Posts Tagged ‘The Circled Green’

A Real Confidence Boost

Posted December 3, 2009 under Writing | Tagged: | 3 Comments

As my writing friends/betas know, I am paranoid about the possibility that I am a bad writer. Every so often I swing about and along comes the “Do you think I can write well?” question (followed by “And you’re not just saying that because you are my friend, right?” one). I’m sure we all have that moment, that horrible “should I just stop now?” train of thought.

Sometimes you just need a confidence booster. And today I got one.

Yes, having an author you adore (in fact, that book inspired you to dabble in this setting) say, in regards to the opening 300 words, “This is GOOD… Really GOOD!” is definitely one way of getting a confidence boost.

Now to take this confidence boost and run with it. And keep from bugging the friends with “stupid questions”.

The better I feel, the better I write. And the better I write, the more I write. And so the more I write the faster I get to finishing the draft. I have three incomplete WIPs going at the moment (The Circled Green, Lionheart and Bones) and I would like to have three complete WIPs by the end of the year.

Does that sound reasonable to you? I think I can do it. :)

(P.S. Read Prophecy Of The Sisters. It’s awesome.)

It’s The End of NaNo As I Know It

Posted November 30, 2009 under General | Tagged: , , | 6 Comments

It’s the end of NaNo, or, well, pretty much. It’s 4.15pm here on the 30th, and I have Guides tonight.

As you can sort of tell, I didn’t win NaNo. I started off pretty good, actually being about a day ahead. And then I had camp, and that meant I lost about four/five days of writing time. I had a second overnight camp (but that still equals two lost days when you factor in prep-time and “oh gawd I am tired *snores” the day after) and then I got sick a little while after. So I kinda gave up, and set a new goal.

So all in all, I wrote about 25 000 words in 20 days. That is omgexcellent for me – the most I have ever written in a full month is 20 000 words, and my average is about 12 000. Now I know I can write so much more than I did before, which hopefully means I can keep doing it and finish the drafts for The Circled Green, Lionheart and Bones sooner than I otherwise would have thought.

Anyway, have one last teaser for The Circled Green (if you haven’t read the others, follow the teasers tag back a bit). I wanted to pick something with Aurora, but this is one of the earliest scenes that wasn’t all wrapped up in other stuff. Also, Ciar appears. Whether he is being less creepy is all up to you.

And yes, I know Aurora is weird at times, but just bear with it. Also bear with any errors or awkward sentences, as this is unedited NaNo stuff we’re talking about.

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