NaNo, Forts, Journals, and Austen

Stacey: So here we are, just over the half-way point in NaNoWriMo.

Roni: And as usual, chaos has broken out.


Stacey: Roni is doing the best. Go figure there. Her word count is even higher than Judy's.

Roni: Well, your word count would be higher if you would put down the books you've been reading and write more.

Stacey: Dude, when I discover a new, awesome author, I HAVE to read their stuff. And Suzanne Collins is AWESOME!!!

Roni: Well, just remember I get to borrow them when you're done.

Stacey: Yeppers!

Roni: Anyway...Garren has completely abandoned all NaNo efforts and has taken to building forts all around the house. We've had to wade through his maze for a week now and yesterday I had to crawl on my hands and knees to get to the bathroom. It's really getting out of hand.

Stacey: But it's FUN!

Roni: Maybe the first day. But when you've been writing all day, and sucking down the coffee, the LAST thing you want to have to do is make your way through a labyrinth of sheets to get to the bathroom.


Stacey: TMI, Roni. TMI. *ahem* SO...where were we? Oh yeah, NaNo. OK...so Roni is writing a romance novel.

Roni: You say that like it's a bad thing.

Stacey: No I didn't.

Roni: Whatever.

Stacey: I didn't!

Roni: And Stacey's writing an urban fantasy.

Stacey: Judy's still working on Indigo and Garren's book...sort of.

Roni: I think she backed up and is writing the beginning of the series, because there's a lot of the legends and mythology and lineage to be worked out.

Stacey: Which is why Garren's in a tizzy.

Roni: Because not all of it is directly related to his story. A lot of it is the foundation of the alternate world his book is based in.

Stacey: Which he's more than happy to advise Judy on every five minutes.

Roni: The bears have teamed up and are writing an all teddy bear version of something that I find frighteningly similar to The Godfather.

Stacey: It's not THAT similar.

Roni: We'll see.

Stacey: So that's what's going on with NaNoWriMo.

Roni: Plus Judy's got two more journals up for sale. One is a more manly-looking one for you guys out there.

For the guys.

Stacey: And for those like me, who like a larger writing surface, there's an 8 1/2 X 11 one too.

Larger size, NOT spiral bound.

Roni: Also, just as a head's up, we're all going to be participating in the upcoming Advent with Austen. Click the picture below to read more about it.

Stacey: We've even talked Garren into it. He's going to be reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well as Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. 

Roni: BUT we need to survive NaNo first.


Stacey: So we're going to go get back to our writing.

Roni: Writing? Yeah, right. I see that copy of Catching Fire tucked away over there.

Stacey: Shhhh.

Roni: So good luck to all you WriMos out there. We're in the home stretch!


Stacey: See you next week!