Category The Secret King

Dec 17 2012

I wanna scream and shout…

and let it all out!!!!!

Word count from 76,484 to 80,819

Today’s count 4335

FINITO!!!!!

Today I wrote the most amazing finale ever. (Come on if I can’t be excited about it, who can)

And writing those last two words was the most amazing feeling ever!!!

I am so thrilled to have finished this one, and yes of course I am sad too.

I posted on facebook this afternoon about the type of ending people like to read. And for the most part everyone wanted me to be true to the characters and to the story. So I was.

I am going to be of course open to suggestions when the beta readers get it.

I am sitting now, enjoying a pear cider. Then I think I need to sleep for about a week!!!

Next job, the big spell check and proof, then first print off.

🙂

But for tonight. I celebrate….

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Dec 16 2012

Awesome day!

Word count from 73,474 – 76,484

Today’s count 3010

First, a little about last night… It was good, to be out with my husband and our friends Yan and Emma. Big thanks to them for coming up to visit. Although I still couldn’t sleep past 7.30 am and had to resort to sitting in my dining room on the floor with my laptop on my knee writing lol

🙂

SPOILERS!!

Today, my novel has just blown right up.

Admiral Octav has been banished from the ship due to Chace’s poisoning and the closer they are, the quicker he will die. And finally I am at the climax of the whole novel…

My two Aonise ships have just made some major changes to their engines on the whim of a child (Taliri, albeit he is a child genius) and they’ve just jumped from one end of the galaxy nearer to Earth than ever anticipated!

It was not a safe jump though even with the engine modifications. Captain Sardi buckled under the pressure as the ship exploded and Admiral Octav had to step in. They’re now fighting to keep the ship stable and are about to start an internal fight with the previous Captain stuck in the brig….

It couldn’t be any more exciting for me to write and I hope for others to read.

I have three chapters left to write… and I am storming. I think this will be finished in the next few days.

Oh no!!! I am so sad. 😦

To all the wonderful people who this weekend have followed my blog and liked my posts. Thank you so so much.

I look forward to getting to know you all more.

Happy writing everyone and speak soon.

Dawn x

Dec 15 2012

Heading out :)

I don’t often get to go out. The lonely life of a writer hey… well not entirely.

It always was and still is pretty hard to be sociable. The Eating Disorder side of my life ruined the enjoyment of dressing up and letting loose.

I love people, I love being out, but that niggling voice in my head, sometimes creeps back in, especially at this very tough time of year.

But tonight I’m letting me out, we’re going to my husbands Christmas party it will also kind of be a celebration night for my 35th birthday. Yippie… we’ve got some friends staying over and it should be a really nice evening.

Total count for today is 73,474. 🙂 which I am pleased about.

I enjoyed my sleep this afternoon, although I still feel tired. In one sense I am really wanting to get to the end of my story, because I need to catch up on missed sleep. Really, really badly. But then on the other hand I don’t want it to end. It really will make me sad.

Still for tonight, I am out, going to have a couple of drinks with some friends and maybe even a little dance.

Have a great evening all. And I look forward to (no hangover) so I can carry on writing.

Speak soon.

Dawn

Dec 15 2012

72k :)

Word count from  69,560 – 72,612

Today’s count 3052

I’ve been awake since the real early hours of the morning, 5am. Because my characters are totally getting to me. I’m at an emotional crossroad with them which is tearing me apart as much as it is them.

But for now, I am stopping. As I am so tired that my eyes hurt.

We are going out tonight, so I am off back to bed for a sleep. Hopefully then I will be able to stop up late. 🙂

Not so sure I will get much more written today, but I might try for an hour or so later.

Enjoy your weekend everyone. Speak  soon.

Dawn

Dec 12 2012

Picking up some steam…

Word count from  65, 008 – 67,245

Today’s count 2237

 

Hey there, so today I seem to have picked up some more steam. To be honest, I think this is due to the fact I can actually feel the finishing line.

At nearly 70k I am almost there. The story is coming to its climax and the tension is just unreal… I can’t help it. My fingers want to keep on typing, but I am getting so so tired.

I anticipate that I could be finished by next week. Maybe another 10-15k another 5 days of writing at this pace. I am kind of sad and excited all at the same time, because I don’t really want this to end just yet. The bigger story isn’t anywhere near finished, but I can’t get all of that into a novel. It is indeed, or may even become a series of novels.  EEEK!!!

What kind of scares me a little too, is I have asked my writing partner to come on board now. And, well, he knows how I write… and that scares me lots. because even though I sometimes have amazing ideas it takes a little bit of organization to sort them into something.

I’m at the point where I want him to love it and not hate it… but then I think he’s just going to kick my butt and tell me I can write better. Which I will have to agree with, I can. Because I don’t normally try and get it all out in less than a couple of months.

At present this story is written fast, probably a little confusing and disjointed. And as I am yet to even read it back, I guess I will have to wait and see myself as to how much I might cringe.

No one is getting this first ‘blurt’ novel. this one is for my eyes only.  🙂

 

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On other things…

Hubby has a meeting with work tomorrow and he hasn’t slept since Sunday night. Which has kept me up. I am physically running on empty at the mo. And still I am managing to write. I think I am nuts… but with him being home, I have had less jobs to do around the house so that has made it easier on me.

Fingers crossed for him tomorrow please everyone.  We could do with a little luck.

 

Catch you later,

 

Dawn x x