Now that I’ve got my young-adult urban fantasy novel fixed up and sent off to my agent, my mind has begun turning toward the next novel simmering on the back burner: Maps and Legends.

So, in an effort to not be totally boring to the four or five people actually reading this journal, I’m going to make a series of short, Private journal entries [EDITED TO ADD — nope, no more private entries!] that cover the nuts and bolts of putting together the 90,000 words required to achieve Novel for this book. I want to do it in a pretty short period of time, so I’m going to try to push myself.

Goals:

1. Organize and outline the whole book between now and September 8th.
2. Decide on what stays and what goes from the 100 pages I wrote earlier this year.
3. Start drafting on September 8th.
4. Finish a strong first draft by October 31st.
5. Write 6 pages a day, every day, to reach at least 300 pages by deadline. (1500 words/day)
6. Follow my novel-writing strategy for the book.
7. Have fun, take risks, be wild and crazy.