Okay, so, yeah, this blog should be retitled for the month. I'm not sure what the new title would be, but it would include some of the following words/phrases: NaNoWriMo, insanity, I'm going to spend more time with my fictional main character than any living human being this month, 50,000 words... Despite all the insanity and how the novel has slightly taken over my life, I am finding that I absolutely am loving writing this book. I had forgotten how much I love writing fiction. This is still the most dynamic story I have told yet, and it's coming along the best by far.

You have to love unexpected romance. I was planning on having my main character just sort of have this thing with some guy before she headed off to Africa. But as I wrote their scenes together and developed their personalities and dialog, I realized that they were going to be much more than a little something. I like the dimension it's going to add to the story when tragedy strikes, and I think it will help tie things together in the end.

I could do this for a living. If only I was good enough... Hm...

This year my two writing soundtracks of choice are the Glee Cast songs from iTunes and The Original Cast Recording of Wicked. This morning I had "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" on repeat. It was perfect for the first romantic scene I was writing. It takes place in a state park (my inspiration for the scenery was John Bryan park in Ohio). Oh and don't worry, my romance scenes aren't trashy or anything - I keep those scenes PG. Just in case you were wondering.

REAL LIFE UPDATE:: I think we are actually going to move on Monday - hoorah! The only unfortunate thing about all of this is that I'm going to lose two days of writing time. I guess I could try to write in the hotel at night if I'm not too tired. Since I'm going to be doing half the driving, though, I probably can't stay up until all hours of the night crafting my story. We're filled up about three quarters of our trailer. We still have quite a bit of stuff to fit in, but I'm hoping we'll make it. I really need to pull the remainder of my stuff together. I really am tired of moving. I can't wait until I one day get my own apartment and can set up residence permanently.

I would much prefer to stay here at my trusty keyboard and keep writing, but alas, empty boxes and piles of possessions are calling my name.

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