I Should Be Folding Laundry

For those of you who don't know, I wrote this novel when I was a Sophomore in high school. Its called Silhouettes and its one of my greatest accomplishments. I wrote it because my English teacher at the time challenged us to take part in National Novel Writing Month, which means you write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.  I wrote 13,000 words in the first three weeks. Then I sluffed off for four days. The last three days of November consisted of me eating, drinking, sleeping and living at my computer. I managed to write 37,047 words in three days, about the equivalent of 60 or so pages, single spaced, 12 point font. I can't believe I managed to do it, but I succeeded in completing my book with a little less than a half hour left. But anyway, I wasn't very happy with how it started or how it ended. So I made a big decision. I'm going to rewrite my very first novel. The website I published it through has a feature on it where you can send your wor...

I did this once when I was a Sophomore in high school and I've decided to do it again. I'm taking on the challenge of National Novel Writing Month yet again! Its a national challenge (obviously) where you have from the 1st to the 30th of November to write a novel that is at least 50,000 words long. I know that seems like a daunting task but I've calculated that if you write just two pages, 12 point font, single spaced per day, then you're right on track. My novel from my 10th grade year, Silhouettes, is on my bookshelf :) Essentially I'm doing this to keep my mind busy during the home stretch of my pregnancy. I have a tendency to think too much about the intimidating task of becoming a mother at 19 and a half. This is the perfect way to keep my mind busy for not only November but October too since I'm creating a plot from the ground up with less than a month left. It won't be easy but it will be worth it. (Kind of like my pregnancy!) All I'm going to...