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Busy Weekend Ahead

Tonight my writing group meets. It's a small, intimate group with a surprising variety of writers. Our WIPs cover everything from poetry, to children's fiction, to SF&F. Tonight I'm planning on reading from the first few pages of my paranormal romance novel so I can get some feedback on where I started and whether or not I have exposition in there to satisfy the reader. I was tempted to read from my NaNo project, but it's too new, too raw and I know I'd be too easily discouraged to continue if the feedback was bad.

Tomorrow I have a candle party in the early afternoon. Afterwards, I'm spending the night at my sister-in-law's house and scrapbooking until my eyes (or creative drive) gives out. I would like to make a sizeable dent in the stack of Maine vacation pictures, but I'm taking a bit of variety with me this time. Sometimes the muse needs something a little different in order to keep working.

Sunday is homework until I drop day. I had started what I'm going to call an urban fantasy for class, but after some consideration I decided to go with something else. The story I'm working on now was inspired by a woman who works with the FBI in busting Internet predators. I've got perhaps a page and half so far and I need 7 full pages by Monday night.

Yeah, yeah. And then there's NaNo. If I get the 7 pages done and a bit more of my paranormal romance edited, I'll return to the NaNo project. Priorities are needed here and, once again, NaNo falls near the lower end of the spectrum. I would feel bad if I wasn't working on so many other writing projects.
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  1. Jeffrey Hite9:55 AM

    I have pretty much given up on my Nano Project, at least as far as getting it done this month. I am not incredibly upset about that because when I started working on it I started getting other idea of other things that I had been working on. I am sad that I don't think there is any way that I could complete it, but I am happy that the @5k words a week that I was doing to get ready for it has paid off and now I have that habit formed, and am writing more than I was, and unlike if I pushed to finish the story I was not happy with, I don't think I will be totally burned out at the end of the month. Maybe
    -I am trying to make Lemon-aide here, can you tell

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  2. Jeffrey Hite9:56 AM

    And the reason I was posting originally was to say good luck. It is Monday.

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  3. Krista Heiser10:02 AM

    Thanks, Jeff.

    I'm not too broken up about NaNo, either. It's fun and exciting, but sometimes real life has to be the priority.

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