The Yes, I’m Doing NaNoWriMo Post
I actually decided about a week into the month to just take October off and chill and get my neuroticism under control. I fell into a slump, and I just let it happen. Maybe it needed to happen. I never did take August off like I had originally planned, and I was getting stressed out trying to juggle all my ideas and settle on two to focus on. Every time I settled on two, a third (or fourth or fifth) idea would pop up and demand attention.
As it happens sometimes, I ended up doing none of them. Lol! So I gave myself until the end of the month to get the crazy out of my system for National Novel Writing Month. Ah, yes, NaNoWriMo, that time of great excitement and energy. I figured, I could make like a vampire and just siphon some of that energy off for myself. You know, since I have zero.
So my story? Working Title: The Raven, not related to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven (though I ADORE it AND him). There are, however, literal ravens in the story. I’ll try to come up with something more exciting later.
HERE’S WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME ON THE SITE!
I’m super excited. This story has been ready to go since the end of September. Like completely ready. I was just going back and forth between Devon and Harley for the main character’s name and between past and present tense. I wondered if I should try writing in past again, but then I thought, why? I have 11 trunked novels written in past tense and only 4 written in present. I guess I feel like it’s becoming a thing. But that’s okay. It can be a thing right now. 🙂
So I have Devon, Anastasia, Esther, Shayne, Fei, Janna, Lucas, Gemini, and Caden for the biggest roles. The names for this story actually weren’t as stress-inducing as it normally is for me. Everyone pretty much told me their names from the get-go except for Devon and Caden, and I still had names for them pretty quickly, I just wanted to change them.
So what is the story about? Basically, it’s a ghost story…kind of, about a girl named Devon who spends the summer with her “Aunt” in their gorgeous Victorian-Style manor in the middle of nowhere Nebraska while her mother and her best friend and new step-sister’s father go sailing around the Atlantic for their honeymoon. That is where the story starts anyway, the day Devon and step-sister Anastasia get dropped off at the manor with Aunty Fei and her two daughters, Shayne and Esther. The main ghost – Gemini – had a rather horrible death that we get to see! and then there’s Caden the pool boy who is staying in the pool house on his summer break from college. He’s actually the gardener, but since he also cleans the pool, I like to call him Pool Boy. ^_^
I’m really looking forward to his scenes! He’s interesting to say the least.
Then (said in a super mysterious voice), strange things start to happen!
Here’s the “blurb” I put on the NaNo site: “Between the ghost in Devon’s bedroom that only she can see and the opium laced parties her aunt throws every weekend, Devon has to decipher between reality and figments of her imagination before she finds herself infected with a virus that’s been killing off women in her family for over 200 years.” And virus is actually code for something, but since I’m one of THOSE writers who doesn’t like to say exactly until I’m certain percertage into the story, that’s all you’re getting. Lol!
I wasn’t saving this story for NaNo per se, I have already started the first chapter, but since I needed the break and I’m also one of THOSE people who like to go Christmas Shopping early, I decided to do that this month so there would be no distractions in November. Yeah, I’m totally done, including the stuff I wanted to make, and got it all wrapped up while I knocked out some backlogged television. ^_^
Anywho, updates will follow. 🙂
Who’s joining me?
18 Comments
Jennifer Austin - Author
Not me. SNI isn’t ready yet. Kind of sad seeing all these NaNo posts in my feed, but I hope you and everyone else has a wonderful and productive NaNo!
krystal jane
Thank you! ^_^
We have to wait until our stories are ready.
sandiedocker
All the best for a productive NaNo!
krystal jane
Thanks, Sandie! Fingers crossed. 🙂
Michelle A (@SunflowerRei)
Good luck, Krystal!
krystal jane
Best of luck to you, too!
Crystal Collier
Wahoo! I’ll be there too…ish. I’m not holding myself to 50K, but I will be working every day. It’s drafting season again and I really need to get cracking if I’m going to make my deadlines.
Love your concept, btw. Here’s cheese for both of us!
krystal jane
Yay! ^_^
I am so out of habit right now! So if nothing else, I want to get a nice rhythm going for this story. I’ve added you to my list so I can stalk you!
Thank you! ^_^
Crystal Collier
=) I’ll second that–the routine! I’ve been on the promotion trail so long it’s going to be a shock to jump back in to being an actual writer.
Here’s to stalking!
krystal jane
^_^ *thumbs up*
karla
Well best of luck! Heaven knows I won’t make it 🙁
krystal jane
Aww, thank you! ^_^
I need something to get me off my butt. I’ve gotten so lazy!
Tonja Drecker
Woot! Woot! Then I’ll see you there 🙂
krystal jane
Definitely! Woot! ^_^
Michelle Tran (@michelletwrites)
Go Krystal! I did write 50K words last november, but I was too lazy to submit 😛 I’ve been in a slump too and took October off. Hopefully I can get my butt in to gear next month! Good luck!
krystal jane
Thank you! Cheers to getting butts in gear! ^_^
Jodi
Yay Krystal! I think you’re going to do great for NaNo! I was originally planning to participate this year too, but, yeah, it’s not going to happen. I scheduled my book for release this December, and even though it’s a self-imposed deadline, there’s something in me that must make this happen. So right now my life is editing, revising, and then more editing, and more revising…
The synopsis of your book sounds SO intriguing. Can’t wait to read more!
krystal jane
OMG, December is SO close!! I can’t wait to see the cover. I hope all is going well in editing land. Thanks for vote of confidence! ^_^