Hey! How are you today? I hope you're all having an awesome and safe festive season.
We're now in the middle of that liminal time between Christmas and New Year's, which always feels a little strange. Something about this particular time of the year seems... unreal. But unlike every other year, when I usually wander around aimlessly, I'm actually still writing a story.
So, this week was pretty cool. My husband worked two days, had two days off, went to work on Friday, and now the weekend is here again. Yay!! 😁
As a result of the above, I didn't actually write every day this week but I did make some great progress on my WIP.
Here's how it went:
- Monday: 26,359 (+5050w)
- Tuesday: 31,555 (+5196w)
- Friday: 36,856 (+5,301w)
Not bad, I reckon! I honestly didn't plan to spend the rest of the year writing a novel first draft, but here we are.
As I've already mentioned, this character is just SO loud and pushy that I have no choice but to keep writing. Keep telling the story, from the other side. And the coolest thing is that while so much of this intersects with
the book I wrote last month, plus a lot of what's happening has been inside my head for ages, new things keep popping up!
I'm having such a GREAT TIME writing this story, and after not writing anything new for MONTHS because of excessive editing and shit that was out of my control, it feels so freaking good to get totally lost in a world that's serving up many enjoyable hours of entertainment.
You know how they say you should write the stories you want to read? Well, these two WIPs are exactly that. They're fun, cathartic and downright exciting. Plus both feature vampires, which I absolutely love. 🦇
I'm going to keep writing until I reach the end of this one, which I predict will be sometime in January. And that's fine. This year has served a lot of changes, and that includes a shift in my attitude to not be so rigid with self-imposed plans and goals.
Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
I didn't get a chance to read anything this week, but that's cool because I spent most of my time either writing or taking notes. And creating individual graphics for the short stories in my upcoming short story collection,
MELANCHOLY DELUSIONS.
BTW, did I mention that I read the first review for my collection on IG the other day? Well, I did.
Here it is! I want to thank
jen_reads_horror for taking the time to read it and share her thoughts, too. 😍
Okay. That's about it. I'm going to enjoy the next few days with my husband and take a short mental break before going back to my WIP.
Have an awesome weekend!!