The Great Nano-Something…

I haven’t done Nanowrimo for a long time. And I do believe that the last time I tried, my then- girlfriend dumped me half way though – by email, and totally threw me off my stride.

 But that was a long time ago. Since then, I’ve learned the great art of sitting my arse in the chair and working, getting those words on the page, and going at it until the book is done, then turning around and starting another. While I haven’t written or published near the amount I wanted to last year and this one, due to something odd called life interrupting me, I am happily getting back into the writing habit. I’ve just finished Painted Earth – the fourth Reality Dawn book, and that will be out as soon as I find the right cover art. I’ve a small bunch of short stories finished as well, for a gasp – wait for it – lesbian historical erotica collection I’ve been amusing myself writing. Yes, I have more eclectic tastes than you know about.

 But what I’m really looking forward to, is diving deep into writing my next Kate Hansen novel – Eidolon. Or at least, that’s what I’m calling it so far (and the photograph with this post is the one I’m thinking of using for the cover). It’s, very basically speaking, an alien invasion novel (rubbing my hands in glee), with a larger group of main characters than I’ve written in any other book. A far cry from Remnant, of course, which for most of the book only had one, very lonely character. Eidolon’s going to be a little more epic than that, for sure. I’ve put the completed word count at 70 000 for the meter in the sidebar there, but I expect it will actually be longer. It feels like it will be a longer book, though at this stage, I’ve the characters, the premise…and that’s it. I’ve no idea of anything after the big ‘what-if’, or how the story will be resolved – nothing. But that’s okay. It’ll come as I write it.

 Which brings me to the point of this so-far long-winded post. Because it’s nanowrimo month next month, and because I’m keen on providing extra motivation for myself, I thought I’d blog the process of writing Eidolon, with daily – or thereabout – updates and word counts. I want to kick my productivity up a notch, and accountability, even if I’m just talking to myself on this blog, well – it helps.

 So, if you’re writing something, doing Nanowrimo, thinking about walking the dog, or just want to listen to me blather on about how my writing day has been, then do stop by. I’ll be here, either way.

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