Up early on a Saturday (bed at midnight every night and up at 7 every morning is hard but has been worth it so far), working on my book. Again, I should be writing about this in my writing blog ( @gabapplewrites ) but am lazy. Plus this information is relevant.
My intention is to have the first Fishsticks novel (it’s a standalone, really) finished and sent out by the end of the month. Which is insane, but really necessary. I think I can do it, especially if I dedicate all of my lunch breaks and early mornings to it. 🙂
November will be NaNoWriMo, in which I am writing the fluffy summer romance that came to my head back in April. It’s going to be cute and sappy and so indulgent. And short. As in, it’s two stories in one, both of which will be 25-30k each. Bunny and Anthony are great characters and I’m thrilled to be writing them. No supernatural twists, just summer romance, camping, and a slice of suicide. Perfect.
After that, it’s going to be a bit of a waiting game during December. Querying sometimes takes a while, but I only have two agents in mind to submit Fishsticks to. So we’ll just see how that goes, I guess, which will determine the project I work on next.
In the interim of all of that (and this is where this all becomes relevant), I will focus on the Dangerous Cute book and a side project or two featuring Pushpin, which was always my intent. Picture books. I don’t want to start the 2nd Fishsticks book until I know what’s going on with the first (that would cause so many nightmares), but I can definitely do some cute kitten art meanwhile. 😀
Pushpin’s ABZs is the one that I started drafting a couple of months ago… not sure what the other one should be. Pushpin plans a party? It’s so dangerous to let him do anything… but oh well.
Also, has anyone else noticed that coffee tastes a lot like the milk leftover from Golden Crisp?