I've finished, I've finished, I've finished....I think I've finished 53.789 words!!!

Hello lovely people,

I'm so excited and happy because as you've guessed it..........I've finished National Novel Writing Month 2013!!! 53.789 thousand words!!! WHOOHOO!!!

But the only thing is I finished at 4pm today, I have never cut it so fine, I almost wet my pants I can tell you.
It was such a close shave it seemed like it would never be done, but it is, so why dwell on things that could have happened?  YEAH!!!  I'm so happy now its all done, you see, the other ten novels don't have a month dead line you see.

You see the way my personal challenge works is this, November 2013 i have the dead line, and November 2014 I have the same dead line.  So, and here's my thinking, the other ten novels I can take in my stride you see.  So if it takes me a little longer to complete one novels it doesnt really matter, just so long as I complete ten novels before the next NaNoWriMo I'm laughing!!!  Whuuuhahahahaha!

So how do I feel now that NaNoWriMo is over...........bloody relieved I can tell you.  This year was so stressful, it started out good but the last two weeks or so just sent me on a panic street.  First I thought it wouldn't make the 50k, then I thought it wouldn't be completed at all, then it was the time and.  Gosh it gives one shivers just thinking about it.  I must say after reading it today I do like it, it's not a bad little adventure/fantasy story, but I still think that my best NaNo story is 'To Waltz With Shadows' from last year.  I still like reading that one even now.  Reave is so cool!  then again I did feel rather cold towards my first NaNo story, but now I really like it and cant think why I was so harsh to it.

So, a large phew is in order Me thinks before I start the next novel and as I said, there is no dead line, all i need to do finished 10 novels before November 1st 2014..........and she makes it sound so easy doesn't she?  Oh yes, write 10 novels in the same amount of months, well on the bright side, 1 down, 11 to go.

Tatty bye and have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing.

Nearly there

Hello lovies,

How are you all?

Well it's so close to the end of national Novel Writing Month and I'm a little more calm as I reached 49k last night.  I was in a state of panic this passed weekend because I didn't think the story would reach 50k. I really did believe it was over this weekend, I reached the end of the novel, yes the story was finished and it fell short of 6k words! Talk about break down.  But then I read it back and I realised something.......some parts seemed......rushed.  I thought about it for a day and realised that the story was rushed in places and it was kissing a few things too, see that is why I believe you should always edit and re read whe you've done a story. I think what happened, the parts that was rushed lead onto parts I wanted to write, some parts really excite me and I really want to write it.  Then The missing parts, well, sometimes they come to your when you read it back. 

So, tonight I should be able to finished it,fill in the gaps and un rush the rushed parts, then I will have a little rest and start the next novel in the challenge. 

Paranormally Haunted!!!

Have fun and here's a shout out to my good buddy Acxel, helloooooo!!!

Tatty bye!

🐣

Ghost Adventures or Most Haunted?

Hello my lovies,

Well Nano is nearly finished which means round two of my personal challenge is nearly here.  Now, the title may seem a little different from the rest, well you see the next novel to be written is "Paranormally Haunted." A comedy about a paranormal investigation.  Live. Millions are watching. One presenter.  Two Mediems.  A group of ghosts with a secret weapon to deal with this new wave of investigators in their home.

But that's all I will tell you, all I will say is there are two characters that are still making me crack up, they make me laugh and there are only an idea on paper!

So, the reason for this blog, I have been researching.  I really loved watching Most Haunted with Yvette Fielding and the gang, it made me laugh at times and some evidence made me question, but mostly it was entertaining.  Now, recently a new show has come on our tv, Ghost Adventures.  I have watched it a few times, but not on a regular basis, it was a case of, "oh look, a ghost show." But wow it was different, and as I search and watch more and more shows I'm so impressed.  Not only is it entertaining, thought provoking but it's funny and different.  I really like the idea of three investigators each with their own style.  Zak is very brave standing up to evil spirits, but it's kinder funny in season one when he gets scared alone.  But then again, he's braver than me, and most people I know.  Then there's Aaron, he's a tech guy, he reminds me of myself, a little nervous but goes into the thick of it.  Nick, I don't see much of him, but he seems a mixture of both, not as provoking as Zak but not as nervous as Aaron. The team was and is a very good combination, they gather some thought provoking  evidence and I can't really see anything I would call fake.  I think sometimes their reactions are a little over the top, but then again, I would say 99% of the time they do look and seem scared or alarmed! surprised excited etc.  it's nice to see a show like it! it's extreme but realalistic.

Now Most Haunted, it's a little over the top, no correction it's very over the top.  It's a medium telling a story, in Derek Acuras case remembering facts he had researched, the. Them being interrupted by Yvette screaming or going, what's the hell was that? It's very funny at times and only a couple of times I have thought, hmmmmm, that looks real.  Now I have seen them fake things so whe I saw that and when Derek was proved a fake I kinder lost interest. 

