It's sort of midway through November, so I thought I'd do a quick update on how I'm doing.
- I've finished my "novel", DIE BEACHSIDE, which turned out to be a novella at just on 30k. It's fairly basic, more a sketch I guess, and will need fleshing out, so it will get longer. I don't know how much longer - it may still be a novella when I'm done with it, someday.
- I'm now working on finishing off a previous NaNo novel I wrote named THE PHOTOGRAPH, to help with the journey to 50k.
- Once I'm finished with this novel, which I only have one chapter left to finish for, I will move onto working on another of my unfinished novels, IVY NIGHT, and see how much I can finish off that. That one has a lot more writing that needs to be done, so it should get me to 50k.
- On the off chance that it doesn't, I also have the second novel in the SQUEAKY-verse, which has been gathering dust for years now.
So I should end up with at least two finished works, if not three. I doubt I will finish all four, but you never know. :)
My NaNo playlist for DIE BEACHSIDE features some post hardcore / screamo bands like Story of the Year (Page Avenue) and Young Guns (All Our Kings Are Dead and Bones), as well as Blink-182 (Dude Ranch and Enema of the State mostly) and Kings of Leon (Come Around Sundown). It also has a few other songs here and there that are sprinkled in from Seam, Lacuna Coil, and others.
And that's my update for now! I hope those of you doing NaNo are doing well. :) I will report in later in the month, I hope, for the Coffee House and Goals post.
Two to four finished stories would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have their latest, but we did like Lacuna Coil's first couple albums.
They had a few in the 'middle' that I wasn't really taken by, although I've learned to appreciate them more in recent times. But their latest album in particular is amazing! I definitely recommend it :)
DeleteNaNo has been very productive for you!! Good luck getting them all (or as many as you can) done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Elizabeth :) I may end up finishing one tonight, though I do have to go out so not sure how I'll go.
DeleteWow, sounds like you are doing well in NaNo. I love the title, IVY STORM. and your playlist for DIE BEACHSIDE is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lynda - ironically it is meant to be IVY NIGHT, but we had a cat in foster care called IVY STORM and I got confused! haha. I think IVY STORM is a cool book title, too. Maybe that'll be the sequel ;)
DeleteWow! Well done you. Four stories is really good.
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