MayNoWriMo First Day Status report, 3rd day in.

Yes, I started MayNoWriMo a bit late. I started on the 3rd instead of the first, but I swear to you I have a good reason, wisdom teeth. I had three pulled under general anesthetic on April 28th. They were impacted and my mouth is still full of stitches. So May 1st and 2nd I was still suffering from pain and my painkillers made me want to sleep most of the day and night away.

May 3rd was the first day I felt somewhat like my old self, and I managed to squeak out 2140 words, roughly. Sacrament (Incarnate's sequel) book two in my Portal Keeper series is now sitting at a lovely 7500 words.

I'll tell you, I've been struggling with this sequel. Trying to find a way to build up the world and recovering from the massive edits on Incarnate which darn near killed me. The edits were worth it, but I needed a couple months away from Cia and her world.

Then end of April, it hit me. I knew basically how I wanted Sacrament to go. I had the ending written, but I didn't know how to get from Point A to B. On a sunny day, on a lovely road trip to Goderich Sacrament unfolded and I made my DH stop at the local Dollarama where I purchased a pad of paper and a pen. While we had a picnic on the shores of Lake Huron, before heading to my inlaws I scribbled out the synopsis.

If I keep at the rate of going 2500 words a day I should have 50k done in a month, which is the minimum for the first draft.

My favorite line from last night's writing session: My penchant was for wild demon princes apparently.

Here's hoping for another 2500 words tonight.

Are you participating in MayNoWriMo?

New Cover

I have been pretty blessed with fantastic cover artists and covers.

This one is going on my list of favorites. It's for my late summer release LAIRD'S RETURN from Eternal Press.

It's a Scottish historical romance, and I think the caption says it all "Try as he might he can't leave his past behind..."

I'm participating in MayNoWriMo and I plan to write at least 50k this month. May 1 and 2nd were a bust for me because I had wisdom teeth pulled on April 28th and was still recovering. My mouth is still full of stitches, but for the most part I'm no longer as drowsy.

Onwards and upwards.