So, in my research time watching the GAC and MH I have to say the Zak, Aaron and Nick are the funnier, realistic, entertaining show. I would whole heartily recommend watching it you know.  Well, I am going to use the Most Haunted format for my comedy not only becaus I can have a ghost posses the Medium but it's just hilarious not to.  Plus, I like the GAC crew too much to take the mick out of cool guys who put themselves on the front line.  Plus they are funny enough without any comedy input, I watch AArons Vlogs and would highly recommend you do the same.

So my lovies, I hope you look forward to Paranormally Haunted AND you watch Ghost Adventure.......and Most Haunted.......just for fun or thought provoking evidence. 

Tatty bye Ghost Hunters!

So it's been a few days..........

Hello and hello again lovies,

Sorry it's been a few days but I have been away for the weekend visiting family, and I left the laptop behind.  Boooo! But it was worth it because now I'm refreshed and ready for the last push because its day 18. 

I always gets so scared the closer it gets to the 20th, I think it's the fact the days get down to single digits. By day 25 I'm a nervous wreck. Hahaha! Unless I'm finished.

Today I've decided I need to go back, I had an idea on the ferry, I really want to add it now instead of after I finished.  It's hard writing to a dead line and adding a other idea, like two steps forward one steps back. 

I had another idea for a novel from a news strory, it's rather morbid though, a man was found down a well, un identified you see, bit that gave me an idea for a story line where a high up officer has to work on the mans identity, he takes the work home and his daughter, newly plot from a boyfriend, living back at home, sees it and takes it into her own hands.  She finds out about the man, who, what etc and ends up falling for him. Bit sick really when it's written down, it will be like a physological thing, she has dreams, visions and can go mad for it maybe .  That's the idea.  Haha! It's a new type of genre for me, no fantasy involved.

Well my lunch is finished, I'm off to eat that with a hot chocolate!

Tatty bye my lovies!

The half way point

Hello lovies,

Well as you can no doubt guess I have finally reached the halfway point and I feel sooooo happy.  I think every year it has gotten easier.  I would love to have someone else doing National Novel Writing Month with me then we could compare and encourage one another.

I have been thinking today, maybe this novel wont reach 50k?  I'm close to 30k you see and its going well, but I keep getting this horrible feeling that it just wont go all the way.  But there is one blessed thing about novels, once completed you have to read them back and edit edit edit!!!  Editing can be so dull at times, you see, I'm a reader, I LOVE to read as well as write, so to have that interrupted by having to think and edit is a hassle at times.  but I do end up making it better, and as I think about it, I already have a few things I want to add.  So maybe all this doubt is all in my head?

I guess all novelists have that doubt when they are tied to some kind of target, most have the time limit thing. I read recently that main stream authors are given time limits by their publishers, to be honest it is fun to have that extra push but as I have said before, I dont believe in rushing creativity, words or other wise.  It can be very messy.

I hope this Blog is wetting your appetite not only to read my work but maybe to start a project of your own, you dont have to start big like 50k, or 12 novels in one year.  Maybe start off small, write a few things that happened to you in your week, funny things, nice things.  Or create a character, that is always fun, sometimes I have the urge to create a character and then write a story for that one character.  I did that once, I had two characters in mind, one was kind, sweet and very open hearted, full of nature, while the second was cold, mean, cruel, wanted to shun the world.  But I wanted them to connect, for one to change the other, and the other to protect the one.  It turned out to be a thriller/romance but I love it.  So there, you see, a single idea can blossom into a beautiful work of art.  Keeping a diary or journal is always helpful, or writing down your dreams.

Well, I would stay and chat more, but I have to have a break from typing, I do want to write some more before bedtime so I have to take that break.

Take care and Tatty bye

X

The Lost Firefly, 20 thousand words reached

Hello everyone, I just wanted to give you an update on novel one and national novel writing month!

Last night I reached and smashed twenty thousand words, I'm nearly at that half way point and it's only been a week.  I'm quite surprised with myself, considering I only get the chance to write 8:30 to around midnight, that's PM by the way.  I think its because I type as fast as I think, I did a lot of typing work in my early jobs, teen to early twenties was moving from job to job and most of the time it was typing.  So I have quite the knack for it.

So, at the moment Raine and Hunter are off to get blessings and.......well, I can't tell you any more or it will ruin the story.  So, I feel quite confident that this year I will be able to complete national novel writing month.  But it's that last few thousand words that always worries me, I always get to fourty thousand and start to panic, what if I don't reach the target, what if I rush the ending just to reach the target.  After all I believe the story should not be rushed or ruined just to reach a word target, but it does add a challange.  But I always tell myself, it's all about the story not the word count, although it is all about the word count in competition terms.  But I will not ruin a story for it.

So, I hope your looking forward to reading it, I have discovered that I can have another blog, so when the novel is done I will publish it on a blog for you to read, the. Start my next one of course.

Have a lovely weekend

Tatty bye.

So I had an idea....

Hello lovely people you,

I had a thought this morning, yes this one was a hum dinger of a headache.

