Camp NaNo- August Session

Yes, I'm crazy. I know I'm insane. That is the only reasonable explanation for why I would do two months of NaNoWriMo back to back. Of course, the fact that I'm doing a sequel to this month's story makes it much easier to accept. The only problem is that I'm going to have to "pants" this time and I've found it much more difficult to win when I do that. I guess I'll just have to see what happens and hope for the best. Even if I lose, at least I tried, right?

~Krys

Camp NaNo Winner & Stats

So, not only did I get to 50k during the first ever session of Camp NaNoWriMo, I did it by day 14! That means that I wrote 50k in 10 days, that is a record for me! I actually hit 8k three days out of ten, 6k two days and an average of 3k the other five days. I have officially kicked last years NaNo record in the butt!

So, while I did get to 50k, I still didn't quite finish the novel. I think I'm only missing about twelve scenes so I'm not really worried about finishing this one up. I can't believe that I actually did so well this year! Having a much simpler and sillier story definitely helped the process a bit :) I guess now I have the time to start outlining for August! Camp NaNo session 2, here I come!

~Krys

Crunch Time

All right, I know it is insane but I think I'm going to try Camp NaNo anyway, even though I have no time at all to dedicate to it. I am not the type of person to just give up, especially where NaNo is concerned. I guess that means that this is crunch time. I have an entire novel to finish re-outlining in the next three days. Can I do it? Who knows! I am definitely going to try my best though!

~Krys

Camp NaNoWriMo

You know, I don't know why I thought that doing Camp NaNoWriMo this summer would actually work, but now that I know it is starting on the 1st of July, I've decided to toss in the hat. In July I not only have my first vacation of the summer (July 2-5) that I'm going to visit family, but also on the 20th I'm flying out to Kansas to go to my brother's wedding and I won't be back home until the beginning of August. I'm really bummed because I am so ready to start "Wolf" and I really don't want to wait until November to do it, but unless I write 7500 words a day, I won't be able to do it. I dunno... should I try anyway?

~Krys

Blocks

You know, just when I was starting to think that this idea was too good to fall apart I start seeing little holes. Not big enough to convince me to give up, but definitely big enough to ask me where in the heck I think I am going with my plots (or lack thereof). Is it frustrating to anyone else to realize that all of your great ideas are really brilliant, but without a central plot to weave them together... well, I'm sure you understand what I'm getting at. I just wish I could figure out what is motivating each of my characters in this story, all the things they have told me so far are weak excuses and they aren't going to stand on their own very well. I guess I'm going to have to take each of my characters into therapy and figure out what is going on with them. Maybe I will finally figure out if I have a villain or a plot, rather than a bunch of things that happen randomly.

~Krys

Outlining

I can't believe how much work I have gotten done on the first book in the "Wolf" trilogy this week! I must have 10 different Google docs full of outlines, scene ideas, character sheets and all sorts of other goodies that make writing a book so much fun! My goal is to have the entire first book outlined before "Camp NaNoWriMo" starts sometime this summer. I would love to have something this ridiculously fun to work on for a NaNo project :D

I guess my next big project is finishing up the outline and getting a playlist done to help set the mood I'm looking for with this first story. I haven't had this much fun writing something in a long time! Aiden is absolutely overjoyed that I'm finally listening to something he has to say.

~Krys

Writing writing writing

It's really nice to have a muse, especially when they are active. Unfortunately for me right now, Aiden has been a little TOO active. I can barely sleep at night anymore because he spends hours whispering ideas to me. It's great to have all the ideas, the problem is that by the time I wake up half of them are gone. I'm beginning to think Aiden is becoming a big tease!

Seriously though, I've never been as excited about a story idea as I am now. I can barely get any work done on the outline for the first book before I start thinking of things that would be amazing to add to the other two. It's a frustrating process, but I'm determined that I will get everything I'm thinking about on paper eventually. I just hope it doesn't take the rest of my life (and a lifetime of sleepless nights) to get it all done.

~Krys

"Wolf"

I just wanted to let everyone know that yesterday's post wasn't a fluke. I've actually been spending all day researching my new story and outlining the trilogy and characters that will be involved in each story. I haven't been this happy in months!

