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Don’t you just love my Joss Whedon references? Word Count Goal: 35,007 Achievement: 39,016 Soundtrack: The Phantom of the Opera original West End recording and some mixed writing music from a previous playlist. Today’s scene extended Tina’s conversation with the female vampire, who I’ve named with the place holder Jane. I didn’t know how itContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 21: Conversations With Dead People”

Word Count Goal: 33,340 Achievement: 37,254 (2,527) Soundtrack: Playlist of Epica, Within Temptation and Nightwish with a sprinkling of Hayley Westenra. I am learning to embrace descriptions. Descriptions of what people are wearing (however brief), of how they look, of the locations involved. Tina’s finally made it to the blood magic party and because it’s a brand newContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 20: Tina Faces Her Destiny”

Word Count Goal: 31,673 Achievement: 34,727 Soundtrack: Nada Sometimes I wonder where my word count goes. 1667 per day doesn’t seem enough when I’m really getting in to something. But it’s a good place to stop because I have other things I need to do, like finish a galley and start critiquing a manuscript forContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 19: When Heroines Fight Back Against The Hot Asshole”

Word Count Goal: 30,006 Achievement: 33,026 Soundtrack: Assassin’s Creed Revelations Soundtrack. I’ve done it again. A little bit of violence, and hoping that Tina doesn’t come off as a victim. It’s one of the things I’m most desperate to avoid in all of my writing: my women are never victims, even when violence is perpetratedContinue reading “NaNoWriMo: Day 18: Another Violent Scene”

Word Count Goal: 28,339 Achievement: 31,049 (2710) Soundtrack: Nothing. Today was another one of those wrap-up-the-scene days. So there’s not much to talk about except that I’m weaving more stuff about Lachlan messing with Tina’s mind while she’s on the coolest date I could think of. Tina’s beginning to question it: in fact, she directly confronted himContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 17: Upping the Stakes”