You may have noticed that I’ve fallen off of my irregular schedule for posting short stories and serials on this blog. Or, you may be like most of the world, and this lapse has gone unnoticed. Certainly, gaining ten thousand followers, readers, whatever – has not and will never be the point of this blog. It’s just fun.
Fact is, I have written more in the past month than ever before. In July, I joined Camp NaNoWriMo along with a group of fellow writers I met online and have been hard at work on a novel. The goal of these NaNoWriMo things are to write or finish a novel in a month. Since I’m not in college, I’ve got a demanding job, and even more demanding children, my goal was far more modest: write some things for a novel and then keep writing them after NaNoWriMo ends (geesh, those alternating caps are annoying to type).
I’m proud to say I’ve succeeded at that goal. July has come to a close, camp is over, and I’m still working on that novel. I found a healthy writing pace and have an idea about how long it will take to complete said novel. I’m excited to spend the next two-ish months finishing up my first draft. I say two-ish because ish can be – like – up to six months if I get really lazy. Ish is a fantastic word.
While I’m working on completing my current project, my blog will continue to languish in appreciative neglect. I’m continuing my daily routine of reading scriptures, posting mini Bible studies, journaling, and writing. I just don’t have time to write a novel and keep up with fun short stories on this blog at the same time. That doesn’t mean I haven’t had ideas. I’ve started a Trello board to track short story inspirations and ideas which I fully intend to hammer out between finishing my manuscript and the first round of edits.
Anyways, I’ve got breakfast to make for the kiddos and a novel to pretend to finish. See y’all soon-ish!
Oh, and post nano I found Pacemaker Planner and it’s a pretty nice tool to track your writing. If you’re into that kind of thing.
