Updates of a Busy Month!

Wow, I never thought that November could be this busy!

Tim and Eric, Harry Potter and 1667 words a day!

Right now I am 1 day behind on Nano. I did not have time to write yesterday since I was going to Harry Potter!!!!

As an aside I do love the movies, but they will never live up to the books. I think that's impossible. Being at the second to last Harry Potter movie however, made me a little sad. Harry has been a part of my life since I was 10 years old! I will be sad to say goodbye to the franchise next July. I hope by then there is another wonderful series for me to explore!

One could dream that by then I could have an agent and be on my way to publishing, but there is so much work to be done on both my series! Death Inc needs editing and polishing, and Skylark Assassins needs to be written!

Well I will get back to NaNo-ing :)

See you on the flip side of 50k

30k down 20k to go!

Last day of the first week of my first NaNoWriMo

Lol! That's a mouthful!

Today is Sunday! Did I mention that I LOVE the end of daylight savings time?! Well I do! Who doen't want to gain an hour of LIFE! :)

Anyway Nation Novel Writing Month is going GREAT! I am right on track to complete by the 30th. I am currently at 10100 words, and 4 chapters in.

This novel is a young adult Sci Fi, in the vein of The Hunger Games.

I have introduced almost all the characters now (there are only about 5 important ones in this novel.

Well that's about it for me ATM :) My boyfriend and I are going the the TIM & ERIC show tomorrow night! It will surely be a good time. We also already bought our tickets to HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows part one!! We are going the Friday it opens!! WOO!

NaNoWriMo Begins!

I'm off to the Races!! The NANO Races that is. I am working hard at my 50k word in 30 days goal. Everything, including gaming, reading and photography is taking a back seat.

Good Luck to all the other NaNoWriMoers :) See you on the flip side!!


~Ash

The Map!

Minecraft...Building the USS Enterprise (the aircraft carrier)

Ok so I mentioned in my last post about Minecraft. I have decided I am going to attempt to build a scale model of the USS Enterprise CVN - 65

She is an awesome ship. The first Nuclear powered Aircraft carrier in the US Navy and the longest aircraft carrier in the world.

She is 1123ft long, (extreme) 257 feet wide (extreme) 250 ft tall (extreme) and the fastest aircraft carrier in the US Navy Fleet. Not to mention there is something majestic about her...

Anyway, I have measured out how large the boat needs to be in Minecraft, and will keep updating my blog as I begin work on "Big E"

Good night!

WOW! Things are crazy right now

I work in insurance, so 10/1 is a HUGE renewal date for our agency. So I have been SOOOOOooOOooOO busy the last month getting all that done. But it's over!! Time to CELEBRATE.

Now there is the personal life!
On the book front, I have rewritten my query letter. It is so much better now. Got a reply from an oh so awesomely honest agent who gave me some suggestions for revisions.

I am taking a step back from Death Incorporated right now. It's been two weeks since I touched it, and I want it to stew a little longer before I revisit it. I have some ideas on major revamping that I will be doing, but I will not be working on it until December 1st.

Why you ask?! Because NaNoWrImO is coming! I have decided against writing the sequel to DI in the contest. I will be working on a YA (maybe adult) Sci Fi that came to me in a dream a few weeks back. I am storing some plot ideas in my brain, and will release the floodgates come 11/1.

Since Nano is only 30 days away, I am clearing my mind of anything writing related until after the contest. I need to be completed deflated and ready!!

In the meantime, I have been trying to take some photos and to play video games. I bought and beat Halo Reach (on heroic thank you very much) and have been routinely kicking ass in multiplayer.

Most of my free time has been dedicate to playing an AWESOME independent game called Minecraft My boyfriend has set up a server so if anyone wants to play comment and I can send you over the info!

Anyway, that is the update on my life at the moment. :) See you on the flip side!

Labor Day!

Good Morning World!

Happy Labor Day, I hope that you are all relaxing and enjoying your day off!

Have some interesting pictures for you below.

These are from one of my friends rocket launches, they are really neat! You can learn more about the Albuquerque Rocket Society here

















































These are some Photos I have taken with the Nifty Fifty and a set of Kenko Extension tubes.

:)

Nothing new on the book front. No new rejections/requests since last update.

I am starting an outline for a new Adult SciFi book that I dreamed up a few days ago and I am going to use NaNoWriMo to get that story onto paper :)

Well, have a great Labor Day All!!

~Ash