NaNo and Stuff

Well, it's almost that time of year again. The time when madness reigns and my fingers feel like falling off because of the time spent writing. That's right, NaNoWriMo is just around the corner. I can't believe it's already been a year.

I've finally decided on a project, a collection of short stories with the interweaving theme of love. Not just romantic love, but every kind there is. Love between friends, between strangers, between parents and their children. I'm even considering a story about obsession. It all depends on the feedback of my friends.

I've been working for the past couple of weeks on a compilation of summaries of the stories that I'm considering putting in the collection. If anyone is interested in looking this over and giving me their opinions of the story ideas, let me know and I'll send you a copy. I'm continually adding ideas, so this may go through several versions.

On another note, I've been working with a friend on getting some more of my fanfiction back up to speed. "Our New Life" has about four pages so far (a lot of it needs changed) but it looks much more promising than it did before I got some help. I've also been thinking about "Failure" and how to go about this next chapter. How Bella is going to treat Edward now that she is awake is a definite struggle, but it's coming along.

I also have an idea for a new story, which is frustrating for me because I have so many other projects that need my attention. What to do, what to do...

~Krys

NaNoWriMo

So, I've been thinking a lot about NaNo this year and early on I decided that I was just going to do a collection of short stories with an interweaving fantasy theme. Yesterday a scene came to me for a short story and the grief and heartbreak of the main character was just so real that it was impossible to think of anything else. When I discussed the idea with Jon (and Aiden of course) it became clear that I was only seeing a very small portion of this story, there is so much more to this character than the grief I saw.

Having said that, it's no longer an idea for a short story, but for a possible novel. Depending on how much character development I could get done before November, I may scrap my short story ideas and go with this. Yeah... I'm setting myself up for a lot of pain this November, but this is a story that speaks to me and I can't just let this character suffer without telling his story. I'll just have to make sure I buy a bunch of tissue boxes in preparation.

-Krys

Updates

So... I know I've been slacking off on my blog lately and I'm really sorry!! The thing is, I have been sick a lot lately and I've been going through some really terrible things with my last job (which I finally quit). The only really good news about me being unemployed is that I have a lot more time now to work on "Eyes on Fire" which I have done a lot of. I actually have goals to achieve!

Currently, I'm working on getting to know my characters better so I can know what needs to be changed and fixed in the story. I've realized that by doing this, I have discovered so many things that I have done wrong. I guess it's good to find out new things about your characters, but it's also a bit obnoxious that it keeps changing how the story works. Oh well, I know things will eventually work out.

-Krys

Update

So... I haven't updated my blog in a few weeks because I haven't done any writing. I've been sick for the past several weeks as well, so things just aren't progressing at all. I've tried to do some work on a bunch of assorted projects but being sick doesn't exactly lend to creative thoughts.

I have decided on what my NaNo project will be this year though, so I guess my time away from writing hasn't exactly been wasted. I'm going to write a collection of short stories (maybe two collections) with similar themes. A bunch of them will be children's fairytale style and another set will be more adult themed like vampires and and the like. I have ideas for about seven different short stories, so I'm confident that I will have enough material for 50k this year.

I know this update has been erratic, but I'm on several medications and battling a migraine, give me a break.

-Krys

The Disillusioned

It has taken me two years and probably a dozen or more drafts, but finally, finally I have come up with a working beginning for my pet project "The Disillusioned." If I have ever spoken to you personally about my original fiction, this is one story I'm sure you've heard from me. I generally refer to it as "the story about the kids."

A quick synopsis: A rich and power hungry old man begins to "collect" a group of people together (generally by kidnapping or whatnot). It turns out that each of these people is gifted with a special talent. This talent can range anywhere from mind reading to super strength and speed. The old man's goal is to turn them into a super army and sell them to the government with the highest bidder.

Now that I finally have the plot working the way I want it to and the beginning figured out I think I can finally begin to write it! Woot! I wish it was closer to November, but since it isn't I guess I'll just have to come up with something different for NaNo this year. Oh well, time to get writing!

-Krys

What's in a name?

For the deviant art writing group Jon and I belong to, there is a brand new theme of the week: "What's in a name?" and Jon has given me the best idea possible. I'm going to write an auto-biographical piece about my name and the struggles I have had with it. It should be fun!

I'm also working on the next chapter of "Failure," I finally have a good idea for what to do with it. Today is going to be a great writing day, I can feel it!

Writing, Writing, Writing

So, we achieved our goal of getting to 100 pages in Script Frenzy on Sunday evening. It's really nice to be able to say that we are done now and it only took us four days. The best thing about this is the fact that now we aren't completely focused on our script. I have free time to work on other things and believe me, I have.

At the end of this week I hope to have at least one chapter completely done for either "Failure" or "Our New Life." If Aiden is amenable, I may have both done and ready for editing. Of course, I also have the scene near the end of "Failure" that I'm still working on because honestly, I'm totally in love with it. It is making me want to write "Failure" quickly so I can get to that point in the story.

I also plan to do some editing on "Eyes on Fire" but I'm not too concerned about deadlines anymore. If I have to, I'll pay for a copy of my book to put on my shelf. I'm not sure yet if it's worth all the trouble I'm putting into it, but maybe my perspective isn't the best. I fought with those characters all November long and we still have a love/hate relationship going on. Though I admit, it's much more hate than love. If they ever see a bookstore it will be because my husband refuses to let me give them up.

I think that's it, but if I think of anything else that I forgot I'll update the blog again.

-Krys