{"id":290,"date":"2019-11-05T15:22:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zereldax.com\/nicholsandashcroft\/?p=290"},"modified":"2019-11-05T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:22:59","slug":"nichols-and-ashcroft-newsletter-nov-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zereldax.com\/nicholsandashcroft\/2019\/11\/05\/nichols-and-ashcroft-newsletter-nov-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Nichols and Ashcroft Newsletter Nov 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\nHello!

\nOctober slipped away and November rolled it. Since it’s November that \nmeans it’s time for NaNoWriMo.  What is NaNoWriMo?  It’s an online \nwriting challenge with participants all around the globe. NaNoWriMo \nstands for Na<\/strong>tional No<\/strong>vel Wri<\/strong>ting Mo<\/strong>nth.\n The goal is to write 50,000 words during the month of November. It \nboils down to 1667 words per day. It doesn’t seem like much, but when \nyou factor in work, Thanksgiving, and life in general, it becomes harder\n than it sounds. Chasing Destiny<\/em> was the result of two NaNoWriMos. One to write it and one to edit it.

\nI have been participating in NaNo since 2004. I haven’t won every year \nbecause of life, but I’ve won more than lost. Two years ago I became an \nMunicipal Liaison for Southern Maine. MLs schedule write-ins (where we \ngather together in one place to  write) and act as a cheerleader for \nwriters. I love being an ML and love meeting all the different people in\n my area of the state.

\nMy NaNo project this year is a superhero romance. It’s been a blast to \nwrite and three days into November I’m at 11,000 words. I’m scheduled to\n finish by Nov 14th, but I know life will throw some curve balls and \nI’ll barely finish like I did last year.

\nI have something to admit. I suck at writing these newsletters on a \nregular basis. I would swear that I sent one out in October and it turns\n out I didn’t. So my bad. I will try to make these a little more \nregular, but not enough to spam you wonderful people.

\nOur next book is coming along. It’s called Immortal Secrets<\/em> and features Akantha and Damianos, but they’re secondary characters. We’re introducing quite a few new characters in it.

\nSpeaking of immortals, a few people have asked why we write about \nimmortals. Here’s the low down. We wanted to write about characters who \nwere immortals, but weren’t vampires. I know books about non-vampire \nimmortals are out there, but they’re the unicorns of the book world.  \nOur characters started out as role-play characters. Unfortunately, or \nperhaps fortunately, the game we were playing them in didn’t get off the\n ground. Akantha stuck around and bugged the heck of out me and \npractically demanded attention. So instead of a RP character, she \nmorphed into a book character. Due to their long history, Damianos and \nAkantha provided a plethora of material to work with.  History nerd that\n I am, had an extremely difficult time narrowing down to a few time \nperiods to show in Chasing Destiny<\/em>. I was talking to a friend of mine who had recently read Chasing Destiny<\/em>\n and wants to see more of Akantha and Damianos. I have nothing planned \nfor them right now, but maybe something will come up. There are quite a \nfew new immortals that we want to introduce in new books. Though I’m \nsure they will demand some attention and will give me a clue to what to \ndo with them.

\nI have a few craft-fair appearances coming up this month. I’ll be in \nSanford, ME at the Operation Ray of Light on Nov 16th. I’ll be at the \nCarl J Lamb school in Springvale, ME on Nov 23rd. I’ll be selling books \nalong with some D&D accessories I’ve made.

\nThat’s all the news I have right now. If you have any questions about Chasing Destiny<\/em> or our writing process, please feel free to drop us an email or find us on social media.

\nHave a great November.

\n– Sydney\n \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello! October slipped away and November rolled it. Since it’s November that means it’s time for NaNoWriMo.  What is NaNoWriMo?  It’s an online writing challenge…<\/p>\n

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