Entire Worlds in My Mind #IWSG

IWSG was created by Alex J. Cavanaugh. November's co-hosts are Joylene Nowell Butler, Jen Chandler, Mary Aalgaar, Lisa Buie Collard, Tamara Narayan, Tyrean Martinson, and Christine Rains. For a list of other IWSG posts, click here.

November's question: What is your favorite aspect of being a writer?
This is a hard question. I would find it easier to list my least favorite aspect of being a writer, but then again, that aspect usually falls in the published writer area. *coughs*Marketing*coughs*
I think my favorite aspect of being a writer is creating something out of nothing. I have entire worlds in my mind, and I'm lucky enough to be able to share some of them with others by writing the characters' stories down.
Last month, I was considering joining NaNoWriMo. Unfortunately, I came down with an upper respiratory infection, which slowed my brain down and continues to linger on (week and a half and counting). Even though I still wrote a bit every day, some of my word counts were lower than I needed to finish A Soul to Reap by October 31 and have my outline for A Soul to Keep ready for November 1.
That said, I am on the last chapter of A Soul to Reap and will go through it to fix some minor plot things I thought up while writing. Major stuff will have to wait until after my critique partner reads it. Although I usually wait to send a new work to anyone until after my self-edit, I know she's looking forward to finding out what comes next after reading the prequel A Soul to Kill.
Beyond writing A Soul to Reap, I didn't get much done in October. So my November goals include:- Finishing A Soul to Reap and fixing minor plot issues in it and sending it to my CP.- Outlining the rest of the Soul Reaper series (Books 2-5). This will be my two 30-minute writing sessions a day as it's still creative writing.- If I finish the outlines, I will start writing A Soul to Keep (Soul Reaper #2).- Continue notes/read-through of The Fate Challenges series.- Continue helping my CP with her novella series.
Since I'm taking a week off at Thanksgiving, I'm hoping to get a few of these goals accomplished.
What are your goals for November?
2016 Stats: 302,816 words written and 1,907 pages edited
BOOK READCloak of Snow by Christine Rains
BOOK REVIEWCloak of Snow by Christine RainsWhat Saskia Dorn, a polar bear shifter, discovers in the tundra of Alaska might be more than she bargained for in Christine Rains' Cloak of Snow. The third Totem book raises the stakes. Saskia is a determined and head-strong woman, and her relationship with Sedge is explosive as the two buttheads at every turn. Yet together they will have to destroy the Jinxioc, which are not your average garden gnomes, but fierce little people with sharp teeth and a vicious appetite. As soon as a boy was taken on Saskia's watch, I knew she wouldn't abandon the people of Kuci. The emotional turmoil Rains creates in this novella is just as strong as the physical action. And the ending, my heart hurts for Saskia. Cloak of Snow by Christine Rains continues the Dorn sisters' plight to find the totem tokens, and I'm looking forward to see what will come next for them.
#SPECFIC BOOKS RELEASING IN NOVEMBERLodestar by Shannon MessengerFlashfall by Jenny MoyerThe Burning Isle by Will PanzoAfter Atlas by Emma NewmanHighway Thirteen to Manhattan by Kourtney HeintzCloaked in Christmas by T.F. WalshCloak of Snow by Christine RainsHeartless by Marissa MeyerTimeless by Crystal CollierRaven by Rachel MorganThe Jekyll Revelation by Robert MaselloInfinity by Jus AccardoArena by Holly JenningsHuntress Found by A.A. ChamberlynnForever Charmed by Dawn ChartierFlying Through Fire by Nina CroftCatalyst by Kristin SmithSaving Hamlet by Molly BoothOnce Upon a Happy Ending by Various AuthorsFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. RowlingArcanum Unbounded by Brandon SandersonUnreal Encounters by Milo James Fowler