NaNoWriMo 2016

I'm all in for NaNoWriMo 2016

     This year has officially kicked off! I am excited and working on a book idea that I have been building to for years.  This book will take a modern day Elias, mix him with Jill a werewolf, and Jaiden a half vampire as they take on the demon who cursed Elias in the first place.  To be honest, if I get the job I applied for I have no idea how I will pull this off, but I'm going to do it!

     The Idea for this story has grown from several places.  The first book I finished writing was about Jaiden and his Journey as a half-vampire and discovering what he is and what that means.  That book was scrapped as I just didn’t think the story overall was strong, or that it resounded well with me.  But as with all books, I have several great ideas and a couple of characters that I have pulled out from the wreckage of that story.

     Elias I have been building up for some while.  All four short stories I have on amazon.com are related to either him directly, or in the case of “The Black Oak” it starts the events that push this story into motion.  I am finding it weird writing Elias in third person, after I have spent three shorts writing from his point of view, but hey, I am having fun with it.

     Jill is the other character that came from Jaiden’s book.  She is much different and hopefully better realized in this story.  We will see.

    The other big thing this year is I have taken a step back and I’m discovery writing instead of outlining.  Normally before I write I sit down and outline chapter 1-whatever and give what I want to accomplish in each chapter, what happens, and who’s POV it is written from.  This time I have trying to write differently.  It might kill me in the end, but I want to see how it works out with me having the basic story in mind, and my characters walking through it.

     My other stories have been put to the side for the moment.  Grimmack I am still waiting to hear back from a couple of agents, but I will be submitting him to a new round soon.  The Dragon’s apprentice just finished a full edit, and I plan on running through it one more time before submitting it out as well.  I love both stories for different reasons, and I hope eventually to have them out to folks in whatever format works best.

    As for this year’s NaNoWriMo?  With the shorts already being on Amazon.com, I plan on self-publishing it in the same manner.  If all goes well, it will be my first full-length book out on the market.

     What are you all doing for NaNoWriMo is the question now….

Ben Marble.

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