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NaNoWriMo: Week One

 

Well, the first week of NaNoWriMo is over (for me) and I'm really happy with my progress.

This year, the very first day of November was a Monday, so that was a great way to start things off. Because by the time Friday (today) rocked around, I'd already squeezed in five days worth of writing. Yay! 😄

Anyway, here's the word count:

Monday: 4,416Tuesday: 10,105 (added 5689w)Wednesday: 14,301 (added 4196w)Thursday: 20,788 (added 6487w)Friday: 25,277 (added 4489w)   
This is definitely an awesome place t...

NaNoWriNo: Week One

 

Well, the first week of NaNoWriMo is over (for me) and I'm really happy with my progress.

This year, the very first day of November was a Monday, so that was a great way to start things off. Because by the time Friday (today) rocked around, I'd already squeezed in five days worth of writing. Yay! 😄

Anyway, here's the word count:

Monday: 4,416Tuesday: 10,105 (added 5689w)Wednesday: 14,301 (added 4196w)Thursday: 20,788 (added 6487w)Friday: 25,277 (added 4489w)   
This is definitely an awesome place t...

NaNoWriMo is almost here...

 

Since I signed up the other day, I thought I'd write my annual National Novel Writing Month blog post. 😅
I've been taking part in NaNoWriMo for a long time. My first time was way back in 2006. 😯 This is something I make room for every year because I enjoy it so much. 
Actually, this year I made sure to leave November clear of any revision projects so I can write a new first draft.
Anyway, here's my history:2006: UF (Angie)2007: SFR (Shade of Grey)2008: SFR (Shade of Blue)2009: Horror (Sinful)2010:...

I signed up!

 

Hey! 😃
It's that time of the year again... and you know what that means, right? I finally signed up for NaNoWriMo 2021 . Yay!!
I planned to take part months ago, because it will be a nice break from all the revision I've been doing this year. But I realised yesterday that I hadn't actually set anything up on the website. 😅
This year, I had four possible ideas to choose from but it didn't take long to narrow it down. This WIP is actually two ideas blended into one. 
Here's the description I posted on...

THE TURNOUT by Megan Abbott

 

With their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Growing up, they were trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic accident nearly a dozen years ago, the sisters began running the school together, along with Charlie, Dara's husband and once their mother's prized student. The three have perfected a dance that keeps the studio thriving.
But when a suspicious...

CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN by Richard Chizmar

 

In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman-and he's playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trappe...

CERTAIN DARK THINGS by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

 

Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood-drinkers, is smart and beautiful - and very dangerous. Domingo is mesmerised.
Atl needs to escape the city quickly, to get far away from the rival narco-vampire clan relentlessly pursuing her. Her plan doesn't include Domingo, but little by little, she ...

IN DARKNESS DELIGHT: Fear the Future, edited by Andrew Lennon & Evans Light

Tomorrow is coming whether you're ready or not . . . Twenty-two strikingly original tales of terror from Bram Stoker Award®-winners, bestselling authors, genre stalwarts and rising stars.
Be warned: these are not science fiction stories with a dash of dread. These are visions of the horrifying futures that may await us all.
Humankind’s greatest fear is and will always be the unknown, dreading whatever gruesome horrors tomorrow may bring. The pain of the past is nothing when the worst is yet to com...

WALL OF DOLLS is now available!

My first YA horror novel is now available from Otranto House.   For generations, the women of the Lucas family have lived in the small town of Whenall, Massachusetts, at Raven House. They make dolls that they call wardens to protect the townsfolk, a long tradition that some might think holds no power, but a tradition that Whenall enjoys all the same.
​Quin is proud of her heritage, her cousin Beth, however, isn't interested in her position as the future family matriarch. The girls spend their ti...

CRUEL FATE by Kelley Armstrong

 

Cruel Fate by Kelley Armstrong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I LOVED the Cainsville series and after really enjoying the first sequel novella, I was looking forward to checking this out.

Six months have passed since the last time we caught up with Olivia, Gabriel and Ricky. And now, her father is finally out of prison. But in Cainsville, there's always someone watching and waiting...

As soon as I started this novella, I knew I wasn't going to stop until I got to the end. And that's exactly what happened....