I'm so lame. You can't even imagine.

So.

Yeah.

We are now on the 4th day of June and so far I've been epic-failing in regards to CampNaNo.

Would you like to know how many words I've entered into Scrivener?

ZERO.

Yeah, that's right.

Big fat goose egg.

Why, you ask?

A combination of laziness and a headache.  Let's be honest...it's mostly laziness.

Please feel free to start scolding/shaming me.

I deserve it.

The PLAN...or lack of one.

Okay, so tomorrow starts CampNaNoWriMo.

And I'm scared.

When I did NaNo in November, I had a PLAN.  I had an outline.  I had IDEAS.

Right now, all I have is ideas.  Small ones.  And since I can't decide on which one I really want to work on, I have decided that June shall be the month of word-vomit.

I have three book ideas that need to become three rough-drafts.

Supervillian

Rosefield

Forgotten.

The plan for this month is to write AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE for each of these books each day until I'm bleeding onto the page.

As mentioned, I'm going to try to post my wordcounts daily for each title. (or at least, the wordcount I'm UP TO each day for that title...I'm still figuring out Scrivener).

So wish me luck world.

I'll see you on the other side.

Love ya!

-geekgirl

So...5day50k was a wash, but no matter!

...I'm going to be participating in June's Camp NaNoWriMo instead.  I'm hoping that this will help me get my butt in gear, as I've been such a slacker lately.

I'll be posting my wordcount daily on this blog, starting Friday (possibly Saturday...I might be posting my wordcount the day after, just in case I get all crazy writing in the middle of the night) so stay tuned!

All encouragement is welcome.

Please let me know if you're participating too. I love to talk to people about the writing process.

Love ya!

-geekgirl

5 day 50k

So, as I'm waiting for my beta-readers to get back to me, I've decided it's time to bit the bullet and get back into actually WRITING.

It's shameful how little writing I've actually done lately.

So since it happens to be a Monday today, I'm going to attempt to do something that will probably kick my ass....

5 day 50k.

Look, I know it's crazy.  I KNOW.

But when I tallied up the numbers I realized that I actually wrote my NaNo novel in 9 days (because I am Miss Slacky McSlacker and procrastination is my middle name...making me Miss Slacky Procrastination McSlacker...my parents were not kind) and, to be quite honest, the shiny warm feeling of actually FINISHING a draft has sort of faded since the end of November.

I miss that feeling people.

So over the next 5 days (Monday May 14 to Friday May 18) I'm going to try to churn out 10k a day, hopefully finishing another draft at the end of the day on Friday.

Pray for me.

-geekgirl

*hums Jeopardy themesong*

...waiting is the hardest flipping thing in the world.

Seriously.

The Waiting Game

So.

Yeah.

I did it.

I actually did it.

I gave up on slogging through my editing on my own and sent my book off to some friends to get their thoughts on it.

And now, I wait....

If anyone needs me I'll be hiding under my desk.

In which I realize "Editing" is going to be a lot more like "Re-writing"

*headdesk*

Okay, I understand the point of NaNoWriMo was to get a rough draft done super-quickly, and it was great for that, don't get me wrong.

But dear fluffy lord my manuscript needs a lot of work.  I read through the first 75 pages last night and I have come to realize that the "editing" I forsaw in my future is really a lot of "re-writing". 

I still love my story and my characters, but there is SO MUCH DETAIL missing from my story that it was driving me nuts.

So basically what I got out of NaNo was less of a first draft (though I'm still going to be calling it that because it makes me feel all ACCOMPLISHED and stuff) and more of a really fleshed-out outline.

Writers, does this ever happen to you?  What do you do when you have the first-draft-rewriting-blues?

...I need ALL the help I can get, especially since re-writes are going to take a lot of time and I'm easily distracted by shiny thi---Oooh SHINY!

Johnny

I’ve been scrolling through my NaNo novel, trying to find a good place to start my edits (and, to be honest, I’m trying to work up the courage to actually sit down and read the blasted thing) and I stumbled upon Johnny.  Now, Johnny is in most of the novel, but I honestly do NOT remember writing this line.  And when I found it, I started to remember just how much I love him.

“You don’t have another guy hidden in there, do you?  I mean, before you decide on a permanent love-slave, I’d just like you to know I’m available.”

Johnny and Lindsey, my main character, have a complicated relationship.  They hooked up once about a year ago, and Johnny has made it clear that he wouldn’t mind it happening again (he’s a flirt, what can I say?) while Lindsey keeps him at arm’s length just like she does with everyone else. 

But now something has changed, Lindsey is pulling even further away, and Johnny has started to take notice.

I love Johnny, and I can't wait for this book do be done so you guys can meet him.

Love ya!

-geekgirl

The Notebook

This is the Notebook. (pls to be noting the capital letter. it really IS that important.)  This is the Notebook that holds most of the secrets to my NaNo novel (and its sequels).  And, after months of ignoring its existence, I have finally buckled down and looked for it, so that I can finish my NaNo once and for all.

I'm a little afraid to open it.

What if it hates me for ignoring it so long?
What if it remembers the abuse I put it through in November?
What if it knows that I've been cheating on it with another notebook? (one that's prettier and younger than this one is).
What if it actually DOESN'T contain all the secrets to finishing my novel?
What if I'm totally lost and IT NEVER GETS BETTER?!?!

Does anyone else go through this?

I've also started trying to actually READ what I wrote in November...I'm undecided on how it's going.  There's a lot of anxiety in reading my own work, I find.  I know I'm a good writer, but for some reason I can't quite SEE it right now.

Le sigh.

I'm also becoming increasingly more worried that I'm going to have to completely re-scene the first few chapters, because while I feel it sets up the world and characters rather well, I feel like the action doesn't begin quite early enough.

I'm considering just skipping ahead to some more exciting parts and starting my edits there, and working my way back after they're done.

What do you guys do?  I can use all the help/advice I can get.

Love ya!

-geekgirl

You're a Slacker McFly part 2

Yeah...so much for my whole "editing" plan.  I got my butt handed back to me after one day.  Editing is flipping HARD! (who knew, right?)

Anywhoo, I've decided I need to get back into it.  First, editing...actually first is hunting down my notebook with all the Strays info, so I can actually see where the story is supposed to GO, and then editing.

Then, I need to decide if I'm going to do a rough draft of Strays bk2, or something else.  I've been turining over a new idea in my head, and I'm a little bit in love with it.  I've added it to the sidebar there.  It's the "Dystopian/Forgotten" one.

I could really use some encouragement.  I feel like the worst slacker ever.

Love ya!

-geekgirl

Editing - Day 1

So I finally worked up the courage to start editing my NaNo novel last night.  And, before I started, I was sure this was going to be a breeze.  I’m GOOD at editing, at finding mistakes, at correcting them.

So I made a plan.  I have 265 pages to edit, so I decided I’d do about 20 pages a night so that I could get this sucker done in two weeks.

I am a fool.

After a night of agony (okay, not agony…irritation) I’m only halfway done page 10.

Page 1 was the cover page.

I’m so screwed.

Help.