Camp NaNoWriMo - Days 11 & 12

Days 11 & 12 were different in their own ways.

I considered the days my "weekend" as my Hubby was off from His job and I don't tend to do much when He's here, even if we do our own things.

I decided Day 11 I needed a break from writing. But, I still wanted to work on the story book - still working on calling it a book. I ended up heavily editing the first two chapters, while doing light edits on chapters 3 & 4.

I did add a passage, making something previously impossible possible, so I did add words, but a lot of it was taking words out and tightening things up. I think in all, I lost only about 20 words total, in a half day of work.


Day 12 was even weirder.

I sat down to write a "day after" scene from when my two girls finally had sex for the first time. That ended up NOT being what I wrote, and what I wrote surprised me. But I wrote anyways, and it was a good/light day of writing. I'm so ahead that taking the days off or writing something else didn't hurt at all.


I'm hesitantly looking for places to find Critique Partners or Beta Readers. I'm not to that stage yet, but as no one has read the story beyond the original prompt, and that was only read by 3 others, I'd like some feedback, initially on the story / characters. I know this is only getting a couple views, but if anyone has any good suggestions, please let me a comment.


For Camp NaNoWriMo I am challenging myself to write 50,000 words.

Camp NaNoWriMo Progress

Total for NaNo: 31,868 / 50,000 words
Story Novel Total: 48,183 words

• Day 01: 2,105 words written
• Day 02: 3,325 words written
• Day 03: 3,483 words written
• Day 04: 2,633 words written
• Day 05: 5,937 words written
• Day 06: Day off for Dewey's - 5 Books Read
• Day 07: 4,327 words written
• Day 08: 4,020 words written
• Day 09: 2,615 words written
• Day 10: 4,323 words written
• Day 11: A day of Editing
• Day 12: 1,513 words written (not on main project)

For anyone interested, my story is EROTICA featuring the following themes: F/F sex, FFM threesomes, BDSM & Polyamory. What I'll do with the story when it's done, I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from anyone else doing Camp NaNo, now or if you have previously. Thank you for any interest you take in my accountability here.

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 10

Day 10 was more sex!

More written today after a slow start. But I'm not sure I like the 3 things I wrote today in one chapter. They might be shifted around after NaNo when I actually start editing. Or maybe in like a week since I'll probably hit 50k long before the end of the month. I hit 31k today, with only 9 days of writing (1 day off in the first 10).

Days 11 and 12 are my "weekends", meaning I plan on making them lighter because my Husband will be home. Who knows what I'll write, I'll probably get on an inspiration and not stop. :D


I'm hesitantly looking for places to find Critique Partners or Beta Readers. I'm not to that stage yet, but as no one has read the story beyond the original prompt, and that was only read by 3 others, I'd like some feedback, initially on the story / characters. I know this is only getting a couple views, but if anyone has any good suggestions, please let me a comment.


For Camp NaNoWriMo I am challenging myself to write 50,000 words.

Camp NaNoWriMo Progress

Total for NaNo: 31,868 / 50,000 words
Story Novel Total: 48,201 words

• Day 01: 2,105 words written
• Day 02: 3,325 words written
• Day 03: 3,483 words written
• Day 04: 2,633 words written
• Day 05: 5,937 words written
• Day 06: Day off for Dewey's - 5 Books Read
• Day 07: 4,327 words written
• Day 08: 4,020 words written
• Day 09: 2,615 words written
• Day 10: 4,323 words written

For anyone interested, my story is EROTICA featuring the following themes: F/F sex, FFM threesomes, BDSM & Polyamory. What I'll do with the story when it's done, I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from anyone else doing Camp NaNo, now or if you have previously. Thank you for any interest you take in my accountability here.

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 9

Day 9 wasn't the biggest day, word wise, but it was a milestone of sorts -

It was my first complete sex scene. :)

In an Erotica, I'd say that's good. There was sex before that, but this was the first start-to-finish sex scene.

