Officially Under Construction

As you might be able to tell from the generic-looking preset header…I’m finally getting my blog under construction (cue applause…no? crickets work too!) I’ve figured out exactly how I want my banner to look, I’ve picked out the stock images I’ll be buying, and it’s just a matter of putting all the images together in one final image that I cannot -wait- to finish :) It’s so…me and I’m so excited to reveal it :D

Meahwhile, I’m working on getting two of my YA shorts edited, polished and ready to submit to Smashwords. They will be freebies, to give you a little taste of my writing style. You will be able to find them shortly under the Free Fiction section of My Projects. Descriptions will be up soon, but they’re both romantic and about Faeries. (I’ll admit, I went through an uber-Faerie phase! Who hasn’t?)

And on the Camp NaNoWriMo front…yeah, I’m not gonna finish before the 31st! LOL. BUT I did get a short story as well as most of an adult romance novella (I’ve got about 5 scenes to go before THE END!). I’m gonna work like crazy to see if I can reach the end of Bonedust by August 31st…but as for reaching 50k? I doubt it’ll happen. STILL. I’m proud of myself.

At the same time, I’m working on Wolfsong’s query and synopsis, as well as the plots for  a possible sequel (although it can easily stand alone), and I hope to start sending it out to agents by January 2012.  I’ve been busy, but it’s a good feeling to start accomplishing stuff again.

I need to jump back into my shifter/kelpie WIP, Hunger, and finish it before November, because I do plan on competing in NaNoWriMo again! Probably another full-rewrite, rather than a Shiny New Idea (though I’ve got a crapload of those!) Which would be epic if I won, because that would mean I’d finished…4 books this year? Go me!

But we’ll see. No one knows what the future holds! Anyone else planning on doing NaNo this year? Do you already have your stories chosen, your charrie bios filled out and your plots fiddled with? Or do you wait until November 1st and just jump in?

Sunday #ROW80 check-in and getting back on the horse (again…)

Ohboy. I haven’t done any check-ins for a week or two now. My bad, but life’s been hating me lately. Between drama on both families, my stepdad getting fired, as well as my Grandma getting a treatment done at the hospital that was supposed to make her stronger (but only seemed to make her weaker!) and just…blah. Stuff. Very sucky stuff.
It seriously zapped my writing muse. Yeah, true, I probably could’ve pushed through and written anyway…but when my desktop picture is depressive and gory and I’m cranking My Chemical Romance as high as it will go just to feel the angst? LOL Yeah, I decided writing wasn’t high up on my priority list. So I skipped it.
But I’m back now; life has settled down (for the most part) and just in time. I am… -counts- 4 scenes away from The End on Wolfsong. I’ve decided to do SocNoc in June and am pondering ideas for that. My friend Sadie Hart has just finished her novel Big Cats Don’t Purr…and it’s making me a bit competitive. >3 So! I wanna get this DONE. I am READY to see “The End”!
Anyway, I’ve lost track of all my wordcounts.
But I’ve done 5,908 words since Friday morning, bringing me to a total of 69.9k and my longest piece ever written to date :)
I aim to finish this thing by Friday. Let’s see it happen :)