Camp NaNo | July 2021 | Days 6&7
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the endless cycle of aughts boys first drafts
So, I keep all of my current writing projects on this little black flash drive. Sometimes, as I am human, I forget this flash drive somewhere and then I can't work on stuff. Normally, this means I forget this flash drive at home and so I'm at school, where I have a bunch of other flash drives, and then what do I do? I start a new Aughts Boys book. This year, I have written books 12-14 on first draft. I am currently working on 15. That's Benji Holmes, Jack Williams, Brodie Mohren, and Jackson Falvey, for those of us who have read the books, of which I know there are few. The problem comes when I already have a first draft running and I forget my flash drive, because then what happens? I start a new one and immediately lose interest in the last one. But I'm having fun. This Aughts Boys series is like, looking to never end or something, because I keep creating side characters that I want to have their own books, but that's fine? You don't have to read it in orde...
"every book i've read ever"
Earlier this year, but not at the very beginning of the year, I decided I wanted an easier way to tell what my favorite book was. I spent about ten years saying it was The Long Walk , and now I say it's Beartown , and maybe it's just because I like spreadsheets but now I have a spreadsheet. It was, for a while, a word doc, but last night I transferred it over to a spreadsheet so I can tell easier if I'm re-reading or not. Not that I don't know if I've re-read books or not, because I do, but it's just telling if I'm re-reading since the spreadsheet began . According to this spreadsheet, my top ten favorite books are as follows: 1. Beartown by Fredrik Backman 2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 4. Okay for Now by Gary D Schmidt 5. Germinal by Emile Zola 6. Theme Music by T Marie Vandelly 7. The Binding by Bridget Collins 8. The Dark Half by Stephen King 9. Pet Sematary by Stephen King 10. Babel by RF Kuang This does...
in the wake of sunset
If you missed it, Sunset is now out, and with that, the Vendettic trilogy is over, which is all kinds of exciting. This also means that I can go back to rewrites rather than just pounding my way through edits, so this is what's happening, currently, on my "current projects" flash drive. Tinon #3. Still. Yes. It's almost done, though. I have like, eight chapters left + prologue, and then I can (after edits) wash my hands of the series until I... well, I do have a novella drafted, and I have a sequel trilogy planned in my head, but at the very least, for now . Aughts Boys #5. The Matt book. I've actually loved slipping back into this one. I think it's going to be a good one when it's done. I think it's already a good one. god I love this series. New Match, or the first in what will be a duology for sure, maybe more. It's been fun writing about the most terrible teenagers that have ever existed, that's for sure. Guillaume! This is a love lette...