Yeah, yeah, I know. I have't written anything here since January.

Hey, I've been busy. I made a lateral move to a larger newspaper where I have hope of a promotion sometime before I am old enough to retire, plus I have a 'pension program' (yes, they DO exist, unlike the Unicorn and the wood sprite). At least I'm doing something productive in regard to my writing, My MS 'Golden Hour' is being looked over by a literary agency (yes, a real one, not one of those fly-by-nights I got sucked into before), and there's some editing to do (they want me to cut it from 98,000 words to around 85K, plus fix some plot holes. Then they'll try to market it for me. It would be cool if it sold...

Anyway, the reason I'm writing today is to make note of my latest foray into NaNoWriMo again this year. I'm going to finish this time, I swear. I'm not going to attempt to use an outline like I did last time. No, this time it will be completely free-written. It won't be publishable anyway (because it's online), but maybe something interesting will come out of it. I'm still working on my other novel, 'Salem's Crossing,' about an aging paranormal investigator who solves mysteries sort of like Angela Lansbury in 'Murder She Wrote.' I know that the TV shows 'Medium' and 'Ghost Whisperer' are out there, plus there's already another novelist writing stories involving a ghost-hunting team, but mine's different. It's more dark, symbolic and edgy than one might expect. Since there's a market for that sort of thing right now, might as well strike while the iron's hot (there's my love of cliches again).

Anyway, NaNo '06 is ready to start in a few days, and my fingers are poised over the keyboard, itching to begin. If I last more than 20 days, I'll be shocked and amazed. But why not, eh? It's something to do. Until later - Jillian