25,069, aka More Than Halfway!

NaNoWriMo is over, and my secret goal was to get 25,000 words written. And I DID IT, mainly through a manic marathon of 4,000 words this past weekend.

I’m really quite pleased to have a solid start on my latest novel. I don’t know how long the finished book will be, I haven’t actually gotten beyond where I’d already completed detailed outlining, but I’ve finished most of the research—and whew, there’s a lot of stuff in this book about which I know zilch. 

Preview of "fake" cover of this not-quite-finished
novel, code name: Seven Secrets, an action-adventure 
tale with magic for which I've no teaser 
written. More work to do...

Despite all the impediments—pencil impalements, concussions while re-painting the living room, winterizing my 90 containers of succulents, sanding and water-sealing the deck, eating too much on Thanksgiving—some writing has been accomplished. (Yeah, these are all excuses, I know. But even after pulling the pencil out—I have a scar—I still jotted down the crucial edit I needed. The story must go on.) (Sorry if I’ve grossed you out.) (Not.) ;-)

Anyway, I will continue this novel and post word counts on the NaNo website as long I’m allowed to, which may not be for long (I don’t actually know the rules, too busy writing to read ’em), and we’ll see what happens. 

Of course, I've got two more installments already written in my The Animal Guild series that I've yet to publish, so look for them in upcoming months. Then this latest novel (code name: Seven Secrets) will segue into that world in some very interesting ways.

The future is always exciting, isn’t it?

All for now. Keep writing and reading!