~Krys

Changes and Inspirations

Earlier this week, Jon and I moved from Utah down to Austin, Texas where Jon was offered a job. It's been a big transition for us (mostly the fact that it's so dang hot here!) but already I'm feeling like everything will work out okay.

It's funny how a movie, book or song can bring about inspirations in the lives of writers, but I've never experienced it as strongly as I have this week. I thought that my desire to write crime novels was an all encompassing passion... but I've barely been able to concentrate on all my previous ideas from the moment that I saw "The 10th Kingdom" earlier this week.

Now, I have to admit that I've never loved any show (or movie) quite as much as I love this mini-series, but it wasn't the show itself that inspired me. The character of "Wolf" was so interesting to me that I've been able to think of little else since I first saw his face on screen. No, this isn't a movie-star crush, it's the fact that his character was so dynamic and just plain interesting that I feel a burning desire to give him more life.

Originally my idea started out as a fanfiction, but the scope of the idea was just so massive that I could never be satisfied sharing this story with just a few people (a minuscule amount) that are in this fandom. My head was reeling as soon as the final credits rolled across the screen "what had happened to Wolf and Virginia, their children?" It was that thought that led me to come up with a series of stories about the children I imagine them to have, all proving themselves while dealing with the problems of being different than others. Hopefully I'll be able to pull this off so that fans of the series will see the "winks and nudges" and grin, but that I won't actually infringe on the copyright.

Well, I guess I will just have to see how it goes. Goodnight all, may you have pleasant dreams... I know I will.

~Krys

Update

Just a quick post because I have amazing news... I actually finished chapter 2 of "Failure." I know, I can't believe it either!! Hopefully this is the beginning of a writing trend.

~Krys

Possible Detective Series?

Well, it's been quite awhile since I've updated (yet again) and mostly it's been because of Script Frenzy last month. Luckily, Aiden was a good little muse and Jon and I were able to complete all 100 pages of our script!! I'm actually pretty excited that we got the script done, it means that I can really get to work on the new revised version of "Eyes on Fire." I'm lucky to have such a wonderful writing partner, Jon really did come up with some clever dialogue and I can't wait to work it into the story.

On another much more interesting note, I kind of have this idea for a series of detective/crime drama/mystery novels. I know, I know, everyone wants to try to write about a detective that the world falls in love with and people send you millions of fan letters begging you to write yet another adventure with this character... but this feels different to me. When I had the idea for the original story (which I'm cautiously calling "Fragments") I never thought that it could turn into a series, especially not a detective series. Of course, that was before I started having dreams almost every night featuring the main character.

Now, you could just say that I've been watching too much "Criminal Minds" and "CSI" which is very possible, but I just don't think that is the case. I've been trying to find the right niche for myself for awhile now and I'm beginning to think that this is finally it. I've been interested in learning about serial killers and mysteries since my senior year in high school and lately it seems like I've been drawn to the "crime drama" genre quite a bit. I guess it will all depend on how the first two books in the series go, but I'm very hopeful.

~Krys

P.S. By bringing up the detective series I'm not trying to say that I won't finish "Eyes on Fire." I am. That is all.

I am ALIVE!

Yeah, I know. It's been six months since the last time I updated and I'm sorry. I guess I can blame NaNoWriMo, being sick, moving, being sick and working on "Eyes on Fire" for the lag between my last post and this one. I am going to try to be better at updating now that I'm writing more often, but I guess we will see what happens.

As I said, I have been working on "Eyes on Fire" and I think it's coming along quite well. I mean, I actually have a plot now so that has to count for something. The hubby and I are also going to be working on a graphic novel version of "EoF" for Script Frenzy, so hopefully that will help me get more organized and get some good dialogue working for the story. It should be fun, we start a week from today so wish us luck.

In other news, I did finally get Chapter 8 of "Our New Life" done and posted it on Twilighted. I'm even working on Chapter 9, isn't that crazy? I'm actually on top of things for once! Hopefully getting back into fanfiction will help me start writing again and I'll be able to work on all sorts of things. I admit that "Failure" is at the top of my list if I can ever figure out how to start the next chapter.

I guess that's it for now, just a little update to let everyone know I'm still alive and I'm writing again. Hope everyone is doing well.

~Krys