Weekly Progress Report: Post-NaNo Edition

Well, I completed and won NaNoWriMo 2011 by the skin of my teeth. I worked into the eleventh hour to reach the 50K-word mark. I have touched my toes into the waters of YA romance with my NaNo novel, Haunted. I likely have another 15,000 words left in order to complete it.

Since November 30^th, when I managed to crank out 4,480 words in one day, I have written very little. My intentions are good, but life has other plans: doctors’ appointments, vehicular glitches (I won’t recount my destruction of a brand new tire and rim here), kids’ school and after-school activities, job, and the holidays. Plus a missing cat who so wanted to be a part of our household, but who I think was eaten by a wild animal in our subdivision.

I heard back from the publisher who read my memoir. She suggested I completely rewrite the whole book (open up a brand new Word document and start again sort of thing) by flipping my secondary story line with my first. She said if I successfully pull that off, I will not need her anymore, but will want an agent instead. Ever the plotter, I plan to pull out my index cards at the first of the year and plot away. But I’d be lying if I said the task is not a daunting one. I will need tons of support along the way.

With all the craziness that life has dropped in my lap right now, I have been THE WORST blog buddy ever. Visiting all my blogger friends is high on my to-do list. I miss you all and promise to get back into reading your blogs on a regular basis again—little by little.

Here are the other writers with progress reports. Be sure to check them out. They are all wonderful!

http://www.writersally.blogspot.com/
http://jc-martin.com/fighterwriter/
http://waibelworld.blogspot.com
http://susanfieldswriter.blogspot.com
http://skmayhew.blogspot.com/p/tuesday-wip-status.html
http://margoberendsen.blogspot.com
http://www.sherryauger.blogspot.com
http://www.susanoloier.blogspot.com
http://carrieannebrownian.wordpress.com/
http://lynneawest.blogspot.com