One of the reasons I got so backed up was that I felt like I had to post about Thanksgiving before I did anything else....welllllllll, I knew that post would have to include pictures and an actual description of what we did. That would take awhile. So, I pushed that post and so never posted anything. Now, I have 4 days till the end of 2012, and I haven't written anything since...maybe the 2nd of November? Yeah, like I said, embarrassing.
I shall do a very brief update of November and do December later.
First? What else? Thanksgiving! Haha!
With only four people in the house, we all agreed it made no sense to cook an enormous meal. So, we took the easy out and headed to Cracker Barrel for a full Thanksgiving spread. My personal plate is pictured below, with green beans as the chosen vegetable, and the root beer in the top right corner. It was quite tasty after watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, especially. :)
Now onto Nano.
I have completed my tenth book, Mind Runners. I finished the novel on the 30th at 11:30 pm, so only 30 minutes from the deadline. Yes, it was a close call. I basically bolted myself into my room and into my chair and typed as fast as I could. It was a whirlwind but was exhilarating. The novel turned out to be over 52,000 words which was super exciting. My highest count yet!
It was quite an experience this year, and very different from past years. Not only was it my first time on the adult site, but I had the minimum goal of 50,000 which (though it was only 5,000 more than what I hit last year) seemed ridiculously daunting.
There were also many other things I went through this November in regards to Mind Runners. I went through a dark plot with the most depraved and hopeless characters I've ever written. I had the most complicated plot and a refurbished style of writing, actually beginning to accomplish the common saying to writers "show don't tell" in regards to descriptions. I also managed to thread a color motif into the plot which made me giggle because it was such a "nerdy-writer" thing. Haha! And then there was the internal war of "making a good story" vs following what I believe and why I started writing in the beginning. It was a difficult struggle and I nearly didn't finish the novel because of it. However, the Lord was gracious and allowed me to follow my convictions while also feeding me another plot so I could finish the story.
And, though I thought even if I finished the novel I would lock it in a drawer and allow no one to read it, I'm actually very proud of the book. One, because of all the a fore mentioned writing improvements, and two, because the ending is actually pretty cool (to me, at least), and makes a dark, dismal book worthwhile to read. Again, at least to me. Haha!
