Hey, Son, the Novel's Done! (Mostly)

I finished writing the novel project out by hand last night. I'm not sure if I'm 100% happy with the ending, but we'll see. My word count in Nanowrimo is bound to stay unchanged for a few days while I type the rest of my handwritten draft in (the last I checked, as soon as you've submitted 50,000 words you can't add any more, so I plan to get the rest typed in and then submit it).

The final word count for "Red" should be somewhere in the 60-65K range, and while this particular novel doesn't lend itself well to a sequel, the bizarre setting has tremendous potential, and I could definitely see myself setting another story there in the future.

This has been a very fun writing exercise, and unquestionably the most fun I've had writing in a long, long time. I'll keep making minor tweaks as I finish up the typed draft and look at doing a more serious revision in the coming weeks. (The goal here will be to make sure a revision gets done...I've historically been pretty bad about following through on that.)

As ever, thanks to Lib and the kids for putting up with me during this whole enjoyable ordeal -- as always, I couldn't have ground out tens of thousands of words without your support! =)

Novel Progress

Up to about 18,000 words...strange that my little widget hasn't updated like it's supposed to. I'm very excited about this project!

NanoWrimo, Day One -- Success!!!!

Daylight savings gave me some extra time to write this morning...and boy, did I write. I hadn't even done a word count till a short time ago.

This is a good start, since it'll be much tougher for me to update during the week.

Here's the brief novel description posted to the Nanowrimo site:

In the blasted wastelands of a doomed future, a young woman has embarked on a deadly mission. Her quest will take her through the foulest depths of a world crippled by corrupt magic and dark creatures, where mankind struggles against the undying forces that brought about the end of the world.

Her mission is simple: to end the ongoing war between human and vampire, by whatever means necessary.

This woman's name is Red, and she is being hunted.

Hunted by the vampires who are afraid she won't reach her destination.

And hunted by the humans, who are afraid she will.