21 Minutes and Counting

Well, my decorations have been up for a month, I've eaten and repurchased candy three times, and I'm on my second costume. It's officially Halloween. I don't care if the countdown says 20 minutes to go, I've been ready for this for months.

I actually took pictures of my Halloween decorations this year, and I plan on posting them after the holiday settles down a little. I've been out doing all kinds of Halloweeny events this year, and tomorrow night (aka The Night) is no different. I can't wait and I'm looking forward to having a really good night.

I'm also super excited about Nov. 1 for two reasons: first the clearance sales. I'm completely broke but I've managed to scrounge a little bit together to see if I can find any good deals. I really need a blucky for next year. Secondly it's the start of NaNoWriMo (this is how my friend Jess abbreviated it to me- it seems very complicated).

I've never done it, but I've thought about it. Basically you write a novel in one month. They consider a novel 50,000 words. It is around 1,700 words per day. That is a lot of words for someone like me who usually does around 600 or so on a good day. But you know what? I'm going to try it and see what happens.

I got an idea for a book the other day and I've hardly thought at all about plot, or character development, or any of those things, but I think it's sort of exciting to dive in and have absolutely no clue where I'm heading. Will I succeed? Probably not (pessimistic, I know) but I hope to have some fun in the process. Putting aside my current number one project scares me a little bit, but maybe I can juggle both writing projects at once. With 1,700 words needed every day, I kind of doubt it. I'm lazy.

Wow, it's only 15 minutes to go now and I'm very excited. I'm in a spooky shirt (no really, it's one of those old lady shirts that has sequins and shiny things and it literally spells out SPOOKY) and pumpkin slippers. I have bat earrings on and I'm getting ready to read a Sookie book to ring in All Hallows Eve.

Happy 14 minutes until Halloween lovelies.

Whistle While I Work

Working on one of my books. Here is a little bit I can't help but going over and over again. Does it visually make sense?

I saw his lips moving quickly and he bent down and touched the roots of the tree. As he stood up, and I arrived next to him, there was movement. I blinked a few times, willing myself to not look away. The roots were pulling themselves up and the whole tree began to split in two. It was as if someone had taken a giant seam ripper to pull away at the tree.

It's the first night I've been home in a while and I'm determined not to get distracted by one paragraph. I've printed out 3 copies of my book thus far, about 25,000 words, and I'm waiting to hear back from 2 of the 3 who have printed copies. We'll see how they like it. (The first person who got back to me was my mother. She devoured it in one sitting, but I cannot trust her glowing review as she birthed me, and therefore cannot be trusted.)

So Long and Goodnight... err Welcome

Well, I never thought I'd break down and start blogging, but here I am. 2009 has definitely been a strange year so far, and I figure writing more isn't going to hurt.

That's right, I'm a writer. Me and everyone else out there. I mostly write young adult in an urban fantasy setting, but I read everything. Currently I'm trying to get through Dracula, which shockingly I've never read in it's entirety. I'm also picking at Hunted by PC and Kristin Cast, and old fairy stories from William Butler Yeats.

Tonight I've decided I have to get out of the house because I will be missing my favorite band of all time, My Chemical Romance, perform at the Roxy in LA. If I stay home, most likely I will pull all of my hair out and curse at the universe for not getting tickets. Let's hope tomorrow is a better day.