Finally back and starting strong

[marfisk]

And believe it or not, I'm back. I have not abandoned this novel at all, but I normally have a post NaNo slowdown and then I was involved in a huge coding project that has zapped all my energy. The project was a store for selling writing technique ebooks run by Holly Lisle, a much-published writer of fantasy and romance novels. Go ahead and check it out if you haven't already. She's got some good stuff going on there and more to come.

Visit Holly's Shop

However, this project did eat up pretty much all the creativity that NaNo left to me, so I haven't been writing except for a non-fiction article. Imagine my relief the other day when I had a bit of inspiration about how the next hurdle for poor Wardah both came about and how it has repercussions (positive ones if you'll believe me) for the end :).

Still, it took another week to actually get writing again and I'm not even done with that scene. But the setup is done so here's hoping this week will take me past it. I finished my weekend marathon with a grand total of 2610, which might sound low at least for me, but I didn't get to start the marathon until 5:30pm today :p.

Enough moaning. Here's my stats. I added another scene too.

84 scenes
63 complete - 75% of the novel
21 remain
115717 Estimated length - with an average of 1378 words per scene.
86788 Current Total

Comments

[touch-of-ink.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! And I think the store is great. I've already got a couple of things on my "next payday wishlist". :)

[marfisk]

Thanks. Yes, the time was definitely worth it and I'm really pleased with the result. I just couldn't do those things simultaneously with the time frame I had. It's good training for when/if I go back into the workplace. I'm thinking if I can make arrangements with a contracting company, I could work 3 months, write 3 months etc and still manage to accomplish/earn as much if I tried for a non-creative day job.

[mayakda.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you psoted because I wanted to tell you: I read your blog post about A Girl named Disaster, got interested, and read the book yesterday. I like it a lot, not just in itself as a novel, but because it depicts low-tech life and belief systems so well. It's got me recharged, I think, to worldbuild for Imugan.
Thanks!!!

[marfisk]

Fantastic! But it's not me you should thank. Snoopy (hookedoncoffee) is the one who brought it to my attention. Yes, it's a great book and I'm thrilled that it will help Imugan :D. That's a book that needs to see the light.