NaNoWriMo draws to a close

I signed up for National Novel Writing Month this year because I needed an incentive for jump starting the sequel to my novel The Sun Singer.  The book, to be called Sarabande, was stalled because in many ways, I was afraid to write it.

Since I never know how writing happens and stories spill out on the page, I'm always afraid to begin. This time, though, I had two more excuses. First, I was concerned about maintaining continuity with The Sun Singer, making sure the times and people didn't change from one book to another. Second, I worried about successfully writing in a third person restricted point of view for a female protagonist.

NaNoWriMo has worked better than I hoped. No, I won't reach 50,000 words. I'm more likely to reach about half of that. What I did reach, was a strong sense of my character and her lunar journey. All on-going Facebook and blog comments from people who knew I was doing this, served as series of pep talks.

Sarabande is finally underway!
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For more information about lunar journeys, see: The Heroine's Journey by Maureen Murdock
To learn more about The Sun Singer, see: Sun

--Malcolm