Working on a Book

I have not written here for a few days because I have been working on a book. I am writing a novel about a kid that hooks up with Frankenstein's monster to search for the Stones of Eternal Evil and Dark Sciences. S.E.E.D.S. for short.

Each stone will be hidden somewhere on the planet and it will have a guardian. In order to find the stones, our heroes will need to find where they are hidden and then defeat the monster that protects them. The monsters are classic monsters like vampires, werewolves, mummies, swamp creatures etc. I'm looking at it being kind of a young adult book.

So far, I am at about 3500 words, so I'm really just getting started. I have been averaging a little over a thousand words a day. That takes a couple hours each time. I'm hoping I can up that production as I get better at writing. It's not always that easy. I am also thinking about starting another class at the Lighthouse Writers workshops in Denver.

The Lighthouse Writers workshops are great. It is a place where you can take classes on how to write creatively at a fraction of the cost of taking a class at a university. Plus, the classes are very hands-on type classes where you get to work on your own stuff. If you've ever taken a writing class at a university, you will understand that this is a bit different than what you will do there. In fact, most universities don't even offer creative writing. It's always geared towards the academic writing instead. I think it has a lot to do with it being almost impossible to grade someone writing creatively. Of course, there are no grades at Lighthouse. You simply do or do not as Yoda once said.

Anyway, that is what I am doing right now. I have taken the first step on a thousand mile journey. It is not easy to write a book, as I found out once upon a time, but I think I have a good foundation for getting this one going. Maybe I can sell it and write the rest of the books in the series too. Oh, did I forget to mention that? It is a five to seven book series total. Yep, nothing like jumping all the way into the deep end.