Okay, so I admit it; I get distracted quite easily, both with books, TV shows, movies, and of course, some of my other novels. I am proud to say that I've continued to work on Holy Water but I do wish that I had more time so I could work on other projects. I dream of the day when I might be able to support myself off of my writing so I can spend all the time I wish every day working on novels and polishing them, instead of trying to squeeze writing time in before or after work and whenever I am able to on my days off.
Today I was trying to organize my writing desk area a little and I pulled out a book series I started back in 2007. Projected as a seven book series, I wrote all of the first book and then threw well over half of it away, and I wrote the first few chapters of the second book. It would be really great to get back to the series and finish it.
So, I figure while I'm taking a little break from Holy Water to write up this post, I might as well write up a brief summary of the series. I don't like the series title I created so I'm trying to figure out a new one, but I do know the titles for all seven books, and I do have little one sentence summaries of each book. More fleshing out is needed for most of the novels but I know that this world is one that interests me. I just need to figure out when I have the time to work on these.
1) Bounty: A Hunter's Tale - A bounty hunter is forced to kill the man she loves and two years later it all comes back to haunt her.
2) Landlocked: A Merman's Voyage - A merman trying to run from his heritage and what he is finds more than he expects in a small college town.
3) Eternity: An Immortal's Curse - Discovering that she isn't quite like other people, one young woman attempts to change her fate.
4) Revenge: A Witch's Struggle - One witch tries to stick to his upbringing of not harming another being, which becomes more difficult when his loved ones are threatened.
5) Vision: A Psychic's Journey - After closing herself off from her abilities, a young woman finds that she is in danger from her lover's family.
6) Luck: A Leprechaun's Search - A leprechaun tries to turn away from the greed of his people and find luck all on his own.
7) Truth: An Interrogator's Quest - After many years in training to become a highly skilled interrogator, the friend of a bounty hunter encounters someone she cannot crack.
I know the main characters of each story, as well as the supporting characters who help to tie one book to the next. Perhaps I will set this series aside and use it whenever I need a break from the novels I have on my to-do list from now until the end of 2013. That way I can always be certain that I am being productive with one novel or more and perhaps I can even accomplish more than I originally planned.
Current word count: 37,259 words
Goal: ~2,000 words per day
Right now things still seem to be on track for a slightly early completion of my Camp NaNoWriMo project, with my stats page saying that I will finish on August 28th.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Camp NaNoWriMo August Session - Week Two
And here we go with update #2 for Camp NaNoWriMo. It has been an interesting and fairly busy week. My boss scheduled me for a 40 hour work week, with most of it being a the "maintenance person," aka I do most of the cleaning and stocking. This meant that most days I was just really tired, but I knew that I needed to force myself to keep writing so I wouldn't fall behind on my word count. I have managed to continue with Holy Water.
A number of people who participate in NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo will say that week two is when the inspiration goes from a stream to just a trickle. It is when the storm clouds roll in and your story goes from a novelty to something that more resembles work. Well, in most cases that is the truth, and I did find that this past week I really had to tell myself just to sit down and write.
It was a little easier to focus on other ideas I had, which was why I was able to write up those synopses for the stories I plan to work on for the next year. Another way I found to keep myself on schedule was being in a word war with a friend of mine who is also participating in Camp NaNoWriMo. If either of us is struggling then we talk out our issues and it really does help. Of course a lot of our talk also includes other writing projects we would like to work on in the near future, which leads me back to thinking about the Project Death series.
Thinking to my whole plans with the Project Death series, if I can keep up with it then I have created a tentative publication schedule, using the awesome CreateSpace coupons the winners get from NaNoWriMo in November. If I can finish editing Resurrection before the start of NaNoWriMo this year, then it should be ready for publication by the end of 2012.
My plan is to write Revelation in January and February 2013, Redemption in March and April 2013, and then Restoration in May and June 2013. Those will be the rough drafts and will need edited. If I can edit Revelation fairly quickly then I could have it published probably in spring or summer 2014 with my CreateSpace coupon from NaNoWriMo 2013. After that I can try for Redemption at the end of 2014 with my coupon from NaNoWriMo 2014, and then finish everything up with Restoration in spring or summer 2015.
