And so, it begins.

Tick tock, tick tock, this is a clock ticking it’s way to November

When normal meals, showers, and sanity are just luxuries to remember

Today was the day I began the first and most vital steps

Merrily embarking upon the ritual known as NaNoWriMo prep.

 

 

/cough In other words, today I started the outline and wrote the first passage of the new book. It even has a working title- The Way of the Fae.  (Though I still don’t know how they would order a steak, though I’d really like it to be the way that Woody Harrelson’s character ordered his in The Cowboy Way.)

I know where they came from, why they are around, why they don’t truck with us mortals a whole lot, why there are wayfaestations (hyuk), and oh so much more. And while, yes, the book is set in Nessa’s/our world, I really want to say again that it won’t have anything to do with Nessa herself- her story has been told, and it’s really only polite to leave her in peace, with Star Wars movie marathons and Pizza Rolls in her cabin in the Jimez. I think of her often and fondly, especially now that Pizza Rolls are a strict no no.

I’ve got a pile more research to do, and a new completely unrelated book series to finish before time runs out. (I have a strict rule about not reading anything new during NaNoWriMo, I don’t want an author’s tone to sneak across into my work.)

But we’ve got a start!