Thursday, 31 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 31 - I win!


Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,616
Words Written Today
5,552
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
50,098
Words Remaining
0
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
0

There were times - many many times - when I didn't think I'd be able to say
this, but I have officially finished Camp NaNoWriMo July 2014! Two short
stories, 31 days and 50,000 words are complete. 

Now for the cover reveal that I promised earlier in the week. I hope you like
it. Let me know what you think in the comments below.


Title: Poisoned Blue
Author: Katie L Thompson
Series: Jamie Stanley Crime Scene Investigation Series
Number in the series: One
Genre: Murder Mystery
Release Date: Autumn 2014 
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Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 29 and 30

Day 29
Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,518
Words Written Today
2,076 
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
44,022
Words Remaining
5,978
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
1,993


Day 30
Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,485
Words Written Today
524
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
44,546
Words Remaining
5,454
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,727
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Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 28

Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,498
Words Written Today
1,942
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
41,946
Words Remaining
8,054
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,014

Today I finished the first draft of DEATHLY WHITE. Tomorrow I'll be going 
back to THROWN TOGETHER which will take me to the end of this Camp 
NaNoWriMo.

Look here on Thursday (31st - end of Camp NaNoWriMo) for a POISONED BLUE
related reveal.
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Monday, 28 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 27



Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,481
Words Written Today
3,585
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
40,004
Words Remaining
9,996
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,000
My laptop went cuckoo yesterday and didn't post this. I think my blog is 

 broken due to too many Camp NaNoWriMo updates.
Anyway, I HIT 40K AT LAST WOOO!
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Saturday, 26 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 26

Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,400
Words Written Today
4,033
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
36,419
Words Remaining
13,581
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,264
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Friday, 25 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 25

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Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,295
Words Written Today
3,019
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
32,386
Words Remaining
17,614
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,517

The target's looking slightly more manageable now that I have less than 
20,000 words to write. Six days remaining. Don't forget to check back here 
next week for the POISONED BLUE cover reveal.
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Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 24

Average Words Per Day

1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,223
Words Written Today
2,621
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
29,367
Words Remaining
20,633
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,580

After 850ish words on THROWN TOGETHER, the bug for murder mystery

 returned. I spent the rest of the day working on DEATHLY WHITE, the second

 book in the Jamie Stanley Crime Scene Investigation Series which follows on 

 from POISONED BLUE.
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Thursday, 24 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 23

Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,163
Words Written Today
2,416
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
26,746
Words Remaining
23,254
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,584
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 22

Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,106
Words Written Today
1,617
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
24,330
Words Remaining
25,670
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,567

Made some progress with THROWN TOGETHER today and did a couple of
edits on POISONED BLUE that were suggested to me by my first proofreader - 
my wonderful dad. 

Almost at the halfway point, only 7 days behind schedule.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 21

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Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,082
Words Written Today
327
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
22,713
Words Remaining
27,287
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,480


I didn't get many words written today, but I have finished editing POISONED 
BLUE. I have decided it's going to be less of a novel and more a novella/short
story - the story works better that way. It's now being passed around various 
people to be proofread.

I'm going to make the rest of my Camp NaNoWriMo words up on a short 
romance story, THROWN TOGETHER, but I will continue to post bits about 
POISONED BLUE.

Check here later in the week for the cover reveal for POISONED BLUE. I can't
wait to share it with all of you.
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Monday, 21 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 20

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Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,119
Words Written Today
0
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
22,386
Words Remaining
27,614
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,300


Not much to say about today. My day's total of zero words has left me a 

 massive 11482 words behind.
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Saturday, 19 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 19 - First Draft Complete

Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,178
Words Written Today
1,856
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
22,386
Words Remaining
27,614
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
 2,125

Currently 8,259 words behind the Camp NaNoWriMo target, but I won't let that put me down (not today anyway). I have finished the first draft of POISONED BLUE. It's only 18:30, but I'm going to call it a day. Tomorrow I will start editing and expanding.

I'd like to thank all of you who have been following me along the way this month, retweeting my tweets and favouriting (is that a word?) them. Below is the prologue for POISONED BLUE, my murder mystery novel. Don't worry if you don't like blood and gore, this book is blood and gore free - I'm a complete wimp, even Harry Potter scares me -but it is full of suspense (or at least that's what people are telling me).

Enjoy! Please leave your comments below.


Prologue

She flinched the minute she heard the song erupting from her mobile phone on the coffee table beside her. Although she was expecting the call the noise still made her nervous.
“Greg,” she answered.
“Sara.”
It was no hidden fact that they didn’t get on.
“Let’s get this over with quickly. On your doorstep in fifteen minutes.”
He’d hung up before she had chance to reply.
She dreaded his phone calls, they made her feel guilty. She knew what she was doing was wrong, but it had been so long that she didn’t know a way out of it anymore. There was no way out.
Sara hovered around the house, moving things from one place to another – convincing herself that she was tidying up although the house was already in tip-top condition – anything to keep herself busy.
Although the ringing had stopped, the song still remained in her ears. The ringtone dedicated to Greg was different from everyone else. She’d changed it so that without looking at the caller ID, she’d know who it was. Not that he was saved in her phone as ‘Greg’. She’d hidden his number under the name ‘Rubbish Chinese Takeaway’.
Sara shivered. Greg always called when he was fifteen minutes away. They were the longest fifteen minutes of her life.
She checked she had money in her purse although she’d already checked at least five times that day. A wad of twenty pound notes, fresh out of the cash machine the day before, filled the back section. Even without looking inside, she knew the money was there from the bulge it created. She was prepared, or as prepared as she ever could be.
The doorbell rang. Sara took in a large breath, letting it out as she reached the front door. The metal of the door handle was cold against her sweaty palm. Her heart beat quickened. She took in one more breath and let it go before opening the door.

* Please note this is a first draft and this extract may or may not change/be included in the final version *
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Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 18

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Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,141
Words Written Today
0
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
20,530
Words Remaining
29,470
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
2,105
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Friday, 18 July 2014

Your View

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I've posted quiet a lot recently about me, but now I want to know something about you! 

I started writing for various reasons. One of the reasons was that I couldn't find the type of book I wanted to read. I'd like the characters out of one book and the plot out of another, but I couldn't find any books that combined both my ideal character and my ideal plot.


So, my question to you is, what type of character do YOU want to read about? Post your answers in the comments section below.
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CampNaNoWriMo - Day 17

Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,207
Words Written Today
189
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
20,530
Words Remaining
29,470
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
1,965
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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 16

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Average Words Per Day
1,613
Your Average Per Day
1,130
Words Written Today
2,654
Target Word Count
50,000
Total Words Written
20,341
Words Remaining
29,659
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
1,854



Catching up slowly. On Saturday I was 10,000 words behind, now I'm just 

5,000 words behind - okay so that's still quite a lot, but I'll get there.
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