writing

Started writing for the month of November!  Decided to take part in the National Novel Writing Month.  Their website is excrutiatingly slow (or it's my internet connection).  But somehow with a strange mixup - I can't access my original userid "dmdealwis".  So until it gets sorted out I'm using "orchidilla". 

Working title: Hairy Legs

Genre: Young Adult

Word count to date: 655

I think those of you who know me may realise that it's going to be a semi-autobiographical tale of my experiences when I came back from three years of life in Sri Lanka at the age of 12.  So far, 655 words or so completed - and that's just the begining.  I'm a little worried about the skeletons it'll dig out of my closet but I think that since it's a subject that's from the past - should be an easier challenge than writing a new fantasy fiction novel!  The real question is whether or not it will ever be published!

If you want a taste of something I've written - I've recently put online The Taking - and the world of Dakana.  So far, three books have made it online - it's a time consuming and tedious task to put each chapter up - but everything will be up after a time.  I'm editing and adding to the original - its an experiment of sorts.