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Dirty Little Whirlwind ([personal profile] naomi_jay) wrote2010-11-22 09:05 am

Anti-Nano Check-In, early edition

It's 8.47 am, I have a terrible cold, and I'm at work. Could today be any worse? Well, there's time yet...


 
On the other hand, I've only got 38 pages of BLOOD HUNT to go through before I wrap up the second draft. Huzzahs! I was pleased to discover I'd included some stuff about werewolf high school gangs that will tie nicely into Urban Wolf book 3, but horrified to discover I know nothing about the treatment of second-degree burns. But that's why beta readers are awesome, thank you, [livejournal.com profile] blythe025 !

I haven't added anything to Night and Chaos over the weekend, but spent some time on Saturday working on a Paranormal Romance novella which I'd like to submit to Evernight Publishing under my Sekrit Identity when it's done*. I'm planning to spend today and tomorrow finishing off BLOOD HUNT, then getting back to work on Night and Chaos later in the week.

So, how's everyone else doing?

I suppose there's no point being coy about it. My Sekrit Identity is [livejournal.com profile] tessa_morelock 
(I know! I got it from a vampire name generator).I was going to wait until I'd actually sold some stuff under that name before making a big deal about it, but I have had two short stories accepted by Static Movement under this name, so there we are. This is Part II of The Plan, you see, dear readers, which is basically Writer Some Romance and Sell It Because People Love Romance. Which sounds incredibly cynical of me when put like that, but my intentions are nothing but good. I've always secretly wanted to write for Harlequin Nocturne, and I think I've mentioned here before how much I'd love to write a great big OTT paranormal romance saga ala Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld, or Anna Windsor's Crescent Moon Sisterhood. And blah blah branding etc, I decided a pen name would be fun. So that's that, really. Anyway.
 

[identity profile] naomi-jay.livejournal.com 2010-11-22 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
Weird! I think I fixed it...

Ah, but that's kind of a cool problem :) Do you have too many ideas?
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[identity profile] alex-beecroft.livejournal.com 2010-11-22 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Lots of new ideas, but the only one which is ready to go is something I've decided I don't like any more and don't really want to waste time on. I might have to be sensible and just work on the plot plan for the next novel instead. Space Opera and I clearly don't get along.

[identity profile] naomi-jay.livejournal.com 2010-11-22 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like me and steampunk!