YA Challenge

Normally, I post most writing news on my Livejournal. However, since I'm currently working on a Big Bang over on that, I decided that it would probably be better to pace myself and post this here.

Ever since Dora Goss, who I met at Alpha Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Workshop in 2009, posted her YA challenge, I had been toying with the idea. I'm currently working on a YA novel (alongside two other projects, gah), so it wouldn't exactly be out my way, and I would like to think that someone is paying attention to my YA aspirations, even if they aren't.

So, here goes: from June 1st to August 31st, I will be working on Morgana Tremaine, a fantastical detective story centering on twelve-year-old Goner Tremaine. Depending on how it all goes, I want to either write at least 1000 words per day or edit 3000 words per day-- I'm a quick editor, but I do it multiple times. My goal is to ideally get the novel-- novella, theoretically, at 30,000~ words-- finished and ready to send out by the end of the summer. My first step is editing what I have written currently to prepare myself for the work come June.

I plan to utilise progress bars. I love progress bars.