Today is Turkey Day and in spite of my sugar overload, I committed to writing. I did tell myself that I only to write about 1,000 words, but I doubled that and am very proud of myself. Jack’s still very ill, and Oliver is worried, but he looks cute that way. Here’s the current word […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-Six
Jack had more to say today. Less than yesterday, and more than tomorrow, for I’m sad to say that the boy is quite ill. Yes, he’s coming down with a classic Victorian fever of unknown origin, for which the only cure is wine-laced laudanum! And Oliver, of course, is beside himself with worry. Here’s the […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-Four and Twenty-Five
Yesterday was a bit of a struggle; my word count was low but I think I’m to be forgiven, considering it’s a holiday week and there are distractions (both good and bad) happening all around. Today was scary because I knew I had to start writing Jack’s POV, otherwise, I’d never start it and the […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-Three
I’m doing pretty good at writing every day, but I’m kind of freaking out a bit. That’s because, for reals and for trues, I’m coming the end of writing about Oliver’s point-of-view (POV). When I started writing Fagin’s Boy, seven long years ago, I had thought that I’d write a story from both Oliver’s and […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-Two
My character got arrested today. Again. And I got sucked down the interwebs rabbit hole trying to find a picture of a Victorian version of a paddy wagon. Only I couldn’t find one, even though kept clicking and clicking. In the end, I returned to the story and just made up what kind of wagon […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-One
I have no idea what I just wrote. I do know that I packed 4,396 words, which is the most words I’ve written in one day, in a long time. And, incidentally, I hit 100,278 total words today. I credit my newly burgeoning habit of writing every day, thanks to NaNoWriMo, and my supportive friends, […]