More plots?

The more I learn about writing, the more my eyes are opened. I am suddenly getting tons and tons of ideas for stories. Most of them are inklings, won't be able to fill more than a short story/novella type. But I've discovered that when I combine ideas, I find gold.

Sadly enough, my next novel will most definitely be historic, although I'm not sure what time period to put it in. I'm debating the French Revolution and Nazi Germany. I know those are both totally unrelated, but still. I'll have to do more research, that much I'm sure of. Ohhhh, this is going to be a dark, dark road I'm going down. The last thing I want is to be bogged down with research so much that I don't want to write. Or that I like researching too much and I never get to writing.

What else am I afraid of? That I might get too wrapped up in plotting or thinking, I stop working on my actual novel. I still need to finish it. I still need to edit it. I can't start anything until I've at least finished it. And I will finish it.

On a different note, I'm going through and adding tags to all of my posts to try and make them more relevant.

On a different different note, Adele and I have finally got our writing blog opened, but I won't start linking until we've started posting. I think that's about it!

Not What I Thought It'd Be

Trying to find motivation to write has been rough, but after the Teen Writer's Conference I attended, I've been able to write more in one sitting and I can focus on the story and characters now. I'm glad about that, at the very least.

Here comes the disappointing part: I missed the Createspace deal. Winners of NaNo were given a deal by Amazon to get a free proof copy of their novel through Createspace, and the deadline was on June 30th. I have only myself to blame for missing it, and I completely regret it. Hopefully though, by missing it, I've opened up a more free form flexible aspect to my writing and I now feel like it's okay for me to work on other projects. Yay!

In other news, me and a friend of mine will be opening up a writing blog together in the near future! Writing Stripes is my personal writing blog where I can post updates to my personal writing. This new collab blog will talk about writing specifically, the art and structure of it. I'll talk more about it and post links as soon as we have it up and running!