In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren (who was inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie‘s This Week in Books). Basically you just post about new books that came into your house over the past week, whether in the mail or by getting them at the library or by buying them in a store. Capiche?
What I got in the mail this past week: Continue reading »
So I’ve decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month this year, mostly after thinking of a REALLY GOOD plot for a book (I think, anyway) and wanting to try writing it down. I have no idea if I’m a decent fiction writer or not, but, well, I want to try. 
My novel idea is a YA mystery! With a headstrong female protagonist who’s trying to be a female Sherlock Holmes, basically (and she’s pretty decent at it, too). And there’s no romance. And it’s in a hospital! In England! Which means a lot of research, unfortunately. And doubly more research is needed because it’s set in the 1980s, because this novel is a prequel to another series I have an idea for, where my character is grown up and has her own private detective firm, and that’s set in the modern times. Possibly I have dug myself into a big hole, here. Possibly just watching a lot of British television shows is not good enough research for writing a book. Hm.
My character’s name is Sydney Babbage, by the way, and she looks a bit like Marcie from Dark Season:
Are any of you doing NaNoWriMo? Wanna be writing buddies?
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