So that is my tentative schedule and I'm really hoping that I can keep to that. Depending on the success of the Project Death series, I may continue to self-publish other novels after that fact, but I'll just have to see what happens.
Current word count: 25,819 words
Goal: ~2,000 words per day
Right now the stats page on my Camp NaNoWriMo profile says that if I continue with my pace that I will finish on August 27th.
A number of people who participate in NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo will say that week two is when the inspiration goes from a stream to just a trickle. It is when the storm clouds roll in and your story goes from a novelty to something that more resembles work. Well, in most cases that is the truth, and I did find that this past week I really had to tell myself just to sit down and write.
It was a little easier to focus on other ideas I had, which was why I was able to write up those synopses for the stories I plan to work on for the next year. Another way I found to keep myself on schedule was being in a word war with a friend of mine who is also participating in Camp NaNoWriMo. If either of us is struggling then we talk out our issues and it really does help. Of course a lot of our talk also includes other writing projects we would like to work on in the near future, which leads me back to thinking about the Project Death series.
Thinking to my whole plans with the Project Death series, if I can keep up with it then I have created a tentative publication schedule, using the awesome CreateSpace coupons the winners get from NaNoWriMo in November. If I can finish editing Resurrection before the start of NaNoWriMo this year, then it should be ready for publication by the end of 2012.
My plan is to write Revelation in January and February 2013, Redemption in March and April 2013, and then Restoration in May and June 2013. Those will be the rough drafts and will need edited. If I can edit Revelation fairly quickly then I could have it published probably in spring or summer 2014 with my CreateSpace coupon from NaNoWriMo 2013. After that I can try for Redemption at the end of 2014 with my coupon from NaNoWriMo 2014, and then finish everything up with Restoration in spring or summer 2015.
So that is my tentative schedule and I'm really hoping that I can keep to that. Depending on the success of the Project Death series, I may continue to self-publish other novels after that fact, but I'll just have to see what happens.
Current word count: 25,819 words
Goal: ~2,000 words per day
Right now the stats page on my Camp NaNoWriMo profile says that if I continue with my pace that I will finish on August 27th.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
A Peek into the Future
I have made a plan for my novels through 2013, and I'm hoping that I'll be able to keep to it. If so then I will be able to get the rough drafts completed for 11 novels. Below are the rough synopses of these novels, except for my November 2012 NaNoWriMo Novel Battle of Dreams and my project for December 2012, Bound. I am still figuring those out and will update this as soon as I do.
August 2012: Do
Not Drink the Holy Water (Camp NaNoWriMo 2012)
v
Inara Cooper always dreamed of
going on an epic adventure, but she never dreamed that a rule she broke when
she was five would be the event that would change her life forever. When the
truth comes out, Inara finds that she is swept off from everything she thought
she knew, and is set down right in the middle of a resistance trying to protect
their realm from a dangerous man calling himself The Hood. Now, with the
help of her Guardian and mentor--a warrior monk named Calder--as well as her
Protector Kellan, Inara will have to harness her new abilities and pull
together the struggling resistance. If she fails then The Hood will destroy
everyone she has begun to care for.
September/October
2012: Project Death: Resurrection EDITS
v
Tamesis always thought that she
knew her destiny and was determined to be the absolute best Resurrector there
was. But, Fate had different plans. On her first heal, Tamesis runs into two
mysterious men, and one of them changes everything for her. Tamesis cannot stop
thinking about him and dreaming about him. Then, when the work of the
Resurrectors is threatened, the man returns and sets Tamesis on a path that
opposes everything she was raised to believe. Instead of preserving life, Tamesis must
accept that something has twisted the beliefs of the Resurrectors. The war
between Resurrectors and those who protect the Balance is heating up.
November
2012: Battle
v
December
2012: Bound
v
January/February
2013: Project Death: Revelation
v
Thanos, also known as Death, used to be a
Resurrector, but a chance meeting with a woman as well as the discovery of an
old book hidden in the Leader’s private library changed how he perceived those
he worked for and with. With the help of
his new ally Adrienne, Thanos decides to take the book and sever all ties to
his friends and family. Then Adrienne offers Thanos a job, filling a position
she has just created—Death.
