough. I mean, I know what's going to happen, in a vague sense, but I don't know what my four points are between the conflict and the discovery, and then there's from the discovery to the climax, and then the lead in to the next part.

Then I have to go in and work on what I've already written, add in all the descriptions I've skipped out on, add in all the little scenes that help.

Then I have to track down a beta to tell me if it works (hoping Rye's able to do that)

Then I have to fix what the beta points out

Then I have to design the cover

Hopefully, I can get it to my beta before November so I can work on the sequel then, and I can get the cover designed and the story published for Christmas. I'm planning to go through Lulu again, of course. 

 Just finished banging out the next bit of Word Count for NaNo. This time, it wasn't as long, but it was past the needed number, so I'm happy. I can't figure out how I just managed to write 2000 plus words about breakfast, without once mentioning actual food, but I did. Thought of a few things that I kind of need to know for the story itself.

There are things I haven't figured out, like the MC lived with these nomads who are officially known as the "Riders of Eagle's Nest" or some such, but are essentially an entirely different kingdom/whatever of elves who might be loyal to the Qua'nat King because of treaty, but who don't consider themselves bound by the Qua'nat laws.

I don't know how to explain all of this without a ton of exposition, but I'm hoping I can figure it out as go.

I'm planning to do my word count by picking one scene at a time and writing it, trying to maintain a steady time line. Then I can go back and fit in some more transitional scenes or such later on in the second draft. So far I have:

MC comes home
MC has breakfast with parents/oldest brothers before leaving to be sequestered until he's of age

I know what the next two scenes are for certain and I have some vague ideas for the third and maybe a fourth (I'm not sure how soon I should put the stresser in the story. I'm thinking there should be two "before" scenes, because there's the one that kind of explains a few things about why the MC left, and then there should also be one to realy highlight the issues the MC is having in the sequestered palace, but I don't know if both of them could be worth two thousand words. I certainly intend to try.

Then, of course, is the stresser scene, which is followed by two pivotal scenes and possibly a filler scene. Then there's the "take action" scene which is followed by the "montage" scene and the "adventuring scene" then the next specific conflict scene followed by the lead in to the next book scene and ending with the resolution.

All told it could be called eighteen chapters.

When I write the second draft, I'm going to have to add in more discriptions for surroundings. Third draft will focus more on action, and fourth draft will be spit polished before I prep for publishing.

I guess you can tell I'm excited about this story. I need to sleep now or I might start writing the campfire chapter. As is, I'll probably write it today to help my word count.

After all, I'm not looking to write the exact number of words every day, isn't the purpose to hit 50,000 before midnight on Aug 30 afterall?

It's the first day of NaNoWriMo and we've broken the site already! That's kind of awesome. Ok, the Twitter feed says it's planned stuff, but still, I'm going with, they broke the site already.


My story is going good, I've written my prologue and started the first chapter, as you can tell from my word count (naturally).


OOOO, last night, I found my novel on AMAZON, which is much coolness.

Yeah so, about July's Camp Nano first.


I've ordered a proof copy of A Killer Best Friend, when it arrives, my mom's going to give it a read through, I'll fix the mistakes and then I'll be PUBLISHED! This is the closest I've gotten yet to publishing a novel.


And August's Camp NaNo

Highband Honor, being the sequel of A Killer Best Friend. 'With attacks coming at the family from every side, Dom must solve mysteries new and old to preserve the family honor'. As you can see, I'm off to an excellent beginning. I'll probably get off again and do some writing in a bit. I kind of would like to get the first chapter done now.

I am highly amused at how well I'm doing with Camp NaNoWriMo this month. At least, as far as my word count in concerned, I'm doing well. I have a sort of challenge to be done by this week end but that's a personal thing. If I do get done this weekend, I am totally going to start the next book.

I have decided that I am doing a trilogy Dom becoming a detective and then I'm jumping it ahead five years. I'd like to have the three stories done by the end of August, but we'll see.

The last of my trilogy has the least flesh to it, but I'm going to keep working on it. My next book I already have figured out. All I really want to say is that it is definitely going to have the Coast Guard in it.


That's enough for now, gotta go!

I'm so glad that my story is going so well. My strategy of writing my word count as new stuff and then editing at need is working for me. Although last night I had a five second urge to change Dom from a Marine to a Coastie, but I decided against it. I think I might make my NaNo novel about a Coastie though. I'll have hacked out a couple of Highband Mysteries by then.

I need to do some more research for my characters though. A few questions about Marines, but also some about adreneline and pain in regards to knee replacement and leg injuries.

I intend to space out my medical research over the course of the novel and when I'm done maybe go ask the local recruiter if he could answer a few questions if I can't answer them somewhere else.