Well, that's that.

[apocalypsos]

I'm officially signed up for NaNo.

I'm working on Gilded, which is the vampires-taking-over-except-not YA story. Well, it's currently YA, although I don't plan on that changing anytime soon. The main character's African-American, which I hadn't decided on when I first started sketching it out but realized I really wanted to do when I watched all that True Blood and figured out that while I'm touch-and-go on Tara, I find Rutina Wesley really really ridiculously pretty and now I can't stop picturing her (well, her at sixteen) as the main character.

It's times like this that I wish I were better at art, because while I do pretty well copying from a photo right in front of me I have a difficult time coming up with drawings from scratch, no matter how vivid the mental image is in my head. 'Cause the mental image in my head is very costume drama/steampunk/Harry Potter/Firefly/what-the-fuck-ever and I honestly cannot even begin to describe what the hell's going on in there without pictures. I just know what I like and I know what I'm writing and I know I'm going to be spending boatloads of time in the next few weeks worldbuilding my PANTS off.

But hey, I've gotten that taken care of. Now to actually, you know, write the damn story come November.

Comments

[writerrising.livejournal.com]

What's your name over there? I'd love to buddy you.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's trollprincess. I keep doing it and yet only managed to win once.

[writerrising.livejournal.com]

This will be my fourth year and I haven't won yet. I'm hopeful for this year. I've got a big cast planned and a loose plot that should allow for plenty of word eating wacky adventures.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I'm hopeful for this year, too, just as long as my worldbuilding pans out. My plot's a little thin right now, but since I only committed to working on this story the other day, I'm not too concerned about the plot just yet. I just need to get myself to a place where I know the characters, I know the story I'm telling, I really REALLY know the world they live in, and it's just a matter of writing the damn thing.

(Also, yay, my comment posted! LJ's blocked through work but apparently I can still respond to posts. \o/)

[scrubs-25-aj.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda a NaNo fail and don't wanna give up my current story so I think I'll join next year - but good luck!!!
Writing is hard.

[escritoireazul.livejournal.com]

Gilded sounds like a lot of fun.