March/April
2013: Project Death: Redemption
v
In the war for balance between the Resurrectors
and Death there are consequences. Sometimes a Resurrector can fix it, but other
times a Reaper comes to claim the soul. Very rarely a soul isn’t claimed and is
left to wander aimlessly. Such is the case with Julianne Mason and it is after
death that she finally learns what she had been missing in life.
May/June
2013: Project Death: Restoration (Camp NaNoWriMo 2013)
v
The war for balance has reached a boiling point
and everyone has to choose a side. For Pax and Treasa, the twin daughters of
Tamesis and Thanos, that decision signals a huge power shift. With one twin
siding with the Resurrectors and one with Death, one thing is entirely certain:
not everyone will have a happy ending.
August
2013: Kiss of Death (Camp NaNoWriMo 2013)
v
In Liatos giving into the physical urges of love
is forbidden to those who have yet to reach their full maturity. To prove they
are mature, young women must fulfill a challenge, while young men are eligible
after their first solo hunt. Electra has
been planning for the challenge for years, and she is especially eager after
her parents decide she is to marry Damen after the challenge. Iris has been
content to wait until her parents decide the time is right, at least until she
meets Zale. Myra
September
2013: All My Love
v
Sierra Allen has always seen the world differently
from most people, mostly because she was raised in a mixed species community,
but she has now settled into a relatively normal life. Then Keir comes for her,
wanting her to return to the responsibilities she left behind, but Sierra is happy
where she is and is content with Auggie, the man she has fallen for. Taking
drastic measures, Keir kidnaps Sierra and then the community elders bind Sierra
so she cannot go see Auggie. So begins a forbidden relationship where the only
contact is via written letter, but how long can that last when everyone seems
to be against them?
November
2013: The Graveyard Shift (NaNoWriMo 2013)
v
A vampire, a ghost, and a human have to work
together as the graveyard shift of a cemetery, which sounds like the start of a
bad joke until you meet Mackenzie Franklin, Jeremiah Robbins, and Nikki
Hartman. Mack has found a home at the cemetery, trading his unique night skills
for a share of human blood removed during the embalming process. Jeremiah has
been dead for 70 years and the only way to fight the boredom is to unofficially
work as security at the cemetery. Nikki’s fascination with genealogy led her to
the cemetery, but it is the uniqueness of her co-workers that may just turn it
into the job of a lifetime.
December
2013: Dare to Touch
v
Sammi
Parker has been forbidden to touch anyone with her bare hands. Everyone—including
Sammi—believes it is due to a serious illness. Only her parents know the truth:
Sammi has the rare gift of tactile hypnosis. With a simple touch she can
manipulate anyone. When a romance blooms with Eli Bartholomew, the Parkers’
worst fear is realized: Sammi’s gift is not unleashed by the touch of her
hands, but by any skin-on-skin contact. Is the mysterious Brennan Marshall the
only one who can help with Sammi’s problems?
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Camp NaNoWriMo August Session - Week One
It has been a pretty good week so far. August 1st marked not only the start of Camp NaNoWriMo but also my birthday. This has been a rather up and down year so far and I have spent a great deal of time talking with a good friend of mine about our novel writing. We encourage each other and, of course, challenge each other to word wars, which is usually highly productive.
During one Skype conversation with her I ended up planning out my writing schedule for the remainder of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. If I can keep up with my schedule then I will be able to make a lot of progress with my novels and get just a step closer to publication. Anyway, for the month of August I am working on my Camp NaNoWriMo novel: Do Not Drink the Holy Water. For September and October I will be finishing up my edits for Project Death: Resurrection and then if I have some spare time in October I will work on planning my NaNovel for November: Battle of Dreams. In December I plan on finishing the first draft of Bound and if all goes well I will start 2013 by working on Project Death: Revelation in January.