I'd like to think it went rather well. :) If anyone wants to read the scene / chapter to see if you agree, let me know. :)



I'm hesitantly looking for places to find Critique Partners or Beta Readers. I'm not to that stage yet, but as no one has read the story beyond the original prompt, and that was only read by 3 others, I'd like some feedback, initially on the story / characters. I know this is only getting a couple views, but if anyone has any good suggestions, please let me a comment.


For Camp NaNoWriMo I am challenging myself to write 50,000 words.

Camp NaNoWriMo Progress

Total for NaNo: 28,445 / 50,000 words
Story Novel Total: 44,826 words

• Day 1: 2,105 words written
• Day 2: 3,325 words written
• Day 3: 3,483 words written
• Day 4: 2,633 words written
• Day 5: 5,937 words written
• Day 6: Day off for Dewey's - 5 Books Read
• Day 7: 4,327 words written
• Day 8: 4,020 words written
• Day 9: 2,615 words written

For anyone interested, my story is EROTICA featuring the following themes: F/F sex, FFM threesomes, BDSM & Polyamory. What I'll do with the story when it's done, I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from anyone else doing Camp NaNo, now or if you have previously. Thank you for any interest you take in my accountability here.

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 8 - The Day my "Story" became a Novel

Day 8 was crazy.

This story stemmed from a Writing Prompt I was given by a penpal of mine. She sent 4 but it was the one that caught my eye, so I wrote for it.

That was supposed to be the end of it, but I couldn't let it go. The characters stuck with me. Then, another pal, Maggie Hemlock - see her site linked to the right, she's also doing NaNo, encouraged me to stick with it and to write more.

I did that, and the story grew. I wrote for a few weeks, then learned about Camp. I thought about it for a few days and then decided to do it. Still, I'm not a writer, and this is just a little story I'm working on. I've never called it anything but a "story". Why? Couldn't begin to tell you. *Shrug* Even as it grew, it was just my story.

Yesterday, the "story" passed 40,000 words - officially making it a Novel. And, it's not done.


I'm still in awe! I can't believe I've written so much, but I love the characters and their story. I love the town that I created. Their story has influenced my life, and it's just been a wild wild ride.

I love it.

If that's not enough, I passed the halfway mark for Camp... in 7 days of writing. I know I have a lot more free time than the average person, but damn!! :)



I'm hesitantly looking for places to find Critique Partners or Beta Readers. I'm not to that stage yet, but as no one has read the story beyond the original prompt, and that was only read by 3 others, I'd like some feedback, initially on the story / characters. I know this is only getting a couple views, but if anyone has any good suggestions, please let me a comment.


For Camp NaNoWriMo I am challenging myself to write 50,000 words.

Camp NaNoWriMo Progress

Total for NaNo: 25,830 / 50,000 words
Story Novel Total: 42,212 words

• Day 1: 2,105 words written
• Day 2: 3,325 words written
• Day 3: 3,483 words written
• Day 4: 2,633 words written
• Day 5: 5,937 words written
• Day 6: Day off for Dewey's - 5 Books Read
• Day 7: 4,327 words written
• Day 8: 4,020 words written

For anyone interested, my story is EROTICA featuring the following themes: F/F sex, FFM threesomes, BDSM & Polyamory. What I'll do with the story when it's done, I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from anyone else doing Camp NaNo, now or if you have previously. Thank you for any interest you take in my accountability here.

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 7

Day 7 was another success after a break on Day 6.

Day 6 happened to fall on Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon. It was my 12th Dewey's and my mind was definitely not on my books, but rather on writing. In the 11 previous, I've always read the full 24 hours - actual reading time of that has been 18-21 hours, but this time I knew I didn't want to. It's not that I didn't want to read, it was that I wanted to write.

I ended up reading for only 13 total hours, so still a good bit of reading, just not as much as past Dewey's. Still, it was a good day and I got a little sleep so I could write on Day 7.

Day 7 ended up with a chapter getting so long, I had to split it. I'm continuing to enjoy writing, and even with the day break, I'm way ahead on my way to 50k for Camp. :)

I'm hesitantly looking for places to find Critique Partners or Beta Readers. I'm not to that stage yet, but as no one has read the story beyond the original prompt, and that was only read by 3 others, I'd like some feedback, initially on the story / characters. I know this is only getting a couple views, but if anyone has any good suggestions, please let me a comment.


