National Novel Writing Month

November 1st- 30th is the time for the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Writers from all over the world sign up on the NaNoWriMo website to work on writing a 50K word novel in 30 days. It may sound like an impossible task, but it is very possible if you put your mind to it, hunker down, and really write. With everything I've got going on it may turn out to be impossible, but at least I want to try!

I've never done this in years previous, but I thought I would at least give it a shot this year. The timing couldn't be worse with Tiana's surgery and everything, but since I'm at a mental roadblock with The Council and Train Wrecks is likely going to be longer than 50K words, I decided to work on an adult romance novel I've had an idea for. It's a bit on the erotic side and VERY adult so it's quite a change from my usual work. In YA I tend to keep the sexuality to heavy making out and such but no actual sex and minimal description of what is going on physically. That may not be how other writers necessarily do it all the time, but that's what I'm comfortable with my daughter reading and I am writing my YA books with my daughter in mind.

This adult romance novel is called Blame It On the Samba and is the story of Emily, a married administrative assistant who falls for her extremely sexy and also married new coworker. At first she's just imagining the things she would love to do with him and using her husband as a surrogate for what she can't do with the coworker,John. Eventually, they find themselves on a business trip together. After the conference is over they go out to a Latin restaurant with dancing to the sensual beats of the Latin music. They decide to take a whirl on the dance floor and end up in bed together in her hotel room and find themselves in the midst of a whirlwind romantic affair full of bold sexual encounters and lusty desire.

Keeping that in mind... today's music of the moment is "Feelin' Love" by Paula Cole from the City of Angels Soundtrack on my iTunes "Mel's Music" playlist. It's a passionate and downright sexual song that fits perfect with Blame It On The Samba's sensuality.