My hopes for editing Resurrection is that it will be finished in time to use the CreateSpace coupon I receive from completing NaNoWriMo to publish before the end of 2012. It was one of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year, to have a book published in 2012 and I plan to stick to it.
Of course, I need to figure out my plan for 2013. In a world where I could focus on just one series until it reached completion, I would be able to write Project Death: Revelation in January and February, Project Death: Redemption in March and April, and Project Death: Restoration in May and June (aka Camp NaNoWriMo). Then I would probably take July off so I could plan for my August Camp NaNoWriMo novel. Still, I think I can probably wait until 2012 is almost over before I need to worry about 2013.
But things are going rather well with Holy Water. I am about a day and a half ahead of par for Camp NaNoWriMo. By the end of Day 7, writers should be at 11,290 words. I am enjoying the story so far and it will be fun to finish it and then start on the sequels.
Current word count: 13,592 words
Goal: ~2,000 words per day
If I can keep up with my goal then I should finish around August 25th.
During one Skype conversation with her I ended up planning out my writing schedule for the remainder of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. If I can keep up with my schedule then I will be able to make a lot of progress with my novels and get just a step closer to publication. Anyway, for the month of August I am working on my Camp NaNoWriMo novel: Do Not Drink the Holy Water. For September and October I will be finishing up my edits for Project Death: Resurrection and then if I have some spare time in October I will work on planning my NaNovel for November: Battle of Dreams. In December I plan on finishing the first draft of Bound and if all goes well I will start 2013 by working on Project Death: Revelation in January.
My hopes for editing Resurrection is that it will be finished in time to use the CreateSpace coupon I receive from completing NaNoWriMo to publish before the end of 2012. It was one of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year, to have a book published in 2012 and I plan to stick to it.
Of course, I need to figure out my plan for 2013. In a world where I could focus on just one series until it reached completion, I would be able to write Project Death: Revelation in January and February, Project Death: Redemption in March and April, and Project Death: Restoration in May and June (aka Camp NaNoWriMo). Then I would probably take July off so I could plan for my August Camp NaNoWriMo novel. Still, I think I can probably wait until 2012 is almost over before I need to worry about 2013.
But things are going rather well with Holy Water. I am about a day and a half ahead of par for Camp NaNoWriMo. By the end of Day 7, writers should be at 11,290 words. I am enjoying the story so far and it will be fun to finish it and then start on the sequels.
Current word count: 13,592 words
Goal: ~2,000 words per day
If I can keep up with my goal then I should finish around August 25th.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Countdown to Camp Continues
Okay so there's just about 11 hours until the start of Camp NaNoWriMo August session. For those who don't know, Camp NaNoWriMo is a slightly more relaxed version of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) that takes place every November. Camp takes place in the summer time; in 2011 it was July and August, and I can honestly say that I do not recommend doing two NaNo sessions back-to-back. This year they decided to go with June and August.
My favorite part about all of this is that I get two more sessions of writing 50K on a novel in just a month. This is made even better by the fact that my birthday is August 1st. Last year I basically told people that what I wanted for a few hours was to be left alone so I could work on my novel and it was a pretty great birthday present. Unfortunately this year I was unable to request my birthday off from work, so my boss decided to schedule me for third shift both tonight and tomorrow night. What this means is that I start work at 10pm July 31st and get off work at 6am August 1st and then I have to turn around and be back into work at 10pm August 1st. So from 6am until 10pm I need to get a good long sleep, obviously I need to eat food, and then I would like to get a few thousand words written.
I'm still looking forward to working on Holy Water but at the same time I'm just a little frustrated. Typically by this point I have my music playlist created and honestly, aside from going on iTunes and making a new playlist, I haven't done much else. So I have a blank playlist and that is not exactly helpful. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of songs will fit the mood for this story. My main focus will be on two characters: Inara and Kellan. Inara is from our world and in the present day, while Kellan is from a parallel dimension and they don't have all the modern conveniences we have. Based on that I think the playlist will probably jump from pop/rock/metal on Inara's part and then maybe some Celtic/country and some of the softer metal songs, but I have so very many songs to choose from. Also, I don't want to use the same songs over and over again. Granted, yes, they seem to be songs I can really write to, but my novel playlist has to tie in to the events, moods, and emotions of the story. I do also have a playlist called "Writing" which just has songs that help motivated my writing, no matter what the story.
