Category Archives: The Holidays
December Tidings of Joy
Wow this month is just flying by! I’ve enjoyed decompressing a bit from the stress of NaNoWriMo and the pressure to update so often and now I’m trying to wrap up at least one of my fanfics before I start writing a new novel in January. At least I think I’m gonna shoot for starting a new one in January. That might be a bit ambitious, given that I still have some marketing to do with the first three that might tie me up and I actually have zero ideas on what to focus on for my next book. 
I have no shortage of ideas but I’m having trouble narrowing down what to tackle next. As usual, too many ideas, not enough time!
okay random thought – Just read a trivia fact that Usher likes to set a romantic mood with his own music. How douchey is that? Sorry, will return you to the regularly scheduled blog now…
All that time I’m saving from not having any new tv shows to watch and no recaps to write is less fun than I had hoped. Instead I find myself just wishing it was time for Vampire Diaries, True Blood and Nikita to come back on the air. Is anyone out there watching Nikita? It’s really started to grow on me, I’ll have to think about writing something for them in the future, but for the moment people seem to be voting for another Vampire Diaries fic with a darker Damon, big surprise. 
If I don’t end up updating here again in time, let me just wish everyone a Happy Holiday season with lots of hugs and good food and hearts and flowers. Here is our tree!
Another NaNo Bites the Dust!
NaNoWriMo is officially over and I’m happy to say I managed to crank out 67,154 words of fanfic last month! I have to say it was nice getting all the instant feedback from my readers and their waiting for updates kept me going when I wanted to take a break. That translated into 71,440 hits from 20,715 readers on fanfiction.net! That just blows away the numbers from the previous month completely and I’m floored that so many people are regularly reading my stories. I mean it feels like a lot, is that a lot?
New episode this week on Vampire Diaries, yay! I can’t wait to watch it, the promo looks amazing! It’ll be good to get back to those episode recaps here too.
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving holiday for those of you who celebrate it. We had a nice day with family and food and I’m say to say the turkey leftovers are all gone now. Gearing up for Christmas now, the tree is up and presents all wrapped.
In other news, I was just contacted by an editor of a local publishing house who wants to work with me on editing Pretty Witches All in a Row! No guarantee of a book deal as of yet, but I’m glad of the interest and his generous offer to work with me. Fingers crossed this ends up with a publishing deal!
Winner for NaNoWriMo 2010!
So I’ve been so busy lately that I forgot to update that I hit the 50k mark for NaNo a few days back. I’m currently at 59,403 words for the month and still going strong. I might take a day or two off for the long weekend, but we’ll see.
I’ve been watching a lot of Firefly lately and I’ve been feeling a powerful need to write me a one-shot that takes place between the series and the movie I’m thinking. Yeah yeah, I know I need another story idea like I need a bullet in the brainpan, but I’m still toying with it. My three fanfics are still going strong with no sign of any of them wrapping up just yet, so I’ll have plenty of writing to keep me busy in the near future.
I have to admit that my fingers have been itching to start on some original work too, but I haven’t even gotten to a synopsis for Angel of Mercy yet, so I’m leery of taking on another novel just yet. I think instead I’ll just enjoy the holidays (Already got the tree up! I know, I’m one of those…) and see what happens when I come to the other side of them.
FanFics for NaNoWriMo!
I’m having a blast writing fanfic for NaNo this year! It’s been easier than I would have thought to juggle the three stories at once and I’m averaging a day off a week. So far I’m up to 25,405 words which puts me on track to get to about 75k words by the end of the month if I maintain this pace. Of course I might slow down a bit to try and get some other projects done. I still need to write a synopsis for Angel of Mercy and get some query letters out, and I’m almost done editing down Moonsong to a much leaner wordcount.
Of course the holidays are almost upon us, which means a busier time at work as the weather turns worse, but I’m hopeful I can still get plenty of time to write in. Is it weird that I’ve already got all of my holiday shopping done for the immediate family? What can I say, I’m a planner, I like to be prepared.
Will be turkey shopping this weekend, I have a killer recipe with lemons, herbs and dijon mustard that I’ve made for the past… wow fifteen years now? Boy how time flies… What are some of your favorite holiday recipes?
