Registration for this year's race began yesterday, so head on over to the website and join me in my insanity. Misery loves company you know, and Starbucks is perfectly willing to help us stay awake for those long hours of hunting and pecking. (I'll never drink a pumpkin spice latte again without thinking of NaNo 2005.)
This year I'll be working on a total rehashing of The Wrong Target, last year's not-so-all-that masterpiece. But I think I've finally figured out where my plot went wrong, thanks to Steve Bertrand over at one of my new favorite podcasts, Meet the Writers. His interview with Steve Berry knocked my plot on its a**, and solved the problem that's been bugging me for nearly a year. I've decided to reclassify last year's 25,000 words as a very long prewriting exercise.
If you don't want to join me this year, then cheer me on from the sidelines. I'll be blogging my novel this year in a separate blog. More information on that site will come as the kickoff date nears.
In the meantime, I'm taking suggestions for a new title. The Wrong Target is too boring, and reveals too much of the plot before the reader even gets through the first chapter. So here's a blurb to get your creative juices flowing:
Ralph's wife dies unexpectedly and he refuses to believe the coroner's official ruling that her death was due to natural circumstances. Can he learn the truth and keep the same thing from happening to his eccentric mother? Follow Ralph from midwestern suburbia, through Salt Lake City, and on to Las Vegas, as he digs through his family's past and gets to know a whole new side of his late wife's personality.If you haven't guessed yet, it's a thriller. And, yes, the original title is a clue to something of a plot twist. Post your title suggestions to the comments section of this post. If I like your idea, maybe you'll earn yourself a dedication if the book ever gets published and the editor actually likes the title, too. (Yeah, right. Good luck with that!)
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