Upon the Wings of Greater Things
The creative endeavours of Starla Huchton
Wow.
So, okay, I didn’t really see this coming but…
I finished another book. Again, it wasn’t the project I’d intended. In fact, it wasn’t even on my radar.
Book 2 in the Endure series is now complete.
That’s right. Book 2. I’ve finally finished a sequel to something. [Read more…]
So, remember about two weeks ago when I said my goal was to finish three first drafts of novels this year?
Well, I’ve finished one.
It wasn’t the story I was planning on finishing first, but it’s one that’s been with me since I was in high school. I began writing this novel last year about this time, cranked out 68,000+ words, and set it aside as Master of Machines took hold of me and threw me back into the world of Antigone’s Wrath. When reviewing all the projects I started last year, this one called to me once again and I dove in and finished it up in about a week after my last blog post.
Lately I’ve been having a lot of conversations about what I’ll be doing in the next year. In doing so, it’s caused me to wonder if I’m not a little overambitious for everything I’ve got on my list of what’s getting done. I have multiple projects on three different creative fronts, another move, and all the other life things that go hand in hand with being a military spouse.
So many exciting things are coming this year, so I’ve decided to write up a little post telling you all a bit about them.
I swear I meant to do this post weeks ago. December has really gotten away from me!
NaNoWriMo was a HUGE success for me this year. November resulted in a higher word count than I’ve ever had in such a short period of time. I’m still pretty astounded at my numbers, to be honest. [Read more…]
I’m a few days late on this, but I’ve been playing catch up on NaNoWriMo.
November 15 was the half way mark. I was sitting at just over 20,000 of 50,000 words that day and had to get moving. Thanks to some word sprints and encouraging words from my friends and fellow writers, I pushed through some of the detailed world-building stuff I was working on and knocked out over 10,000 words in about 48 hours. As of this moment I’m sitting at almost 31,000 words. \o/
READY, SET, WRITE!
We are a GO for NaNoWriMo 2012!
I admit it: we skipped over a lot of the workbook. They kinda got bored of it and I didn’t want to burn them out on that to the detriment of their November stories. I haven’t given up on it completely, but we’re setting it aside in favor of actual story crafting for now.
I’ve been remiss in posting, so I’m playing a little catch up today. Today’s post will be about the villains the Minions have created for their November novels. We’ve started working on the actual plot sections, but I’m leaving that post for another day.
It’s late.
I should crawl up to bed and sleep because tomorrow I have stuff to do.
But I can’t. My mind is busy thinking about things I haven’t wasted time on in years.
Tonight there was a screening of the documentary BULLY, and I finally took the plunge. I knew it would stir some powerful emotions inside me. I went in prepared for this… as much as I could have, anyway. [Read more…]
Not a great deal to report today, but some things of interest.
Summary of Pages:
Another day, another evening of pre-NaNo prep work with Minions v1.0 and v2.0.
In looking over the workbook pages to come, I saw what the next “assignment” was and instantly cringed. It was going to be too much like homework. While this is fine when you’re working in a school setting, which is what they are designed for, it’s not really ideal for a parent guiding their children through novelling. Since this is a first time through for us as a family, I’m keeping plans loose. It’s a learning process for sure. I don’t want this to be “work” for my girls, in the way that school is, so I’m doing my best to stress that this is fun.