1: My life is not as interesting as I thought it was. My Nano novel was based off of my own experience with my father's death and life following that tragedy. But as I started to write it down, I realized the details are very boring.

2: Coming off a very long hiatus is very hard. I wasn't disciplined anymore in my writing time or in my style and it's hard to get that groove back.

3: I miss my vampires. I honestly miss them very much. As I looked back over Awakening, I've been happy that I didn't publish it as it was because there's so much that needs to be changed.

4: Writing excites me again. I guess I was burning out. I haven't even read vampire books in about six months and I've been staying away from anything supernatural. Instead, I've been digging into general fiction and some mystery and fantasy. I've been knitting to relieve stress. I've been focusing on my pregnancy and the baby boy who's going to enter the world in March. But I've missed writing. I've missed being creative. It's time to get back to what I love doing.

I won't make my goal this year. It's simply too late for me to make up the numbers I need to make it happen. But I'm okay with that. You can't win every year right? Well, maybe you can...but I can't.

What better way to end this hiatus I've been stuck in than to jump into Nanowrimo?

This year's submission will be vampire-less again because I'm taking a break from Seven and the gang. I have to get my mojo back with them and I think I need more time apart. At least as far as writing about them full time is concerned.

I've been thinking about Nanowrimo this year and I'm doing a piece of fiction that's based on actual events. MY actual events. I've taken notes on this project for years and left them scattered haphazardly through my hard drive. Finally, I'm going to put them all together and write. Then I promised myself I would NOT have a Nano hangover like last year.

So, my question to you is this. Is this the year you finally do it? Is this the year you let yourself go and finally get those 50000 words? Or will you make excuses and wait till next year? The choice is up to you. Red pill or blue pill.

The Fang Marked Office has moved to Davenport, IA officially and now that I'm expecting a baby in March, I guess the exhaustion knocked me down far enough that I couldn't recover.

August should be much better for me. I'm planning on working on Prophecy and writing Resurrection. I just need to adjust to how tired I am lately and the new place I get to write in.