I have made progress with background information for Holy Water and for the whole series. Most of that progress lies in the decision to write two novellas that will take place before the start of the series and will introduce a number of the characters. I have a Kellan story and an Inara story planned, and it may be that between Holy Water and Ritual Sacrifices that I write a Shiloh story as well, and if that seems to work then there may be a Jennsen story by the time I reach Altar. Anyway, the Kellan story is tentatively titled Rebirth through Salvation and will detail what happens to him about three years before the story starts. Then, in Inara's story, Listen to the Prophet, we will get to see a little bit of Inara's life at college and will include some characters who will show up again in the second and third books of the series.
As it stands, here is the series, in order chronologically:
Rebirth through Salvation -- Kellan's prequel novella
Listen to the Prophet -- Inara's prequel novella
Do Not Drink the Holy Water -- book #1
TBA -- Shiloh's prequel novella
Please No Ritual Sacrifices -- book #2
TBA -- Jennsen's prequel novella
Stay Away from the Altar -- book #3
What I need to do, aside from figuring out the titles for Shiloh's and Jennsen's prequels and writing the whole dang series, is figure out a name for the series as a whole. I am open to suggestions so feel free to post your ideas. If you make a suggestion and I choose to use it I will put you into the acknowledgments and there might be another prize further down the line.
My favorite part about all of this is that I get two more sessions of writing 50K on a novel in just a month. This is made even better by the fact that my birthday is August 1st. Last year I basically told people that what I wanted for a few hours was to be left alone so I could work on my novel and it was a pretty great birthday present. Unfortunately this year I was unable to request my birthday off from work, so my boss decided to schedule me for third shift both tonight and tomorrow night. What this means is that I start work at 10pm July 31st and get off work at 6am August 1st and then I have to turn around and be back into work at 10pm August 1st. So from 6am until 10pm I need to get a good long sleep, obviously I need to eat food, and then I would like to get a few thousand words written.
I'm still looking forward to working on Holy Water but at the same time I'm just a little frustrated. Typically by this point I have my music playlist created and honestly, aside from going on iTunes and making a new playlist, I haven't done much else. So I have a blank playlist and that is not exactly helpful. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of songs will fit the mood for this story. My main focus will be on two characters: Inara and Kellan. Inara is from our world and in the present day, while Kellan is from a parallel dimension and they don't have all the modern conveniences we have. Based on that I think the playlist will probably jump from pop/rock/metal on Inara's part and then maybe some Celtic/country and some of the softer metal songs, but I have so very many songs to choose from. Also, I don't want to use the same songs over and over again. Granted, yes, they seem to be songs I can really write to, but my novel playlist has to tie in to the events, moods, and emotions of the story. I do also have a playlist called "Writing" which just has songs that help motivated my writing, no matter what the story.
I have made progress with background information for Holy Water and for the whole series. Most of that progress lies in the decision to write two novellas that will take place before the start of the series and will introduce a number of the characters. I have a Kellan story and an Inara story planned, and it may be that between Holy Water and Ritual Sacrifices that I write a Shiloh story as well, and if that seems to work then there may be a Jennsen story by the time I reach Altar. Anyway, the Kellan story is tentatively titled Rebirth through Salvation and will detail what happens to him about three years before the story starts. Then, in Inara's story, Listen to the Prophet, we will get to see a little bit of Inara's life at college and will include some characters who will show up again in the second and third books of the series.
As it stands, here is the series, in order chronologically:
Rebirth through Salvation -- Kellan's prequel novella
Listen to the Prophet -- Inara's prequel novella
Do Not Drink the Holy Water -- book #1
TBA -- Shiloh's prequel novella
Please No Ritual Sacrifices -- book #2
TBA -- Jennsen's prequel novella
Stay Away from the Altar -- book #3
What I need to do, aside from figuring out the titles for Shiloh's and Jennsen's prequels and writing the whole dang series, is figure out a name for the series as a whole. I am open to suggestions so feel free to post your ideas. If you make a suggestion and I choose to use it I will put you into the acknowledgments and there might be another prize further down the line.
