I am going to camp!

When I was in 6th grade, many many moons ago, I sold candy bars so I could go to science camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  It was the first and only time I went camping (sort of but that's a post for another time).

August 1st 2011 I am going to camp again. This time it will be virtual camp. I've signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo (August edition).

I am hoping to knock out the pre-requisite 50k words and get a good start on a new YA werewolf thing I’ve had brewing.  To be brutally honest, I am a little bit scared about the werewolf thing.  Because my wolfies, aren’t your slobbering go out and kill people during the full moon weres, and they aren’t Shifters…not completely.

They DO get more aggressive and growly during the full moon, but they aren’t pack killers. They can shift anytime they want to with varying degrees of animalistic tendencies – “attitudes”.

But the story isn’t all about Werewolves, it’s about the people, the pack. It’s about family and community and fitting in. Which seems to be the theme of a lot of my stuff lately. I wonder why?

I am not going to delve too deeply into my own personal need to explore these themes, or else I’d probably turn out to write something else. And I don’t wanna! I’ll keep my little blinders on and be happy!

So! J.A. Konrath suggested in a post the other day to write 2,000 words a day. *looks at number, dies a little bit inside

It’s just a suggestion! But if I want to hit 50k I have to do like 1,700 a day…so what’s 300 more? Uhm.. A LOT?!

Well even if I just do the 50k it’s a win and a good start to a novel.