NaNo and News
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write_my_dreamsI realized I never posted a journal entry saying that I was doing NaNoWriMo this year. Last year I'd tried my Mejibray ghost series, Paranormal Case Files, but I had too much shit going on last year so I didn't reach the 50,000 word goal. This year I'm working on To Love a Vampire. It's been a tough month at times with this. I had one week where I was tempted to scrap it entirely and move on to my ghost story or my other fic idea where MiA runs a bookstore and Tsuzuku is the hot photographer passing through. Pushed through it and as of tonight I'm at a little over 45,000 words. I've been writing four different storylines: MiA, Ruiza, Tsunehito, and Nocturnal Bloodlust and it's... pretty much a jumbled mess. I thought finishing Ruiza's part would be the bridge getting me to finish the final part with Tsunehito, but now I have to finish MiA first it seems because his story has a direct effect on Ruiza's. Nocturnal Bloodlust are more of a side-story.
Also wound up doing major revisions to Chapters 5 and 6 of When Nightmares Become Reality. Chapter 6 will need even more revision once I finish MiA's story.
So, I feel like I've accomplished some and then at the same time I've accomplished nothing. This story still isn't done. Isn't even close. I've invested so much time and energy into writing this ever since my study abroad that I'm determined to finish it and try to finish it well. I'd hoped it'd be done this year. This summer, by the fall, by December... definitely won't be accomplishing that but I'm going to try my hardest to have this thing finished next year.
My other big piece of news is that I'll be moving out of Michigan in early January. My sister was offered a job in New York City and she decided to take it. The one catch is that she has a three month old mini Australian Shepherd (who is absolutely adorable). Long story short, I'm coming out to be the dog sitter and to have a better chance of getting a job. There's nothing here. I've tried. My options here are pretty much just retail which isn't what I want or need as it's not going to get me anywhere in my career. I'm just so tired of the job frustration in my hometown. I've been struggling with this since I got back from Japan in March. I've cried so many times about my situation that I've just kind of hit the limit. Getting out seems to be the best option available to me so I can only hope I find SOMETHING in NYC otherwise I'm just going to lose my mind and fall into more depressive slumps. Also worried about living with my sister because I feel like the worthelss younger sister who amounts to nothing while she's so smart and succesful and has actually made something with her life. As I start crying thinking about it. Hurray me.
Anyway I don't know how much writing time will be available to me once I'm out there since I need to be seriously job hunting and puppy watching. Guess I'll find out when it happens.
Also wound up doing major revisions to Chapters 5 and 6 of When Nightmares Become Reality. Chapter 6 will need even more revision once I finish MiA's story.
So, I feel like I've accomplished some and then at the same time I've accomplished nothing. This story still isn't done. Isn't even close. I've invested so much time and energy into writing this ever since my study abroad that I'm determined to finish it and try to finish it well. I'd hoped it'd be done this year. This summer, by the fall, by December... definitely won't be accomplishing that but I'm going to try my hardest to have this thing finished next year.
My other big piece of news is that I'll be moving out of Michigan in early January. My sister was offered a job in New York City and she decided to take it. The one catch is that she has a three month old mini Australian Shepherd (who is absolutely adorable). Long story short, I'm coming out to be the dog sitter and to have a better chance of getting a job. There's nothing here. I've tried. My options here are pretty much just retail which isn't what I want or need as it's not going to get me anywhere in my career. I'm just so tired of the job frustration in my hometown. I've been struggling with this since I got back from Japan in March. I've cried so many times about my situation that I've just kind of hit the limit. Getting out seems to be the best option available to me so I can only hope I find SOMETHING in NYC otherwise I'm just going to lose my mind and fall into more depressive slumps. Also worried about living with my sister because I feel like the worthelss younger sister who amounts to nothing while she's so smart and succesful and has actually made something with her life. As I start crying thinking about it. Hurray me.
Anyway I don't know how much writing time will be available to me once I'm out there since I need to be seriously job hunting and puppy watching. Guess I'll find out when it happens.
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Date: 2015-11-26 03:19 am (UTC)45,000 is really impressive, not matter how long it took you to write that much. You deserve a cookie!
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Date: 2015-11-26 03:46 am (UTC)Oh that's just stuff I've been working on this month plus a few pieces I'd already started. Not sure what my actual word count for that series is.
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Date: 2015-11-26 05:04 am (UTC)Also, I hope you get lucky in your job hunt as well!