Monday, July 2, 2012
An Introduction to Do Not Drink the Holy Water
Okay, so I said that the month of July I would use to do some planning on my next Camp NaNoWriMo novel, Do Not Drink the Holy Water. Since it is such a long title, from here on out I will just refer to it as Holy Water.
Originally the idea for this novel came to me when I was walking through an outdoor Catholic shrine near a friend's house while in college. Right next to the small indoor church was a huge plastic tank that was filled with holy water. At the water spigot a sign had been posted, saying: Do Not Drink the Holy Water. I took a picture of it on my phone and then an idea began to form. I began to envision what it would be like if even just in one place, Catholics and Pagans could get along. An outdoor shrine seemed like the perfect place. All the natural beauty and features would work well for Pagans, but there were still all sorts of saints along the numerous pathways.
The holy water sign also gave me more of the idea, that the holy water isn't just holy water and that drinking it will awaken the latent abilities within a person. This water is guarded by monks who are not exactly from our realm, because the shrine is located at a point where the veil between our realm and a realm of magic is located.
Now, I'm still working out all the little plot details and such, but I'm finally going to write this story. The idea came to me back in 2007, and it was going to be my NaNovel in November, but then another story kind of popped in and took over. Below I will post the front cover I designed for Holy Water, as well as the story summary from the back cover and the author blurb.
Originally the idea for this novel came to me when I was walking through an outdoor Catholic shrine near a friend's house while in college. Right next to the small indoor church was a huge plastic tank that was filled with holy water. At the water spigot a sign had been posted, saying: Do Not Drink the Holy Water. I took a picture of it on my phone and then an idea began to form. I began to envision what it would be like if even just in one place, Catholics and Pagans could get along. An outdoor shrine seemed like the perfect place. All the natural beauty and features would work well for Pagans, but there were still all sorts of saints along the numerous pathways.
The holy water sign also gave me more of the idea, that the holy water isn't just holy water and that drinking it will awaken the latent abilities within a person. This water is guarded by monks who are not exactly from our realm, because the shrine is located at a point where the veil between our realm and a realm of magic is located.
Now, I'm still working out all the little plot details and such, but I'm finally going to write this story. The idea came to me back in 2007, and it was going to be my NaNovel in November, but then another story kind of popped in and took over. Below I will post the front cover I designed for Holy Water, as well as the story summary from the back cover and the author blurb.
Inara Cooper always dreamed of going on an epic adventure, but she never dreamed that a rule she broke when she was five would be the event that would change her life forever. When the truth comes out, Inara finds that she is swept off from everything she thought she knew, and is set down right in the middle of a resistance trying to protect their realm from a dangerous man calling himself The Hood.
Now, with the help of her Guardian and mentor--a warrior monk named Calder--as well as her Protector Kellan, Inara will have to harness her new abilities and pull together the struggling resistance. If she fails then The Hood will destroy everyone she has begun to care for.
......................................................
Danielle Thamasa has been writing with the hopes of someday being published ever since she was in the seventh grade. She was published multiple times through junior high and high school in her county's annual creative writing publication. She further honed her writing skills in college, where she worked on the school newspaper for four years.
In her free time Danielle does a lot of reading and writing, as well as spending a great deal of time with fellow authors she met by participating in NaNoWriMo.
You can find Danielle on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
I have also worked out a little bit of information for the sequel to Holy Water: Please No Ritual Sacrifices. More on that another time.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Camp NaNoWriMo June Session - Moving On
Well, I think I know when it is time to admit that I will not be able to complete my 50,000 words in 30 days. Trying to work on a story that centers around Death and the Angel of Death becomes next to impossible when someone you love very much is in the hospital and is rather ill. My grandma was taken to the hospital on June 2nd and she really has not gotten much better.
