NOVEL WRITING IN BIG BEAR, PART II

I was able to work almost every single night of our vacation on the laptop. About a half an hour each night. I think it was only the last night in Big Bear that I didn't write (we were packing to leave the next morning).

I wrote a complete draft of chapter eleven, at least half of chapter twelve until I got stuck on how exactly a high school student is expelled from school (I need to do some research when school gets back in), and over half of chapter thirteen (which I expect to complete this week). That will leave me with only two or three chapters left in the first draft of the book. All first drafts are shit, but it feels like this one is going fairly well. My wife, who is also considering a children's chapter book and a children's picture book with a painter we know, came up with a fantastic idea for a mystery novel that we did a short treatment on as well. I may work on that with her after the young adult novel is completed and I'm trying to sell it.

We'll see what happens. Stay tuned.