{"id":3154,"date":"2013-10-30T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T19:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2013-10-31T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T21:14:29","slug":"what-amwriting-nanowrimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/what-amwriting-nanowrimo\/","title":{"rendered":"What I #AmWriting for #NaNoWriMo 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"nano-crest\" I\u2019ve posted a bunch of my own tips on planning for NaNoWriMo as well as the links to my worksheets<\/a> and planning guide, and I realize I have yet to tell you all anything about what I\u2019m writing this year. Shame on me! How can you believe my advice if I don\u2019t go through the whole process with you this year too?<\/p>\n

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Be my buddy on Nanowrimo.org<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Today I\u2019ll remedy the situation. I am indeed going to participate\u2014and WIN\u2014at NaNo this year. I want to. I have to. I have a December 1 deadline with my publisher for a novel, so I damn well better get one written during November.<\/p>\n

I have the luxury of being a full-time writer, though if you saw my tax returns \u201cluxury\u201d would be a drastic overstatement. While my lifestyle is not luxurious, I do have a lot of flexibility in how I allocate my time. During November my novel will be my top priority, and freelance or financial writing drops to the side until I get the NaNo word count down.<\/p>\n

So what am I<\/em> writing?<\/h3>\n

This year I intend to finish a novel I first started thinking about a few years ago. I got the idea while on a trip and spent most of the flight home scribbling ideas down on airline napkins. I lost the napkins ages ago, but thankfully I transferred most of the ideas into one of my braindump files with everything I needed to sketch out the story and characters. I haven\u2019t looked at the file for a while , but it\u2019s past time I did!<\/p>\n

I even started working on it during NaNo three or four years ago, then lost interest when I wasn\u2019t sure what would happen next. This year I\u2019ve got the advantage of having perfecting my planning process and pre-writing character work so I can take the original ideas and shape them into something I can actually use this time around. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be able to finish once I get my own worksheets filled in.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s it all about?<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a bit of a genre jumble. It\u2019s got elements of romance, mystery, suspense and a BDSM twist. If you\u2019ve read my How to Blurb<\/a> posting, you may recognize the story. It\u2019s a gay romance, and here\u2019s the blurb I am starting with. I expect a lot to change by the time I\u2019m done. Especially the characters\u2019 names. I haven\u2019t yet decided on the right ones for them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\"Guncontrol2\"Thom Turner is a broken man, facing the end of his career in the FBI. He\u2019s on desk duty after a botched drug raid left the suspects and two children dead. He\u2019s got one chance to prove himself or the only thing he\u2019ll be investigating is the Help Wanted ads.<\/p>\n

Dane Monroe has been on the run for ten years. Forced onto the streets when his father kicked him out, Dane earned his living in other men\u2019s beds. Finding his john dead in a hotel room forced him under the radar. Now his relatively stable new world shatters when Thom Turner catches up with him.<\/p>\n

When Thom\u2019s tasked to take down a drug dealer with terrorist ties and a taste for the dark side of BDSM, his only weapon to get close is the suspect\u2019s interest in Dane. In return, Thom offers Dane immunity from his past. As Dane falls under the drug lord\u2019s domination, Thom finds himself falling for Dane.<\/p>\n

Now Thom has to choose between Dane\u2019s safety and his own future.\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n

Sound interesting? What are you<\/em> writing? Let me know in the comment box below!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Would you like for me to post some of my worksheet entries for this story so you can follow along as I build the foundation and use the planning guide to start writing? <\/b><\/h3>\n

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