Hello friends!
Happy 1st day of November!
It is officially my favourite time of the year.
No, not Christmas.
Novel November!
For those of you who don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, Novel November is basically the new version of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) which is a yearly challenge that takes place every November where writers are tasked with writing 50,000 words in 30 days.
Usually you would draft a brand new book for this challenge but in my case I will editing my Irish YA superhero crime thriller novel, Lasair-Fhíona. I am currently working through the final round of edits on this book so I figured I would focus on that during Novel November. I will be publishing this book in March 2027 and I’m very excited to finish these edits and move onto the publishing process!
If you’d like to learn more about my Irish superhero book series, Lasair-Fhíona, I’ll leave a playlist right here!
Originally I was planning to start drafting my spicy dinosaur romantasy project which is sort of like Jurassic Park meets Fourth Wing. I decided that it was best to focus on the last round of edits on my superhero book for Novel November because that project takes higher priority.
My spicy dinosaur romantasy book which I am calling ‘Project Dino’ for now is a story I am dying to write BUT if I want to get these final few edits done on my superhero book, I need to focus on getting those finished first before starting something new.
Project Dino has me such a chokehold that I started doodling some character art for it back in September. But I will probably be tweaking the character designs a little once I start drafting it next year. I just need to get my superhero book finished first.
I’m still writing a plot outline and worldbuilding notes for Project Dino, and I’m so excited to begin the drafting process because it’s a story that has all of my favourite things in it - forbidden romance, savvy guy x energetic girl, survival horror, military academy setting, absurdly powerful student councils, dinosaurs, haunted castles, hot witches, etc. It’s very weird but very fun. It’s also set in a prehistoric dieselpunk fantasy world which is a setting I’ve never written in before. I like to call it a ‘horrorantasy’ because it mixes elements of horror with romance and fantasy.
I appreciate you all taking the time to read this blog post. Let me know if you’re taking part in Novel November and what type of project you are working on. I hope you have a great day and I’ll chat to you very soon!
Love,
Laura-Louise xoxo