So, I was going to look later on and see if blogger will let me have two blogs at once, and if I can I would very much like to share a novel with you, DNA.  My thriller/romance with three parts. I have been working on part one, not so much a rewrite, just editing really.  I will make part two and part three included with the challenge, 

That's it, nothing special, but I just wanted to share that with you. It's going to be a bit of a long day today, I can feel it.   tuna long day is good for writing right? After hitting that 10k word I feel so happy and energised!

I think later I will give you a snippet of Hunter's thought process, it's quite funny.

How do I feel on day three.....GREAT!!!

Hello everyone,

Its blog time again whoohoo!!!

So its day three of National Novel Writing month and i can say with a smile that it is going well.  Tonight I confirm that I will crash through a mile stone, the first 10k mark is only a few hundred words away.  thats so exciting to reach that much at such an early stage, and considering I went out last night to watch a firework display and only did around 1k words.  Well, it makes me all the more happy.

I do have a slight concern at this stage, and yes so early.  Well, I'm nearly at adult hood for Raine which is the real beginning of the adventure.  I think I have this thought every year to be honest, once the story really gets going a watch that word count like people do a clock at work.  I think its a blessing and a curse having that word count at the bottom of the screen.

The plot itself is running smoothly, I have found myself changing my writing style slightly, you see, I write fantasy which, although its mostly made up, it has a certain air of seriousness to it.  Now I wanted this story to be slightly more fun and light hearted, childlike almost.  So i read one of my favourite books, "Alice in Wonderland." Lewis Carol has a way of writing that is serious but fun and childlike all at once, so I drew inspiration from that and I think its working well.  My concerns I had with hunter have gone too now he's appeared, I've made him slightly forgetful and have that funny habit of letting his mind run away with him as he speaks......very much like me.  I'll start with one thing and end up somewhere completely different.

I also had another thought for next months novel, the ending, I'm going to change it because I was watching Ghost Adventure's....but that's all I'm going to say.  I really want Paranormally Haunted to be as funny as possible.  I'm also getting in contact with mediums and people who work in the paranormal community for their idea's, works and experiences in that world because I have a character I want to be accurate.

Well that's enough for now my lovelies, I'm off to update my word count of Nano site and hit that 10k mark before i unwind with a cup of tea, some music and bed.

Tatty bye

To the lovely people who read my blog

Well its gone 11 pm here in the UK and I have just finished some hard work on 'The Lost Firefly' and I decided, after updating my word count with Nano that I would look around this Blogger site some more.

To my delight I found I can see how many people look and read my blog and I am so happy I could cry that 45 people alone today looked and had a read.

I never thought one would look but to have 45 is amazing, so thank you to everyone who has looked and will look again.  I hope you enjoy reading my words :D

For an update, the beginning of a novel is always the hardest point i think, trying to get that opening line, that first paragraph to catch the reader into the world of the following pages.  Its not as easy as you think, i will admit i tried four different openings and i decided on one i thought to sound mysterious but catching.

Raine was just like any other girl of 17, she was bright at most things in her school life but a self-confessed loner.  Raine had never felt she fit in with any of the groups in the halls of her small town school.  She was not very athletic, she was not very smart and she thought nothing of her looks to call herself a socialite.  In fact Raine was either ignored most of the day or teased in some classes for her eye colour.  (Chances are i will change this by the end of the week.)

You see, raine had one green eye and one blue, i really like giving my character some kind of defining feature and most of the time its the eyes.  I believe eyes are doorways to the soul, that you can see everything from a persons eyes.  They are so expressive at time you know, eyes, you can see love shining back, the tears of sadness and the anger flashing behind the whites. I guess that is and always will be my thing, a lovely pair of beautiful eyes no matter what the colour, its just the eyes.

Oh enough of me going all mushy on you all, I don't want to make you sick.  :-) I think I might add a few more hundred words and then call it a night, it has been a long old day today and now my eyes are starting to feel a little sleepy.  I wish I could say I will be up all night writing, but I find novels tend to get a little messy and boring when you get tired.  And besides, i Still have 29 days left.  

Have a lovely weekend what ever you're doing and remember to keep one smiling.

Tatty Bye 

It's has begun...

Sooo, helloo my little lovies,

It's the first of November which can only mean one thing.......National Novel Writing Month!!!

Yes it is here and the madness of writing to a dead line has begun.  It will be challenging this year for so many reasons but I find writing underressure is fun.  It doesn't make the story feel rushed, my main novels take many months to write, sometimes over a year because I take so much care, attention and research to make them perfect.  Take my 'Nightshade' series for example, I haven been writing the first novel, out lines for all eight novels, while researching mythical creatures for around 12 years now.  If I had been out of work and not busy with life I think the entire series would have been finished.  But Unfortunatly my career is not writing, I wish it was.  But I'm glad I have taken so long in writing them, it's a labour of love really and I love it!

So i decided to not blog the Royal Family info, it would give away too much about the plot and characters. And we don't want that do we?  So 'The Lost Firefly' will be first the. My dark comedy about a team of Paranormal Investigators of get more than they baggined for.  I'm not going to tell you anymore than that.  You will have to wait!

So I shall keep you updated with the challenge, novel number one will be started today! 

Tatty bye!!!