Onyx Sun is definitely not coming out until August. There’s just too much to do to flesh it out enough to match beta reader suggestions. (One additional scene is already written, but I have to figure out where to put it, and two others (one of which is a totally new ending) are half-written in my head.)
So, it’s looking like Camp NaNoWriMo (which starts in 10 days! Yikes!) is going to be a ‘finish it” month after all, leaving NaNoWriMo in November for the start of a Song and Sword sequel.
So, Camp NaNoWriMo goals are to finish Book Six of The Academy of the Accord and write a new ending and at least one more scene for Onyx Sun.
And then, if there are days and words left, I have a few dozen other projects that would love to have some words added.
Like Book Two of The Other Mages trilogy. (Someday it really will be a finished first draft instead of an on-going inside joke.)
Or writing the alternate (original) version of part of Book One of the Trilogy-That-Is-Yet-To-Be-Named.
Or a prequel to Song and Sword in which Pashevel meets Hierik. (It was supposed to be a short story…)
Hedge House is feeling a bit neglected.
And then there’s Sea Witch that I made the mistake of re-reading the other day and enjoyed and now want to go back to. (It’s a fun story!)
And Disturbed Magic has people who would like to see it finished.
And The Lost House. I really want to finish that one. I absolutely love one of the main characters. (Well, both of them, actually, but one still needs to have some sense smacked into him and grow up a bit.)
And The Sword and the Shield. It really just needs a couple more scenes written and it will be done. (Well, except for an editing issue of monumental proportions that is sitting right smack dab in the middle of the thing and is the main reason I’ve been ignoring it for four and a half years.)
And there are others – too many to mention by name, both works in progress and planned sequels (or prequels). And that doesn’t count the ever-growing pile of plot bunnies waiting for me.
So with all of these fun and wonderful projects, why haven’t I been writing?
Probably lots of reasons: feeling overwhelmed, lack of motivation, miserable summer heat…
Lots of reasons, but only one solution:
Write.
Daily.
Even if it’s just a hundred words.
In fact, when I set up my non-NaNoWriMo Month word trackers I think I’ll make that the daily goal, at least until I get back into the habit of daily novel writing.
In fact, I might even start tomorrow.
After I clean the rat cage, run errands, catch up on blog hops…
A hundred words is still doable.
But which WiP do I add them to?
I’ll let you know on Friday.