Writiiiing!

Since I have to get up really early in the morning to test run the bus schedule (to see if I can get to my really early math class on time), I'm posting this blog a little bit early so that it's not forgotten.  :)

The first real thing that I have to say, is... that first story?  The superhero story?  I had to put it aside.  It's not trunked.  I haven't thrown it away never to pick it up again, but I've been working on it since about this time last year, haven't really let myself think much about another story, and like any soup that's been put on a stove to cook for too long, it's become a little burnt.

I've still got a clear idea of where I want it to go, but lately it's been seeming like some giant, unclimbable mountain, and I've also been trying to avoid writing on it even when I've gotten to scenes that I'd previously looked toward with relish. 

So I put it back in the fridge to chill.  And I'm going to allow myself to fully delve into another project.  With werewolves, and magic and storms, odd stores, and of course I'm going to add a little romance.  I'm not going to write a story without romance.  Nope!

Nanowrimo's only two months away.  Last year I started prepping for it about three months before it started.  I got through it *whoo!* and I'm wearing a WINNER! shirt right now!  I've also got that desk I was hoping for (pictures will come soon) and I'm taking a creative writing class this fall as part of my major.  I'm wondering if maybe she'll encourage us all to participate or if she'll even need to, since there's a large contingent of Wrimos in this part of Utah.

I'm excited.  Several of these ideas have been jumbling all incomplete in my mind for years now.  It was going through Erin Morgenstern's website and blog that got me inspired.  While I was reading the raving reviews it got me remembering all the vivid and beautiful scenery the words inspired in my imagination and I wanted to create something that had that flavor.

So I'm going to write a book about werewolves and magic, and throw everything that I love in a tale in it under the sun.  That includes trains.  Circuses may not make the cut, but those are pretty awesome too.

If it doesn't work, that's okay.  It's Nanowrimo.  But I'm going to make my characters walk through hell and have them see many wondrous and terrible things along the way.  What are your plans?  Are you doing Nanowrimo?  Do you have any questions about it?