It's Over - For Now!

Thanks to all of you for attending the T.G.I.O. party today!  We ate pizza and shared the names of our NaNoNovels and the genres.  Some of us read 100 or so words.  It was wonderful to finally get a sneak preview of the stories that have been brewing inside your heads for the past few weeks.

Our next meeting is January 17th.  We will begin the revision portion of our novel-writing quests.  If you have not finished your book, keep writing.  I intend to edit my novel a little bit each day during Christmas break.

Here's an article about us...  http://www.mpsaz.org/academy/articles/15068/academy-writing-project-celebration

Here's a sneak peek from In the Wings, my NaNo Novel, copyright (c) Karen Procopio, 2011.

The lunchtime bell rings. Classroom doors swing open and chattering voices echo the hallways.



Katie nudges me with her elbow. “Look,” she whispers. “Here comes Ava.”


In the distance, I can see a commotion forming, and the epicenter of it all is a tall girl with shiny, black Cleopatra hair, dark brown eyes and porcelain skin. She holds her chin up and shoulders back as she walks through the hallway, and I wonder for a moment if she is a ballerina. A swarm of teenage girls buzz around her and flit in and out of the group.


“Who are all those people?” I ask.


“I call them the Lessers, the Wanna-bees, and the Tongue-Waggers.” Katie says. “The Lessers are the girls who are never invited to anything Ava does. She doesn’t even know they exist, but they follow her everywhere, hoping desperately that she’ll ask them for a piece of paper or a pencil just so they can say they talked to her. The Wanna-bees are the girls who were her friends last year but were pushed out of the inner circle. They hope Ava will let them back in.”


“And the Tongue-Waggers?” I ask.


“They’re Ava’s henchmen. They do her dirty work, like spread rumors and bully people.”

T.G.I.O.!

T.G.I.O. - Thank Goodness It's Over!  Well, not really.  I'm glad I finished my novel but I miss my characters and can't wait to begin revisions and edits in January. 

In the meantime...

The T.G.I.O. party will be held this Tuesday, December 6th, from 3:45p - 5:00p in my classroom.  Bring $3.00 for pizza and 100 words of your NaNoNovel to share!

Our writing group wrote a cumulative 420,000 words!

Our next Writing Club Meeting:  Tuesday, January 17th, 3:45p - 5:00p.

Read this... http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node/1097263