November 2021, Day 15

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hello? Anyobody still here? *waves at vanished fellow writers*

This is the place to tell us about your daily success (or the lack of it)!

May the magic be with us all!

Comments

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh that's wonderful! What is the novel about?

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

It's a bit of a story for how this fell into my lap, but it's essentially about the life (or at least first forty-odd years of the life) of Tom Buchanan, the nemesis in The Great Gatsby. :)

It's been going at a decent clip, and the first draft is admittedly a monster: I started writing it at the end of May, and I'm about 120,000 words in now. Pre-trimming it will likely tally at 150-160K.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is impressive! Good luck!

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Whatever else one can end up saying about this book in the end, it's been fun to write and a great mental health break. :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That does sound like an intriguing idea — the supporting characters/antagonists of classic literature are often fascinating in their own right.

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

And I like the character a lot better than I did now that he has a good bit more complexity.