Since I’m kinda new at this fiction stuff, it was bound to happen sooner or later. I actually submitted something, and it didn’t win anything. Inevitable, but still a bummer. I got the list of winners and shortlisters from the 3 Day novel contest today, and didn’t see my name.

Luckily, I have a backup plan. The novel I wrote, called Arrivals, is about the second coming. I was sick much of the weekend when I wrote it, so I’m sure there are some serious disconnects. But I was seeing it in my head the whole time.

Seeing it. So in April, I’m going to write it as a screenplay during ScriptFrenzy… I think there is still life in there!

On to the next project.

On November 29th, I flew past the 50,000th word of my novel Banjo & Cross, becoming a Nanowrimo winner for the first time. I’m really excited, and think the book might be worth finishing (as in polishing) for future use.

I’ve uploaded a sample from the book at the Nano site if you are interested.

Well, the 52stories.net site has been down for technical problems for a couple weeks, so I haven’t posted any updates. It is just as well right now, since I’m doing my first National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). If you look at the left side of the page, there is an icon with my current word count. The goal is 50,000 in November. I’m a little behind, but I have confidence, and next week off to finish it up!

Stay tuned.