This week has gone by in a flurry. I took a healthy amount of time off to spend with my partner, it was our ninth anniversary, and we had a fabulous day out going to a hip restaurant and then out for drinks at a local dive bar by the Haight. I was swept up in fun and fell behind in my writing, but I wouldn’t trade our good times for anything.
My novel is over 25k words, but I’ve a solid grasp of where the story’s going and how things will unfold. I find reading for long periods of time refreshing to clear my head.
I finished No Nature by Gary Snyder this week, and I’m almost done with Book #1 of The Scholomance. I’m not in love with The Scholomance. It’s a painful read, and I’ve almost stopped a few times because of the boring inner monologue of the main character.
She’s not relatable, not bright, and unpleasant, but I like the world-building, and the monsters who snatch up and eat students are fascinating and disturbing; definitely good inspiration for how I can craft my own to scare readers, hopefully.
My plans for week four? I need to write about 15k words and build up to the story’s climax; I’m thinking of a fight or death. How’s your NaNoWriMo going? Are you looking for a writing partner? HMU on nanowrimo.org; my username is alinahappyhansen ?