Following a nice article in the Athens News (which Maria kept the page for me), I read up on the Guardian’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction (part 1 and part 2). Sarah Waters’ advice to write at least 1000 words a day is a good one, and while it isn’t a difficult target to achieve, I chose to start low, 500 words.

At least 500 words, every day, including the weekend. if I struggle, just write any old 500 words, even if it is for a later chapter (sometimes endings to events are easier to write than the beginning or middle of one!). If I’m inspired, there’s no rule to say that I have to stop at 500, so I can even go on to 1000 or more if I want.

500 words, seven days a week, means 3500 in one week, 14000 in a month (assuming 4 weeks), 45500 in three months, and finally 182000 in a year, more than enough for a first book, no?

Of course, i won’t stop writing my fanfiction, and that can be done on the weekend. Case in point, Ranma and the Doctor, chapter 17, and my Haruhi fic The Lost Child updated to chapter 4.

Anastasia’s wedding was nice, a tad stressful, but the landscape chose to let out some beautiful sights for us:

The motif for the wedding, white and blue roses.   

My writings have appeared on many sites, most are old, due to obsolescence, others due to not updating properly, and simply mentions by fans of them.

Mediaminer (old site which is fairly boring to use)

WhoFic.com (not uploaded my story yet since it needs to be converted)

Naru’s Diary (site made by a famous fanfic writer, who liked my story enough to put on this old site)

Fan History Wiki (created automatically for all authors on fanfiction.net)

I’m even mentioned on TVTropes.org for Haruhi and Ranma fanfiction.

Gaia Online seems to like my 28 Days Later/Love Hina crossover too.

There are many sites out there which like my writing, which I won’t bother listing here, but just by googling the names of my stories, they can easily be found.

No reviews though, which is a little sad, but it doesn’t affect me so much, since I like the characters.

Vermilion Concerto No 1 – Nerima By Moonlight

Now it stands at a mere 97,178 words in total, and I feel I have at least 10 more chapters to go before I finish this story, before I move on to it’s slightly more epic sequel.

That’s what 6 hours in Starbucks will do to you… That, and a large cold chocolate drink, a chicken wrap and a bottle of water.

Currently on chapter 5 of the book I plan on publishing, slow going writing your own characters, you can’t tell if they’re in character yet, because they by definition have no character because they are new.

What a Catch 22… Speaking of which I should really read that book one day…