More reading to prepare

I'm preparing for the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. I got this awesome book called HOOKED by Les Edgerton. It's about how to write an attention grabbing page 1. I'll need it to get folks to read the rest of my rambles. So far, its good!

My sister read my 11000 word novel I titled The Undone- still unfinished due to lack of plot progress and my fear of going into the head of the villian. She thinks it really good and gonna make some notes that could possibly help me finish the book. The Undone is my first attempt of that magnitude. I don't even know where I got 11000 words from! That's hope yet. To be a publishable novel, The Undone is 10% finished.

Talking cats

It sounds strange but I keep having this idea about a story that is narrated by the main character's cat. I had at least one cat in the house from the age of 6 to 16 and I know they see and hear things no one else can.....I'll give it a shot and draw from the dark secrets I can imagine my cat, Milly guarded closely. Meow! You never know.
Fabulous! Now, I have TWO plausible stories for my novel.
Mini mini mani mo! Decisions, decisions!

YAAAY!

I finally got a story, a simple one but I think it's a good one. After days of pulling a long face because I didn't have a story, a voice of reason said, "You are trying too hard to cook up something complicated and 'commericial'. Just tell the story you want to tell." And that's what I'm going to do. I'm wondering how many characters are too many for a 50000-word story. Hmm..currently I have 3 main characters and a few minor ones. Let's see how it goes. I may throw in some animals as well to make it a real 'Noah's Ark'! No, that is not a hint about the plot. HAHA!

looking for a plausible story

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is around the corner and I'm hunting for a plot, characters anything.....only 50,000 words so I have no excuse. I'm getting some inspiration from King Herod's daughter.....Watch this space.