My Stories

My Stories

  3/16/2019 03:35:00 pm    Star

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So everyone talks about their WIP (work in progress) like it's possible to write only one thing at a time. Those people are something else.
Me, on the other hand, am writing FOUR different things right now. Two of which run alongside each other. Not the two you probably would assume. I actually have a fifth story that may or may not merge with one of the existing series (it's in the same universe, but located elsewhere) so there's that too. PLUS, I write short stories for contests. Busy busy crazy lady.

Another problem is, I've got a sixth idea floating around in my head, all thanks to a scentsy bar mixing experiment. It's... strange how my brain works. It'd be about a carnival, but I'm saying no more. Or else I might start writing it in earnest. Ahhh.

I've got two Sailor Moon inspired stories (one that is based on a dystopian edition of our world (Eternal Platinum), one that's just used to having random monster attacks occurring (Gloriously Damaged)), one about a really confused android (I am Early), one about what can happen if the right and wrong people are able to remember certain past lives and the ambitions behind them (this one doesn't have an official title yet, but I've been calling it "And Again"... Meh), as well as a story that's based off of Battle Royale, but takes place on the moon, it goes alongside the Sailor Moon story that's based on our reality in a really lousy future. No title for that one yet.

And now I have that carnival idea. Which I want to work on, and it already has characters forming in my head, and a plot, and ugh. Am I insane? I mean, probably. But how crazy is it to work on six stories simultaneously? Especially when you'll be updating at least two of them as serial novels online??

I feel sorry for whoever I wind up getting as an agent or publisher or whatever. Either they'll love that I have a million ideas, or beg me to slow down. The problem is, this is how my brain works. It's always going in a million directions, and USUALLY I can't follow everything. But no one can stop me from writing. Muah hahaha.

Ahem.

Good luck, to me!

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Channillo!

Channillo!

  3/11/2019 12:00:00 am    Star

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I used to write on Channillo like, just about three years ago. Then I got overwhelmed by life, pain, and everything. So I dropped off the face of the writing world.

I've been having run on RoyalRoad, the people there are a good time, but I think it's time for me to take my show on the road. Ha. Pun. Ish.

Having an audience on there is cool, but oh boy, working for tips that don't materialize is kind of disheartening. Writing on a platform that guarantees that I get paid for views would be really really nice. Plus, as I recall, the community for it was really nice as well.

If I was still doing Fan Fiction (YES, I used to, oh my) then I'd be less sad about making $0, but this is all my personal work, my world building, my character creation, everything. Plus, I was a teenager back when I did that sort of writing. Maybe I'm being selfish, maybe the views and everything like that should be enough, but views and exposure don't help pay the bills, buy dinner, or entertain my kid so I can actually write. C'est la vie. Capitalism, what can ya do.

Wish me luck that they accept my application, and I can get back to it.

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Typing and typing some more!

Typing and typing some more!

  3/09/2019 03:14:00 pm    Star

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I've been sick all week, and continue to be so, but today was just one of those days where I wanted to write. All my main stories (see the stuff on the sidebar here) weren't looking too amazing for my foggy brain, so I checked for any short story contests with fun prompts.

Came across one with a prompt about a princess fighting a dragon who is hunting her, aaaaand wound up starting a story that's basically a Monster Hunter fan fiction. I loooove the game, and my character is basically a golden and pink princess anyway, so it made sense to do a self insert there. Says me.

Hoping I get over this rotten cold, so I can get back to writing all my other stuff, but hey, this contest has a $50 prize, and I'm not going to turn that down either!

Hooray for writing! Even while half comatose!

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Camp NaNoWriMo

Camp NaNoWriMo

  3/04/2019 07:49:00 am    Star

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I've done almost every NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo for as long as my memory will serve me (which isn't very well anymore, but whatever) but this year I was thinking of not bothering. I mean, I'm working on four different projects, how would I even track that according to their standards?
I love the mood and atmosphere though, and the word sprints on Twitter give me life.

I'm going for it. It'll take some math and creativity to do the word count verification, but eh, not like I have much else planned for next month.

Maybe I'll be able to get my total word count over 100k! Now wouldn't that be a nice goal, hmmm. Let's see how I do this month, and what that'll make my word count goal be in the end. Right now that'd be just under 80,000! Maybe not!

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Whoops, another novel.

Whoops, another novel.

  2/18/2019 07:16:00 pm    Star

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Somehow I found myself joining a novel writing contest on a site I JUST JOINED on Saturday (today is Monday, for reference) to see who could write the most popular story by the end of March.
I'm out of my mind.

This is actually an old story, that I never wrote anywhere, just hashed out with my husband, out loud. I'm adding a few things to it, since it was more a character profile, than a fleshed out story. Gloriously Damaged, is the name. It's about a regular girl, and an android girl who is going to be trying to kill her. It's a Magical Girls story, like Eternal Platinum, only with the point of view of one of the baddies as well.

I'll post a link to it when I get it posted, for anyone who accidentally comes across my blog. Hi. Whoever you are!

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