Summer Fun

Here in Florida summer is a time to have fun on the beaches, but there are also the afternoon thunderstorms to contend with.  This gives me ample time to spend tapping away at my keyboard.  I have also, with my daughter setting a good example, signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo which is essentially a miniaturized version of the program which had enabled me to write my first book.  It is also good practice for the actual NaNoWriMo which will be held in November.  Since the beginning of May I have been working on a project which has been the bane of my existence for the past two years.  I have started and stopped a few different versions of this project and even now do not have all of the details of what the book should be.  It is a living, breathing, and ever-changing entity which is doing its best to drive me insane.

To help keep me out of the loony bin, and to recharge my batteries on this project I have switched gears slightly today and begun work on another idea which I have been toying with off and on over the last ten years or so.  The first 1200 words flowed easily.  Hopefully the well has not dried out so quickly and there will still be more water to pump out over the next eighteen days so I can hit my word goal for July.

So with summer in full gear I am still hard at work on more ideas than I know what to do with.  Hopefully I can regain my focus on the major project in my writing life and I can turn the 35,000 words I have so far from the bits and pieces of story it is now into a full-blown novel before the end of the year. I would love to have editing to do at the beginning of 2015 and have it ready to be sent to publishers by the end of next year.

I plan to keep you a bit more updated on what is going on in my life so make it a point to stop in here every now and then.  Thank you so much for your support.