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20221109 NaNoWriMo IV

November 9, 2022, 12:15pm

Well, I cracked 50k words today for NaNo. 9 days, with two 10k word days. I am writing this while having a break between chapters. My 75k word goal for this month looks like being reached.

For a pantsed piece, this is flowing amazingly well. Very little going back to rewrite (which has happened every year so far) because I've written myself into a corner (also happened too often). I think the month of having it churn in my brain - even though I was writing other things - must have done me some good.

I was asked if I could put the work here. I might post the first chapter, but I don't think I'll be going much further than that. As I only do traditional publishing, I don't want to harm any potential contracts by having the whole piece available here.

But the work is coming along surprisingly well... even if it does mean my scifi "new-found daughter" story may feel too same=y and so be put right on the backburner.