Paper Wings » novel writing

I’ve sold my soul.

Teresa (Chrissy) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:40:44 +0000

I have been a passing admirer of Rupert Penry-Jones since he joined the Spooks (known as MI-5 to us Americans) team, but my heart had always belonged to Tom Quinn (Matthew MacFadyen) rather than Adam Carter (Rupert’s character).

However, when Katie recommended that I watch the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion starring Rupert as Capt. Wentworth, I found a new devil to pawn my soul to.

Seriously … Darcy who?

Persuasion has more than renewed my interest in MI-5 and now I will spend my Thursday nights at 9pm, planted in front of the telly, watching this fine piece of molecular art do his thing on PBS.

Also, I may or may not be basing a character in my new book on him ;) Oh come on, he make the perfect 1916 British soldier … would he not? Of course, I’ll be working on the sequel to my ‘09 NaNoWriMo book before I begin the historical drama/romance I’m planning.

Now, off for dinner and some movies.

Feeling the rush already

Teresa (Chrissy) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:26:02 +0000

You know that rushed feeling you get during the holiday season? Yeah … it’s only December 5th and I have it already :/ This cannot bode well. Oh, and guess what I’m trying to attempt in the middle of this lovely time of year? Yep, that’s right, begin a re-write of my ‘09 NaNoWriMo novel. I would wait, but I want to be sure that I have it all still fresh in my mind and hopefully during the re-write I can work out some details for the sequel book.

Plus I have a few people lined up to give it a beta (alpha?) read, of which I am excited about. I really hope people like this book. But back to the busyness of the season, shall we …

Last night, I went shopping with my younger sister to pick up the supplies to make my mum a birthday cake (her birthday is tomorrow) and a few smaller things to go with the secret santa gifts I have to mail out. I ended up buying a three foot tree (see photo) for our house this year since no one really felt like getting up in the attic, pulling everything out and dealing with the hassle a full-size tree (which, in my family, normally ends with everyone being in a pissy mood and we need all the festiveness we can get this year, mmmkay).

After getting the tree ready, eating dinner, and doing an inordinate amount of dishes — I seriously believe evil elves stalk the house when we are distracted and dirty up our plates and cutlery — I wrapped the gifts I bought for the Supernatural Secret Santa on Livejournal (not shown) and the Book Blogger’s Holiday Swap (photo to the left). These shall be mailed out on Monday. I was going to do it today but again, I have so much to do, and I didn’t want to run everything to the post office on the same day (I would honestly need almost two boxes for all I have to mail). Instead, I opted to mail two packages today: one to Cash4Books.net and one to a friend in Belgium who kindly bought an unwanted book from me as I’m trying to clear out my collection.

Tonight will be spent addressing my holiday cards, among other things. I will probably post some photos of that tomorrow. Seriously, my life is beyond exciting. ;)

I came, I wrote, I conquered

Teresa (Chrissy) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:48:32 +0000

As I type, I am entering my novel into the NaNo validator and crossing the finish line. The novel is in some bad shape (complete understatement there lol), full of plot holes and mistakes, but I finished it. The next step, print it out and begin the rewrite! Once that is done, I’m hoping to let a few people read it and give me some feedback so I can make sure the plot works and such.

51150 words baby! WOO!