Hello everyone!

Seeing as how I'm heartily sick of writing nothing but tags and linkups (even though I'm overdue on both *cries*)....I decided to try something new.

Because I decided to work on all 7 of my WIPS (I discovered later that I had miscounted, oops) for this Camp, I had to break it up in some fashion. So I decided to work on one WIP per day to keep things interesting. And to keep track of everything, I decided to keep a log of what I was doing.

Then I thought to myself, why not share it so y'all get to see some of the behind the scenes stuff?!

So, each day of Camp NaNo, I'll be sharing what I worked on that day. Which could be any of the following: character sheets, world-building, plotting, aesthetics, and snippets!

I didn't work yesterday - funny thing, I now have this tradition of NOT working on the first day of Camp NaNo. Last July, it was for a 50th anniversary party. April was because of Easter. And this July...was because I went to a young adults social picnic with volleyball and sizzling temperatures. Needless to say, brain was fried.

So, my first day of work was today, 7/2. I managed to work almost 1.5 hours (out of a 30 goal).

WIP of the Day:

Yes, I changed the mock cover to match The White Rose. I'm super satisfied with it!

What was I doing:

CHARACTER SHEETS!

I started doing these with writing The White Rose and it really really helped keep stuff straight. So now, I have a standardized template, an example of which can be seen here below:

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Other: Conlaoch is of Irish origin, and means “chief lord”. Leofwine is comprised of two Germanic elements: leof (which means desirable, friendly) and wine (which means friend). His nickname Conrí is also Celtic, and it means 'wolf king'.   

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This is the standard, bare-bones version. I'll add other things (such as marriage and children, symbols, love language, etc.) as needed.

All of my MCs and major side characters get their own sheet, and minor characters will share a sheet (mostly, it's two characters splitting a sheet, although sometimes I'll mention minor characters on a main sheet as well).

I managed to get all the character sheets written up - so that's one thing off my list!

What do you think of this post idea? Any suggestions on which WIP to work on tomorrow?

Scribbingly yours,

Catherine

P.S. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm forced to go on a comment hiatus until further notice. I'll still reply to comments on my own blogs, but I won't be doing much else. I'm terribly sorry - I'll be back as soon as I can!!