The Belated NaNoWriMo Update
So, as I had guessed, things have been hectic thus far, tapered a bit by my desire to not do anything at all. Looking back, October was actually an incredibly busy month, which has given me the freedom to relax a bit in November. Unfortunatley, that means I have been slacking a bit on my novel. That’s not to say that I’m really that far behind quite yet. I’m sitting at about 7,000 words right now and should be at 13,000 by the end of today. I will likely be at 9,000 or 10,000 realistically, but I do have the entire weekend to get caught up.
The ironic part is that I did not even change my topic this year. Every year before, I have gotten within a day or two of writing and completely changed the topic on which I was going to write. This year that was not the case and yet still I managed to fall irrevocably behind. There is one solid upside to being a professional writer – 50,000 words looks a lot smaller than it used to…unfortunatetly, it’s not that much smaller.
On a side note, I sent off a pitch I wrote up the other night to a couple of magazines in hopes that it might garner some interest. Though one response is still pending, I received a reply from one editor in a matter of hours…I’m not sure that’s necessarily a good thing, considering he declined, but it was by far the fastest response I’ve ever gotten from anyone working…well anywhere really. It gives me some feedback to rework the pitch a bit and try again with another magazine. Pardon the sketchy descriptions. I’ve learned how incredibly easy it is to track my name directly to one of my websites and more out of superstition than anything else, I feel like I should be careful with who I talk abou professionally (lest I burn bridges before I even come to them).
Well back to work. I must be getting along now.
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