I won. 50,539 words in 30 days. BANGERANG.
And now, Camp NaNoWrimo, during which I shall endeavor to write another 30,000 words on this story. Should be do-able.
In stat updates, I have finally succeeded in introducing all the suspects. For my next trick, I’ll re-emphasize the apparent guilt of the primary suspect. Watch and be amazed. 😁
The finish line (yes, that *is* what we call it) is in sight, and I want my typing to be for story as much as possible. So instead of a typed post, you get a video. Enjoy, and please ignore the Mountain Range of Laundry. 😉
Keeping it brief, because I’ve already been dozing at the laptop and NEED TO SLEEP….
Today’s wordcount: 1,857
Total wordcount: 25, 149.
People. PEOPLE.
I BROKE 25K TONIGHT AND IT’S ONLY DAY 12.
BANGERANG, Y’ALL. 🤘
Well, I haven’t kept up with blogging JuNoWriMo, but at least I’ve been doing the writing work. For the most part, anyway.
day 7 wordcount: 2202
day 8 wordcount: 2014
day 9 wordcount: 0
We spent the 9th at a family reunion (the husband’s side). By the time we got home and got the 5yo to bed, my introvert had been showing all day and I had no words left. Pretty sure I vegged the evening away with the husband while he continued his recently-begun, first-time binge-watch of The Walking Dead.
day 10 wordcount: 2319
day 11
titles: 1 (The Priestess Murders — a Light-Walkers murder mystery)
today’s wordcount: 2,543
total wordcount: 23,292
chapters: 4.3
cups of coffee consumed today: 4
Fireball shots consumed today: none, and more’s the pity
sleuths: 2
corpses: 1 mostly intact, 1 dismembered
suspects: 8
BOOM, BABY.
Today’s total wordcount puts me three days ahead of schedule, which is particularly nice since I’ve had two dud days so far. Also, tonight I decided for sure to combine two suspects into one. There wasn’t really a reason for them to be two people, and it’s getting way too complicated to have as many suspects as I do. Technically, there will be two more fewer suspects by the end, because the two corpses (whom I’ve been counting as both bodies and suspects) were actually murdered by a third party instead of having killed each other.
Clear as mud?
P.S. I’m adding the tag “electric boogaloo” to this post because I wanted a “boom, baby” reference in the tags but didn’t want to create another new tag, and “electric boogaloo” has “boo” in it, which is almost “boom.”
This is my blog. I don’t have to make sense.
P.P.S. I’m thinking of starting to vlog regularly. JuNoWriMo must be killing brain cells.
Today was a better day than yesterday. In more ways than one.
titles: 1 (The Priestess Murders — a Light-Walkers murder mystery)
today’s wordcount: 1,930
total wordcount: 14,214
chapters: 2.1
cups of coffee consumed: 13
Fireball shots consumed: more than 1. definitely more than 1.
sleuths: 2
corpses: 1 mostly intact, 1 dismembered
suspects-to-be: 7
I could do more tonight, but I’m tired. So it’s bedtime. Good night, sleep tight, and keep your blood on the inside. 😘
Today was no good for writing. Mental and emotional life stressors got to me, and I made a conscious choice to intake The Last Jedi for the second time instead of write. It was a health thing. NO REGERTS*.
today’s wordcount: 270
total wordcount: 12,285
*intentional
Today’s stats:
titles: 1 (The Priestess Murders — a Light-Walkers murder mystery)
today’s wordcount: 4,435
total wordcount: 12,015
chapters: 2
cups of coffee consumed: 11
beers consumed: 1
sleuths: 2
murder scenes: 1
corpses: 1 mostly intact, 1 dismembered
dismembered body parts: 4
sets of exposed entrails: 1
suspects-to-be: 4
deceptions: 8
red herrings: 2
Chekhov’s gun: roger that
Finally got Body #2 onscreen! Flung some flopping fish into the mix! Got Chekhov to give up his gun! So much fun! Tally-ho! *toots horn*
Today’s stats:
titles: 1 (The Priestess Murders — a Light-Walkers murder mystery)
today’s wordcount: 1,774
total wordcount: 7,580
chapters: 1
cups of coffee consumed: 9
beers consumed: 1
sleuths: 2
assistants/servants: 2 onscreen, 2 offscreen
murder scenes: 1
corpses: 1 offscreen, 1 onscreen
dismembered body parts: 3
suspects-to-be: 4
deceptions: 6
I’m enjoying this story, but if it weren’t JuNoWriMo, I’d be heavily editing already. I’m 7k+ words in, and I’m still in Chapter 1. And I also haven’t even gotten Body #2 onscreen yet. I know there’s no hard and fast rule about when/how that kind of thing is “supposed to” happen, but it still seems to me like I’m taking WAY too much time about it.
Building realistic suspense is hard, y’all.
Today’s stats:
titles: 1 (The Priestess Murders — a Light-Walkers murder mystery)
total wordcount: 5,839
cups of coffee consumed: 7
beers consumed: 1
sleuths: 2
assistants/servants: 2 onscreen, 2 offscreen
murder scenes: 1
corpses: 1 offscreen, 1 onscreen
dismembered body parts: 2
suspects-to-be: 2
deceptions: 5
The plot, like the blood of the murder victims, thickens.
I tried to post this last night but fell asleep at the keyboard. So.
Without further ado or adon’t, yesterday’s stats for my first NaNo Day One in seven years and my first ever JuNo Day One, period:
titles: 1 (The Priestess Murders — a Light-Walkers murder mystery)
wordcount on story: 2,427
wordcount on notes:879
total wordcount: 3,306
cups of coffee consumed: 4
beers consumed: 1
sleuths: 2
assistants/servants: 2 onscreen, 2 offscreen
murder scenes: 1
corpses: 2 offscreen
suspects-to-be: 2
deceptions: 2
movies/TV shows watched by 5yo: 2
Excellent start, I daresay. 😉 Onward!