For Camp NaNoWriMo I am challenging myself to write 50,000 words.

Camp NaNoWriMo Progress

Total for NaNo: 21,810 / 50,000 words
Story Total: 38,192 words

• Day 1: 2,105 words written
• Day 2: 3,325 words written
• Day 3: 3,483 words written
• Day 4: 2,633 words written
• Day 5: 5,937 words written
• Day 6: Day off for Dewey's - 5 Books Read
• Day 7: 4,327 words written

For anyone interested, my story is EROTICA featuring the following themes: F/F sex, FFM threesomes, BDSM & Polyamory. What I'll do with the story when it's done, I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from anyone else doing Camp NaNo, now or if you have previously. Thank you for any interest you take in my accountability here.

Dewey's 24hr RaT - Wrap up

Oh wow! New Questions. I already wrote this out with the old questions... I'll add in the new ones. :D



Which hour was most daunting for you?
None. I started to get tired around 2. Since I'd already decided not to do the full 24 hours, I just decided to go to bed. On one hand, it sucked not doing the full 24 hours, it was the first time in 12 Dewey's that I didn't. On the other hand, I really REALLY hated not writing (I'm participating in Camp NaNoWriMo) so I knew I wanted to sleep to be able to write again today.

Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
See Below

Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
In general? Chronicles of St Mary's, Great Zoo of China, The Martian..... from what I read? The Secret Runners of New York

What was your favorite snack?
Oreos, though I didn't have any until about 8 hours in, when my Hubby got home. That's the only snack I had.

What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile?
Nothing, I just read and don't go to the site much.

What was your favorite facet of the day?
Reading "The Secret Runners of New York". My favorite author - Matthew Reilly, writing my favorite genre - time travel. He did NOT disappoint. So good!

How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?
I'll definitely read as always.

Wanna volunteer for our next event?
Nah - sorry. I prefer to just read.

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon Stats

• I completed 5 books, started 2 others, continued 1 more
• I read 1370 pages
• I read 3 books on my Kindle
• I listened to 5 books as audiobooks
• I read 4 Novels, 4 Novellas
• I read for approximately 13 hours (5.5 hours on Kindle, 7.5 hours on Audio)

Current Stats:

Audio listening time/pages: 7 hours 30 minutes / 544 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 5 hours 30 minutes / 826 pages
Total number of books I've read: 5
Current Book:
Total Pages Read: 1,370 pages
Total Time Read: 13 hours

Completed:

Started, but did not finished:

Continued, did not finish:

How was your Read-a-Thon? Leave me a comment and tell me about it, or link me to your blog!

Dewey's 24hr RaT - Mid Event Survey

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now?
In between books, soon to start a new one. 25% into The Vanishing Season.

2. How many books have you read so far?
Finished 4, started two others - one is a messed up audiobook so that's a DNF for now, the other (Vanishing Season) I hope to finish.

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Not a Hero by Cherise Sinclair

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
I haven't felt it this year like I have other years, I think because I want to write instead. I'm definitely not going to stay up the full 24 hours, like I have the previous 11 Dewey's, because I want to write tomorrow.

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
Nothing changes, so nothing.

Dewey's 24hr read-a-thon - Opening Meme

It's time for Dewey's! This is my 12th one, so I'm gonna be a little lazy and reuse some of these answers and this opening statement as well. Ha! I keep hoping the questions will change one of these times, and they don't... Ah well.

For the first time, since I started doing Dewey's, I don't plan to go the full 24 hours. I MIGHT, but I'm not counting on it. Why, you ask? I'm glad you asked. It's because, for the first time ever, I'm doing a NaNoWriMo event, specifically I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo, which is happening now, for the month of April.

I won't go into the long story, if you are interested, you can go see my post from April 2nd where I first posted about it. I'm updating my blog every day with my progress. Here my Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 5 recap I posted today.



