National Novel Writing Month

I finished. Sleeping Kings: The Shepherd is done. I'm submitting it to my Ideal Reader and to my Medical Consultant for review of the rough draft and then I intend to do a full rewrite in the January-March timeframe, and it will be available for anyone who is curious about the ongoing story started with Josh's story.

It has been an ordeal. I am amazed at the work done by my sister and my dad, who both won as well. This has been just about my favorite November, and I love November.

Thanks for everybody who supported and encouraged. That's pretty much everybody.

One hundred and three thousand, one hundred sixty-nine.

And I still have two more days. And four more chapters to write.

National Novel Writing Month

Last night, I won National Novel Writing Month.

That means that I passed 50,000 words before the end of the month. It's not a race. Everybody who manages that is said to have "won." Heather and Dad both seem to be in an excellent position to make it through, too.

I'm not cheering as much as I maybe could, because yesterday morning, knowing that I was approaching 50,000, I checked on my outline and what I had left to write, and it looks like the novel I'm working on is going to need right at 100,000 words. So, really, I'm only half done. The project guidelines don't require you to finish the book, just to hit the requisite word count, but I really want to get this novel done this month.

So, yeah, now instead of coasting to the end of the month, I'm going to be trying to produce twice the daily word count that I have Heather and Dad working on (and that in itself is a grueling pace). It'll be a lot of work, but the novel is turning out a lot better than I expected it to, so it will probably be worth it.

Anyway, yeah, I'm doing a double NaNoWriMo this year. Wish me luck.

Journal Entry

Okay, I said I would make posts if anything big happened.

How is 25,000 words, for something big? Eh? Huh? Bwa-hah!

That's right, I've got 25,000 words done on my National Novel Writing Month. The goal for that project is 50,000 words in one month. My goal for this particular novel is about 70,000 words. So I'm either 1/3 or 1/2 done with my month's goal, and it's only the 7th. No matter how you cut it, that's awesome.

Gwyn and Dad and Heather are all doing it with me, and they're doing an incredible job. I'm so impressed with everyone! We went to Little Rock last weekend to visit my parents, and Dad and I spent several hours every day writing together. He was having such a good time, and it was awesome to get to see his excitement. I'm enjoying playing the coaching role, too. Every other day I have a long talk with Heather or Dad, and I'm always putting together emails with general advice for everyone.

So, yeah, I'm having a good time.

On Friday, I'm having friends over for dinner and a movie, and Saturday, seems like Josh will be taking me to the OU game. That's awesome. It's making up to be an awesome November.

Hope everyone's doing well. I'm off to write a couple more pages.