The End May Be Nigh?
Aug. 25th, 2010 09:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naomi_jayI wrote 2k yesterday and passed the 50k mark on BLOOD HUNT. Look at me go! I was going to push ahead for 51k since I only needed 300 more words, but then Ket rather unceremoniously shed his skin, and we had to marvel over him. It was pretty cool - we knew he was due to shed, but I didn't realise he would literally just peel out of his skin in a couple of minutes. He seemed very proud of himself afterwards, as well he should be, I suppose. And that got me all excited about writing about snake shape-shifters and how they could shift by just shedding, and after that I was over-stimulated and had to go to bed. Because, you know, I'm five.
50703 / 70000 words. 72% done!
Anyway, I'm really hoping to get this first draft wrapped up in the next week or so. I know I'm not giving myself a massive amount of time, and I certainly won't rush if I can't do it, but I have a three-day-weekend this weekend, so that's one extra day of nothing but writing. It can happen!
In other news, I've got an old short story I'm thinking of submitting to a Static Movement anthology. I'm vascillating because it's very much a paranormal romance and not in my usual vein, and I'm considering a pseudonym? I don't know if having a pseudonym makes me a pretentious wanker though. It's something I've been toying with for a while, especially the past week or so, since I have some ideas that are outside the usual "Naomi Clark" stuff (even there even us a "Naomi Clark vein" yet; I don't think I have enough published work out there to have a recognisable voice and style yet). I'm not sure it's really that worthwhile though. I'm pretty sure you at least have to be world-famous before you start having multiple-pen names. Thoughts? Suggestions? Insults?
Anyway, I'm really hoping to get this first draft wrapped up in the next week or so. I know I'm not giving myself a massive amount of time, and I certainly won't rush if I can't do it, but I have a three-day-weekend this weekend, so that's one extra day of nothing but writing. It can happen!
In other news, I've got an old short story I'm thinking of submitting to a Static Movement anthology. I'm vascillating because it's very much a paranormal romance and not in my usual vein, and I'm considering a pseudonym? I don't know if having a pseudonym makes me a pretentious wanker though. It's something I've been toying with for a while, especially the past week or so, since I have some ideas that are outside the usual "Naomi Clark" stuff (even there even us a "Naomi Clark vein" yet; I don't think I have enough published work out there to have a recognisable voice and style yet). I'm not sure it's really that worthwhile though. I'm pretty sure you at least have to be world-famous before you start having multiple-pen names. Thoughts? Suggestions? Insults?
