It Finally Happened, I’m Behind

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Danielle

My current word count is sitting at 27,118. I went through just over half the month without letting my word count dip below the line, but it has finally happened.

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I can’t say I’m all that surprised. I knew the wall I hit in week two wasn’t “The Big One.”

Week three is hard. The newness of my novel has worn off. I’ve begun to realize that this is going to need lots of reworking when it’s done. I still don’t even know what’s going to happen next, or how the novel will even end!

I’m rereading all of my own blog posts this morning to motivate myself. I’m not necessarily that far behind. I’ve had two or three days this month where I’ve written enough that would catch me up right now. I know I can do it.

My other ~~reason~~ excuse for not writing these past couple days is that we got a new Playstation 4 and I’ll tell you that thing is distracting! We got the Darth Vader PS4 with Star Wars: Battlefront and even though I know nothing about Star Wars, the game in itself is pretty fun. (A rip off too though, but that’s a whole other unrelated blog post.) Even when I’m not playing it, I get enamored when Brad is. I just may need to start taking my laptop in the bedroom or something. Make playing the PS4 a reward for writing first.

I’m not worried yet. I still have plenty of time. I want to win, dangit!

Thank You!

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Danielle

A huge milestone for me and my first successful blogging adventure.

Thank you all for liking, commenting, and following my blog. Let’s hope I can keep it updated!

-Danielle

NaNo Week 1 Results

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Danielle

So we made it through the first week. We’re now just about 25% of the way through the month! I find that exciting AND terrifying!

Exciting because we are all moving towards having a first draft of something. And maybe your draft is terrible so far. That’s okay, because mine is too! It’s legible, but lacking SO MUCH that would make it great. But you know what, that’s what December and on is for. Right now, just get it down.

It’s also terrifying because I caught myself at a stonewall. I’ve hit my slump already, and that’s never a good sign. It appears that once I reached my first climax (the one I already knew about), my will died off. My MC is attempting to hide a body right now, and I feel like I’m forcing it a little bit. Maybe it’s because there is no dialogue here (LOL). Then again, the weekends aren’t the most productive for me, so it’s possible I’ve just been too distracted these last two days.

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I’ve lost my lead. At this time right now, I’m sitting at 13,555. I ended yesterday just above par, which means I need to write about 1,500 words to hit the Day 8 goal of 15,000. (Why is there no badge for every 5000 words? I vote that every 5k is something to be proud of!) I’m disappointed that I slacked over the weekend, but I’m not giving up! It’s not even really a setback yet. I’m technically not even behind at all.

Gah, I just really liked having my word count bars be way over the line.

Story-wise, I’m moving along. We’re going to see the MC deal with bouts of super paranoia from a first person perspective for about as long as I can handle writing it. I’m hoping this doesn’t mess with my mind.

I’d also like to add to that I have googled some very odd things this month so far, things that have probably caused my computer to be tapped via the NSA but that’s okay. You do what you gotta do for your novel. Including finding out the best way to get a body to sink to the bottom of the lake. 😉

I am going to do my best to get back ahead tonight. It’s raining, and my fiance is probably working late again (but maybe not because of the rain, who knows), which means I’ll have the ample opportunity to focus on the novel tonight.

I hope that if you’re reading this, you’re not too far behind! And even if you are, there are still plenty of days left (seriously, look at the counter on my home page). It is NOT too late!

Life Update: Panic Too Early in the AM

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Danielle

Y’all.

I stopped and bought a dozen donuts on the way to work. And maybe it was life’s version of a lesson learned (because I complain allll the time about wanting to lose weight before Thanksgiving this year, but here I am buying donuts) but I almost thought I’d lost my wallet.

But I did find it thankfully. It fell into the back of my car and got buried under some trash.

2 things I’ll be doing today :

cleaning out my car,
and taking my SS card out of my darn wallet.

I can handle cancelling my debit/credit cards. But losing my SS number? Having it probably sold on the black market to identity thieves?

Almost had a full blown panic attack.

I definitely indulged in those donuts afterwards. No shame.

Where I Belong Synopsis

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Danielle

So here’s the rough synopsis for my NaNoWriMo 2015 novel //

Molly is a senior in high school prepping herself for college. There’s just one thing holding her back – the lack of memories of her past two years. A traumatic car accident 6 months ago left her missing a large chunk of her teenage years. But she’s at a point in life where decisions have to be made about what’s next. And she thinks she has it all figured out.

But when it starts to become evident that her family and friends are hiding things from her about her past, she takes the initiative to figure it out herself – to try and force the memories back. Does she really want to remember though? Will the memories make her question everything?

How do you move on in life without your past mistakes to guide you?

I’m working out the kinks of this synopsis but that’s the gist of it. I’m excited to get started already. Just a few major plot points that need to be figured out. But then again, most of my novels kind of write themselves, so I probably won’t have everything figured out by November 1st.