November

I have been derelict in duty of posting, and I'm sorry.

Normally during November Artemis, my inner editor, would guest star for the month while I work on NaNoWriMo. This year, however, Artemis has decided to take her vacation somewhere else. She might come visit later in the month, but I kind of worked her to death this summer, and she wanted to go somewhere where she could relax.

This November started out really badly. On the first, I was in Council Bluffs all day baking gingerbread. I only wrote about 400 words when I got home. Then on the second, I was back in Council Bluffs putting gingerbread houses together all day. I wrote about 600 words before going to bed. Then, on the third I spent all day finishing the gingerbread houses and going to Young Men and Relief Society to make sure they got decorated. I didn't get any words written that day.

So I started out the month terribly behind. Plus, the story I started writing wasn't going anywhere because I tried combining too many genres and it just wasn't working. It was a science fiction/mystery/spy/urban fantasy story about a woman who is a spy and a detective and who is clairvoyant living in the year 2314 or so. I realized, on the third when I sat down to start writing again, that it just wasn't coming out ME. It was a bit like another writer had hijacked my brain for a few days.

So when I started writing on Thursday, I started a completely new story. This one I like a lot more, and is in my usual paranormal/urban fantasy genre, which is my favorite to write in. And I wrote a little over 4k in one sitting on that one, giving myself a big leap towards catching up. The story was exciting and interesting, and while there's one thing I need to go back and fix, it was exactly the kind of thing I like to write. It has a good female main character with an undeveloped paranormal gift to discover, a handsome man who is willing to teach her how to use her gift, and a really, REALLY nasty bad guy. In this case, the bad guys are demon like descendants of Cain.

Anyway, it's back to writing for me. I'll try to post more often to keep you up to date. Until next time.