My life has been crazy. Who has not had lots of wild and crazy right now?

The loss of my stepdad (he was in hospice for the end of nano) has been very hard. And still feels surreal. I know it will only keep flooding back in and reminding all of us over and over again.

On a side note, I don’t like being crazy emotional. I hate crying.  So, I won’t go into the dramas of the other things that have been bothering me. Life. So, for writing life… (which is actually the least crazy part of my life now) …

For writing, Camp Nano was intense this year. I had 15k words into my rewritten draft two but needed this draft to be more like 65k. So I decided to shoot for the 50k more during Camp Nano.

So, now I am going to order “designer” books- a formatted fake cover and print-out sample book from Barnes and Noble Press for an editing copy, which is actually neat. 

I’m not anywhere near sending it out…It may not be ‘fixable’. But it is improving, from draft one. And I’m trying to learn the process and have fun 🙂
I also have been reading stuff about Story Grid, listening to their podcast too. It’s really analytical and a little psychological- I love it! I’m trying to see how the process will work for my book. I’ll have to update on that.

For now, I am going to try and focus on writing for fun, if time, wait for my printed draft two to arrive, read books I love if I can- and just focus on self-care. Please also keep my mom and family in your prayers during this time. Much love!

Until next time