Hello everyone,
I had been toying with the idea of starting an author blog for awhile. I have been quietly working on several projects. I cannot write just one thing, I have to have my feet dipped into several projects at the same time.
I started one project over the summer that was to be a YA Contemporary. I finished the first draft near Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I ended up being very unhappy with it and after reading it again in preparation for revisions, I scrapped the whole thing. I still like the concept of what I was attempting and am going to try it again, this time I want to eliminate some things and add some things to make the story more interesting.
In recent weeks I have also begun the bare bones of a YA Thriller that will have an LGBT Romance as a subplot. Super excited about this one. In fact I will be working on this one for Camp National Writers Month (or CampNaNoWriMo as it is referred to in the writing community) which begins April 1st. I am aiming for 25k words. Hoping that I can reach that and maybe even go further.
Despite me not really liking NA, I am also doing an NA Contemporary. I am anticipating problems with this one mostly because of my dislike for most NA. I've found that it seems to follow a certain formula. Boy & girl meet, insta-love and then they spend the majority of the rest of the book in bed having "amazing" and "mind-blowing" sex Sex is important but it's not the only important thing about adulthood. I am really excited about this NA as it involves family, friendship and love.
I don't have a timetable for these projects because I don't want to rush them. I am excited to see where each of these projects takes me. My ultimate goal is to finish & publish at least one of these projects by the end of the year.
