A touch of glamour

I don't know what it is this year but I'm not sure I'll be able to finish over 50k with the August Camp Nano either. With June, I got to 44k. That was because of when I got home, being hot, even with the AC on and just trying to find a comfortable place to work and the muse going "Eh, I don't wanna today."

I might finish at the same spot with August, or maybe around 30k. I've been managing at least 750 words or there about. Bah. I need to find someone who is doing it as well and have sprints. I found last year that sprints helped me out a lot because then I could focus. I'm trying to keep writing, no matter what.

I've joined a com called <a href="http://writerverse.livejournal.com/>Writerverse</a> that has challenges that you can earn points for your team. I'm on Team Prose. The end of Phase 3 is coming up and Phase 4 starts on September 1st. It has gotten big enough that now there is a third team set up. It's fun and the prompts are interesting. I'm also working on getting back into flash fiction again through the week. I have to work on re-reading my one story as well as finish my Cthulhu Steampunk and get it to the writing group I'm in. I had gotten wind of another one and have been mulling it over. It meets once a month and there is a ten dollar fee to help with the meeting spot, which isn't bad. And it is only fifteen minutes away.. This Saturday is another CATRA show, so this should be interesting on how I do. ON top of that, I need to leave there a little after three and go to the one bookstore because the book group I'm in is having five people come in who do Steampunk. If you've ever seen the episode of Castle that focused on Steampunk and had seen the arm that he wore, that was made by a guy local to my area. He's going to be there. He said he has been offered so much money at cons for that piece but he doesn't want to sell it.

Well, I've working away on my novel and while I had been further behind, thanks to some word sprints, it's not as bad. There were times when I'd be lucky to get 750 because it had been so humid and hot and the last thing I wanted to do was sit down. But I am powering through.



This was as of last night and the goal last night was 21200 or something like that. It wouldn't be the first time I was behind and it isn't the biggest amount I have been behind. It was...two years ago that I was behind by ten thousand and I made it up in an eight hour session. My butt didn't like me but I had made it.

I'm thinking of posting some bits and pieces and if you aren't already on my writing filter, I can add you to it as I'll be posting to that.

I had Vulgar Toshiya draw pictures of three of my characters from my Camp NaNo novel.

I need to find a questionaire and put that up for them.


Eiji, Captain of the Scarlet Cherry Blossom


Maru, Engineer of the Scarlet Cherry Blossom


Genji, Gentleman Adventurer and contractor

Names might change especially since I have one other character with the -ji ending.

Go me and Japanese names. *headthunk*

17022 / 50000 words. 34% done!

I'm still 7k behind but I'm slowly cutting into that amount. It helps that I actually am using my twitter account to get in on some word sprints. With that I've managed a 2500 day and a 2800 day last night. (I really wanted to break 17k and it had only been 300 words away. Simple right?)

I might be able to make it. So far the story is still going. Of course, they only now just got to the artifact that the military is looking for. And I think it's Chapter 8. Or 9. :D Not supposed to be perfect the first go.

And I actually came up with two other ideas for possible NaNo although the one might be more of a short story. I had gone to Midtown Scholar because there was a book signing for Jon Sprunk and Danielle Ackley-McPhail.

Jon's English covers for his series are really cool looking and Danielle is a fun person. She was talking about how she wanted to do a workshop, which I'd be interested in going to. So, have to keep an eye on when that will come up.

7184 / 50000 words. 14% done!

Still behind. According to the site, today is the 15k mark or a little less. I will have to actually type 2k words a day to make it to the end. It's doable. Just need to settle myself in and do it. I didn't do to badly. Came up a little short of the daily word count but then I had called my mom to wish her a happy birthday and was on the phone for 1/2 hour.

I'm having some problems finding japanese model websites. Let's just say that when I searched for females, some of the images were...not what was going to fit unless the story was so very NC-17. *cough* But I found a female one I liked. of course, it's a picture of a volleyball player but the look works.

I'll have to look up surnames at home. I've been using first names right now.

And the picture I'm using for one character is actually Korean but I like the look. Jang Dong-gun from The Warrior's Way. Or would it be Dong-gun Jang?

I have to seriously get off my ass and at least work on some things for Camp NaNo for August since it starts, I don't know, next Monday?

I know what I want to do but not sure how well the plot is going to move. Ugh. Need to find someone to word war or if the one writing comm on LJ is going to do writing sprints again or if they are taking a break for the summer on that. Or I need to find one of the other NaNo peeps who has AIM and do it that way. I write better if I know I'm up against someone in a timed event. Maybe that will help me do my outline (loose one at that).

Edit: Dear LJ - stop being so waffly. I sometimes can read things and sometimes it times out. WTB Fix please.

Edit the second: Oh boy, DDoS attack. Again.