Opening Meme:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Sparta, NC ~ the middle of no where. :)

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
THE SECRET RUNNERS OF NEW YORK!!!! Yes, I'm super excited. My favorite author wrote a book in my favorite genre. I. CAN. NOT. WAIT!!!!

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I don't have any snacks for this year, for the first time ever. There's some Ritz in there, and that's about it. :( Might have my Hubby bring something home, I'm not sure what.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
HI! I'm Karsyn, over 40 (though much much younger in spirit), deeply in love with and married to my high school best friend. I LOVE to read, obviously, and am blessed with a ton of time to read. In a typical month I will read 15-20 books, often more, and when there's something going on, like Dewey's, I read a ton more! Since I started writing, my reading has taken a nose dive. I read over 40 books in January, but only 25 in Feb and Mar. So bad! But I'm loving writing. Beyond my books, I'm a gamer, and I built my own Gaming PC, 3 years ago, which I named Widget (after The Night Circus character). Widget is GREAT and we've had so much fun playing games on him!! Before I caught the writing bug I was playing RDR2, KH3 and HZD on the PS4, and Subnautica, RE2 and Two Point Hospital on the PC.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
This is my 12th Dewey's so I'll do what I've been doing, minus the staying up all night. It could happen, but as I write this, I want to get back to my writing, so I don't think I can go two days without it. :)

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 5 - the best day yet!

Day 5 was AMAZING!! Oh my god. :)

Not only did I fix the chapter that I was stuck on, and made it workable, I also took my two MC girls out on a date, and damn, they are ADORABLE!! :) They made ME laugh out loud and I was the one putting them to page.

On Day 5, I finished chapter 8 and wrote all of the first draft of Ch 9! The date was a huge success, if I do say so myself. And, even more amazing were the word counts!! 5,880 was what I had at the end of writing the chapter but I'm (as of writing this at the end of Day 5) doing a bit of tweaks, so see below for my updated counts. I'm hoping for 6k! :)

I'm taking Saturday off for writing to participate in Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon, see my Opening Meme. This is my 12th Dewey's and unlike the 11 before, I don't plan to stay up the full 24 hours. I have every other time and loved it, but I'm already wanting to get back to my story, so I'm taking the day to read, will stay up as late as I can (3-4am probably) and then sleep for a while so I can write again on Sunday.

See ya then, if you're following along!



For Camp NaNoWriMo I am challenging myself to write 50,000 words.

Camp NaNoWriMo Progress

Total for NaNo: 17,483 / 50,000 words
Story Total: 33,953 words

• Day 1: 2,105 words written
• Day 2: 3,325 words written
• Day 3: 3,483 words written
• Day 4: 2,633 words written
• Day 5: 5,937 words written

For anyone interested, my story is EROTICA featuring the following themes: F/F sex, FFM threesomes, BDSM & Polyamory. What I'll do with the story when it's done, I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from anyone else doing Camp NaNo, now or if you have previously. Thank you for any interest you take in my accountability here.

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 4

Day 4 was productive in more ways than one! :)

I wrote in the morning and exceeded my daily goal, writing a complete first draft of a new chapter. Then, while watching baseball and thanks to my friend Maggie Hemlock - see her MPREG series here, I finally settled on a place for where my town (fictional) will be, AND the name of the town! This has been plaguing me since I started expanding the story, as I had two locations in mind for different reasons. I finally discarded one, leaving me with a general location but not a name. Maggie said something to me that got my brain going and I found the name and a complete backstory of the town. I was super excited!

I was going to write more, but decided to leave it for day 5.


For Camp NaNoWriMo I am challenging myself to write 50,000 words.

Camp NaNoWriMo Progress

Total for NaNo: 11,546 / 50,000 words
Story Total: 28,013 words

• Day 1: 2,105 words written
• Day 2: 3,325 words written
• Day 3: 3,483 words written
• Day 4: 2,633 words written

For anyone interested, my story is EROTICA featuring the following themes: F/F sex, FFM threesomes, BDSM & Polyamory. What I'll do with the story when it's done, I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from anyone else doing Camp NaNo, now or if you have previously. Thank you for any interest you take in my accountability here.