They have run a number of tests and such on her, and the have also done a number of operations. Just a couple days ago they took her pacemaker out because they believed that the virus she had was on the leads of her pacemaker. The doctor said that all the seeping stopped before he closed her up but then it turns out that it hadn't. So now they have to go in again to repair the damage that they caused. This happened to her before the last time she had to be taken to a hospital around where she lived. Actually, when they put the pacemaker in, the doctor put the leads in the wrong chambers so they had to go back in and fix it all.
Needless to say, after almost a month, we still aren't really closer to getting my grandma out of the hospital. She is 86 years old and with everything she is going through, there is always a degree of risk. My focus this month has been on trying to help my family with bills and other duties around the house since my dad has been living at the hospital with grandma.
Anyway, I have to let my CreateSpace coupon expire (which it will on June 30). The only consolation I can give myself is that I will get another coupon when I win NaNoWriMo in November. So, my new plan is to get back to work on Resurrection probably in September and October so it will be completely finished. Then in December, when I receive my winner goodies, I will be able to use my new CreateSpace coupon to publish Resurrection before the end of 2012, which was one of my goals at the start of the year.
In the meantime, my focus from now until the end of July is plotting out my novel for the August session of Camp NaNoWriMo. I came up with the idea years ago and it was actually going to be my NaNovel back in 2007, but another idea popped up and I ran with that one. I have been going through all the story ideas that I have written down over the years and there are a number of them that I want to sit down and write, and perhaps even finish.
Back in January 2012 I sat down and made a list of all of my stories: completed, in progress, on hiatus, and ideas. The list has 70 stories on it. The sad truth of the matter is that most of the list is comprised of ideas and stories that are on hiatus. This is something that I need to fix. I need to set a schedule for myself so I have time to write every day, and I will spend my time working on one of the stories on the list.
My August Camp Novel is Do Not Drink the Holy Water. Right now I know that it will at least have one sequel, Please No Ritual Sacrifices, but beyond that I don't know if it will be a trilogy or a quartet. I will post up more information on the next session of Camp at a later time. Perhaps during the month of July, I will try to post a few updates on my planning process.
They have run a number of tests and such on her, and the have also done a number of operations. Just a couple days ago they took her pacemaker out because they believed that the virus she had was on the leads of her pacemaker. The doctor said that all the seeping stopped before he closed her up but then it turns out that it hadn't. So now they have to go in again to repair the damage that they caused. This happened to her before the last time she had to be taken to a hospital around where she lived. Actually, when they put the pacemaker in, the doctor put the leads in the wrong chambers so they had to go back in and fix it all.
Needless to say, after almost a month, we still aren't really closer to getting my grandma out of the hospital. She is 86 years old and with everything she is going through, there is always a degree of risk. My focus this month has been on trying to help my family with bills and other duties around the house since my dad has been living at the hospital with grandma.
Anyway, I have to let my CreateSpace coupon expire (which it will on June 30). The only consolation I can give myself is that I will get another coupon when I win NaNoWriMo in November. So, my new plan is to get back to work on Resurrection probably in September and October so it will be completely finished. Then in December, when I receive my winner goodies, I will be able to use my new CreateSpace coupon to publish Resurrection before the end of 2012, which was one of my goals at the start of the year.
In the meantime, my focus from now until the end of July is plotting out my novel for the August session of Camp NaNoWriMo. I came up with the idea years ago and it was actually going to be my NaNovel back in 2007, but another idea popped up and I ran with that one. I have been going through all the story ideas that I have written down over the years and there are a number of them that I want to sit down and write, and perhaps even finish.
Back in January 2012 I sat down and made a list of all of my stories: completed, in progress, on hiatus, and ideas. The list has 70 stories on it. The sad truth of the matter is that most of the list is comprised of ideas and stories that are on hiatus. This is something that I need to fix. I need to set a schedule for myself so I have time to write every day, and I will spend my time working on one of the stories on the list.
My August Camp Novel is Do Not Drink the Holy Water. Right now I know that it will at least have one sequel, Please No Ritual Sacrifices, but beyond that I don't know if it will be a trilogy or a quartet. I will post up more information on the next session of Camp at a later time. Perhaps during the month of July, I will try to post a few updates on my planning process.
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