Struggles Ahoy!

Yeah...it's been interesting. It's only Tuesday and I am quite...drained. I forgot how writing tended to have that effect on me. Probably because I put so much of myself in my work...

Anyways, I thought I'd just make a quick post before going to bed. Hopefully I'll be able to get some sleep. Camp NaNoWriMo is almost upon us and I'm definitely hoping I'll be able to handle it. Not sure if I can or not, but I'm not one to quit before I start. I did get a bunch of ideas for expanding the story so even if this turns into my NaNo novel (no cheating though - I'll only count what I write in July) I'll still clear 50K.

Good night, world.

Love,

Ashley Smashley

Rewrite...Re-rewrite...Re-re-rewrite...

I've been slowly re-writing last year's NaNoWriMo novel over the last week and a half. Slowly. Things have gotten a little crazy around here so it's been 500 words here, 639 words there. Though I'm only ten pages in, there's a lot more depth to my shallow-as-dried-up-rainwater-puddle characters - improvements are everywhere in this version. It's good. Perhaps I'll have it finished in time for my trip to Maine next month, which would be totally awesome (<-----my shout out to Darren Criss) since it's the setting for the majority of the first book. Then I could add in accurate setting details where I need them. Way cool. :D

With love,

Ashley

It is time.

Rewrites for Falling Petals, the first of the Jordan Todd trilogy in my series, Twelve Red Roses, have begun. (:

With love,

Ashley