[Big Sigh Of Relief Here]

Aaaand, it's Trinity!
NaNoWriMo is officially over, and I'm sure whatever little bit of audience I have is tired of hearing about it, so let me be brief. (Relatively brief)
I failed. I lost. I did not complete the goal. I failed spectacularly, too. Because not only did I fail to reach the original goal, I failed to reach my namby-pamby goal as well. But! I did get 21, 273 words completed, which is a lot more than I had when I started. For that, I am thankful.

Moving right along! Not only do I think you're probably tired of hearing reading about NaNo, quite frankly I'm tired of writing about it. So now I can focus on my actual writing that I've done. And am planning to do.
Tribes Of The Earth has formed in my mind like no other story I've written. I add little pointless details here and there and then further along, they weave themselves back into the story and become an important part of it. Go figure. Something I am missing a little is getting to know my characters a little better. Deidre, Gavin, Jerod, Cassandra, Ramona... etc. etc. You'll learn more about them later. I'm planning to put what I've written so far up a little at a time. And be very afraid, because I write (in my opinion) excellent cliffhangers and I know how to use them!
Anyway, I haven't really had time to get into the minds of my aforementioned characters, even though I've defined their personalities.

Deidre is almost always in complete control of herself. Or she tries to be. She rarely gives out her own name, but those who know her know her as Deidre Traviat, The Sorrowful Wanderer.
Gavin is wild card, and he knows it and intends to stay that way. He is driven by desperation, anger, and a will not only to survive, but to come out on top.
Jerod is burdened with glorious purpose with his own sense of responsibility. He's slow to anger and thinks things through carefully.
Cassandra adores her cousin (Jerod) even though he's serious and quiet. She tried to emulate him, but usually ends up letting her temper get away from her. She likes to reason and is known for turning phrases.
Ramona.... is a new character, just recently added. I know very little about her. She isn't strong or athletic like most of the other characters, because she hasn't needed to be. She spends most of her time reading, studying and writing.

Actually, just in writing these, I've learned more about each one. Makes me think I should start doing character posts. That would be fun. A lot of fun. I think I shall. Although, I'll wait until they come into the story before writing out their innermost workings. Just so you can see how they play in. I may have to include spoilers, but I'll warn you first so you don't have to see them if you don't want to.
I'm re-catching the blogging bug, so look out for more posts very soon! :D

Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass! 
~ Trinity 

Oh my...

Trinity here.

As of today I should be at 35,007 words.

As you can see, I'm not.

I'm so far behind I can't see the finish line.

So, if Mohammad won't go to the mountain...
The mountain must go to Mohammad.

Thus, I am personally resetting my writing goal to 30,000 words by the end of November. I haven't written anything for the last two days because I've been busy cleaning our house like a maniac, which leaves me exhausted and I actually broke down in tears last night over something that, in hindsight, was not that big of a deal.
On a happier, more sane note, I've been sharing what I have so far with a friend of mine, and while my spelling and grammar errors seem to bother him quite a bit, (I said "gate" instead of "gait"... That still haunts me, cause I totally know better), it's really nice to know that someone is reading my work. Especially someone that I know will be brutally honest about it, which doesn't always please my ego, but it's great for my writing.
Hannah and another sibling of mine have been reading it as well, and they get excited every time I add another section, which is a great encouragement.

Now, actually about the story. I have a fairly good, but still kind of vague idea of where I want the ending to go. I also had ideas of things that I wanted to put in, and then it didn't seem like I would be able to add them in, but I'm putting some little twists in to see if I can get it a little closer to what I was thinking.
I was planning for it to be pretty post-apocalypse/dystopian-ish, but it's become more medieval/feudal-ish, so I'm gonna try to turn it a little, and put some more focus on remnants from the old life, like the old cities and what's come out of them.

So, I think that's all for now.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, and God bless!



Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass! 
~ Trinity 

NaNoWrimo - Day Twelve

Hannah again.
I finally got a jump-start on my novel! The problem, I think, was my POV(point of view), which was third person. I changed it to first person, and voilà, it came a lot easier. I'm still on the first few chapters, though, and I have about a sixth of the words I should have (my word count is 3700), but I'm still working on it. There's a sickness going around our house, so it's getting hard, but maybe it'll just make me sit down and actually write, for once. I have a lot of stuff in my notebook that I need to transfer to the computer.
The Internet is so distracting...

NaNoWriMo - Day Eleven

Trinity yet again! (Hannah doesn't seem to like posting on here.)
Well, I have reached 10,000 words! It slipped by kind of quietly. I expected a little more fanfare from... I don't know, myself?
By today, 11.11.12, I should have 18, 337 words, but I'm still only at 10,584. So I'm behind. Still.
But, I'm staying home from church today because of a vicious sore throat (my voice has gotten deeper overnight) so I plan to do a lot of catching up! Which was my plan yesterday as well, and that didn't work out so well.
I should really be in bed writing now, so I'll go. I'll update tomorrow on how much I actually got written.