Anti-Nano Check-In, early edition

[naomi_jay]

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, 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 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.
 

Comments

[yolandasfetsos.livejournal.com]

Yay, I've just added/friended (whatever the correct term for LJ is, lol) Tessa to my friends list. :)

I've always secretly wanted to write for Harlequin Nocturne...

You know, I secretly share the same thing. :)

Hope you feel better!

[acidamoeba.livejournal.com]

Aside from Ze Amazing Pet Project, my anti nano is going well. I'm just getting to the part where the Devil finds out God is having a party on Earth and is all "Oh hellz no, bitch!" about it.

There will be shenanigans!

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Hm, if I click on tessa_morelock I reach Andrea Blythe's LJ. How does that happen? Still, that's what LJ Search is for :)

Also my anti-Nano has ground to a halt because I can't decide what new thing to start during the final week.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

I have stuff? I'm continuing on with this fic that I keep telling myself I shouldn't be working on because there's Other Stuff I need to be doing, drafts that need finishing etc etc. But I'm trying not to feel guilty because I'm now up to nearly 6k words since starting a few days ago.

GET WELL SOON. Spend your downtime with more slasher movie badness.

[skarrah.livejournal.com]

I only manage about 500 words a day on weekends. My family actually expect me to spend time with them. *rolls eyes* The nerve of some people! So, after having to do a bit of hack and slash I'm still about 6K away from my anti-nano goal of reaching the halfways point. Totally doable. ;)

Hope you're feeling better soon! A hot toddie ought to fix you right up. :D

Have added tessa_morelock as a friend. You don't want to know what LJ asked me when it wanted to know what I really meant. *facepalm*

[rowanda380.livejournal.com]

sorry about the cold, I hope it clears up and your day takes a turn for the better!

[out-totheblack.livejournal.com]

Get well. I hate being at work sick. How do you manage to work and get so much writing done? What is your secret?

I did some editing on what I had, but didn't really add any new words. I'm fixing to post my new wordage on my LJ with my new projected word count.

Dear Cult Leader

[out-totheblack.livejournal.com]

Since this is "anti-nano" and seems to be quite productive for all of us, would you like to continue this past November?

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

I'm... writing new stuff, polishing up older drafts and posting - made a post yesterday and one today - and in general being somewhat productive. I like Anti-NaNo: there's no insane pressure to perform, and we actually get stuff done. <3

[out-totheblack.livejournal.com]

Girl, this is so true!

Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet

[spiderling.livejournal.com]

I wrote a bit more today on Tx3, I'm still writing ahead. I don't know how I'll fill in the gaps but it's nice to be making SOME progress.

MG horror is slackning off. I have to get boy hero to school and I'm thinking of just skipping to recess.

I hope to Cthulhu (P.S. Anyone see the South Park with Cthulhu!!!?? OMG! Awesome!) that someone out there in writer land will beta for me. Provided I finish the motherfucking book!