NaNoWriMo Log: Day Four, Week 1

Today went a lot better than yesterday, which is awesome. I really liked the scenes I wrote today, and I actually got to rewrite the scene that came from a sentence that inspired the entire novel's idea, which was fun.
So.

Total word count: 8515
Today's word count: 2555
Favorite line(s) written: “Are you asking me for help?” he asks.

“Um, sort of?” I look behind me, mostly to see if Bea is there. “I...I think Bea’s hiding something. And I think it might be important.”

“So you need my help with an unofficial interrogation?” A slight smile plays across his face.

I stifle a laugh. “That sounds questionable,” I say, and behind him, Mason gestures for him to follow him out the door. I wave as Elliot walks away.

“I’ll be back for the questionable interrogation tomorrow morning,” he whispers as he walks past me.

Also, this is what happens when NaNo people videochat at night: 

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mariesa.

Sam

And me!

So....yeah. That's it, I suppose. I'm super tired so yeah bye I guess.

NaNoWriMo Log: Day 3, Week 1

I'm going to be completely honest.
Day 3 hurt.
I've got a cold (thanks to my brother) and it's allergy season, so combined my nose is pretty much useless. And I've had a serious case of I-don't-know-what-to-write today.
But obviously I can't not write. A couple hours ago Mariesa, Sam and I videochatted and attempted to word war while singing Wicked.
Surprisingly, I got a lot done (although that's probably thanks to Write Or Die).

So....
Total word count: 6141
Total word count: 2008
Favorite line(s) written so far: Harris ended up staying for dinner. So did Oliver James.

And apparently, murder doesn’t make for good dinner conversation. 

I'm out. To sleep, or maybe post in a character lounge because feels. See you all tomorrow, I guess. *sleepy wave*

NaNoWriMo Log: Day 2, Week 1

Day two has left me exhausted, depleted, but kind of happy. Because I've written a little under 4k words in two days. Two days! Ah!

Actually me right now. 

Anyways. It's been a craaaaaaazy day, starting with Daylight Savings giving me MORE SLEEP (wOOT!) and ending with a Pastor Appreciation Day service at church. (Love ya, Rountrees. *fistpump*)  Which involved cake. Cake is always good. 

Total word count: 3923

Today's word count: 1403 (although I might write a bit more before going to bed.) 

Favorite line(s) written today: “But why would he leave it behind?” Elliot asks. I shrug, helpless. Why is a good question. Was he just particularly incompetent? Is it even the killer’s?

What if whoever it was wanted to be caught? 

Aaaaaaaaand, that is all. I'm off to (hopefully) get a few more words in on Empty Alibi, read Brave New World (which is amazing), and drink tea. It's a good life.

NaNoWriMo Log: Day 1, Week 1

Oh.
My.
Gosh.
Today is day one of NaNoWriMo. And, oddly enough, I'm still fairly sane. :P

Word Count: 1807

Pages written: 11

Favorite line(s) written so far: “Hayley is...” my mom prompts, trying her best to sound soothing, but I know she’s mildly concerned. And internally freaking out. 

“He’s...he’s dead. In his office, I went in to ask him something and he’s just lying there, all bloody and pale and oh my God, I can’t do this—” 

Also, reward chocolate: 

Milk chocolate caramel Doves. I'm in love.

That's it for today! How are you all doing with your word counts?

Three more days???

Three days.
Oh gosh.
Three days to plot and plan and freak out and do last minute research on the '20s.
Three days of not having to write 1,667 words a day.
Three days of sanity.

Three more days, and NaNoWriMo begins.

Well, actually Barricade Boys, it's three, but whatever.

But oh my gosh. Seriously. I am not ready. I'm the opposite of ready. I'm terrified and excited and intimidated and bouncing.

T h r e e  d a y s. 

This is not possible.
Doctor, where are you with the TARDIS? I'd like to go back a couple of months and make myself plot. 

Anywho. That was a rather short post, I guess. 

But hey, at least I posted!

Strangely enough...

Oh goodness. In my last post, I said I would be participating in NaNoWrimo. And I'm still ridiculously excited for it and I've done a lot of outlining this past month. But I'm also supposed to be finishing my WIP, Falling Dark, and I'm kind of stuck.
So since my brain was tired of staring at a non-changing word document, I'm just going to ramble for a bit here to refresh it. :)
Before I get to that, though, I guess I should explain the title. :3 I'm using it as a series-ish thing for when I just want to write something and don't want to try and come up with anything terribly smart or a title. :3

Sooo...I've been up to quite a lot the past few weeks. I was in North Carolina last week, and it was lovely. :) Of course, that eight-hour car trip meant a lot of reading for me! Some of the books I read this month are...

Right now I'm reading Knightley & Son by Rohan Gavin. It's really good so far, if a little confusing.

I've got Dangerous Creatures from the library, also, and I'm really excited. It's a companion novel to the Caster Chronicles by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, which I loved. :3 It focuses on Riley, and as far as I can tell it's her POV for the events of Beautiful Creatures--sounds awesome. :D

Oooh, and Halloween's coming up! I'm going as a femLeo Valdez from Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus. Bonus: I get a Camp Half Blood shirt and an excuse to quote Leo all night. xD
Speaking of Rick Riordan, the last book in Heroes of Olympus, The Blood of Olympus, came out earlier this month. I finished it a day after it released, but I haven't reviewed it. Mostly because I disliked a lot of things about it and I'm not quite sure how to put how I feel about it into words.
I loved the Percy Jackson series, and all four books before BoO were amazing, but this one was just kind of...meh. Besides not having any POV chapters from Percy or Annabeth (or Hazel!! D:), it kind of fell flat towards the end.
But anyways.

Like I said before, NaNo is coming up fast. I'm hoping to do a writing log at least every other week, but whenever I get a chance I'll post. They'll pretty much just be short updates on where I am and how I'm doing on my word count. :D

And on that note...I kind of need to go write for Falling Dark so I can do NaNo. :3

A Thing Happening in November

Hello, lovelies and strangelings! Ikindofdisappearedagainoops. But, starting in November, I'm going to try and post once a week with updates on something awesome.
What is this something?
[dramatic pause]

NaNoWriMo! Otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month, a month where writers everywhere consume an insane amount of chocolate and caffeine and sit down to write 50 thousand words in a month. This year, I'm joining in the madness, and I am beyond excited. :D 

I'm plotting a '20s murder mystery in New York City. I have a ton of research to do, but I'm still looking forward to it. :D For anyone who'd like it, here's my pinterest board for the story.