I Survived Day 1 of #NaNoWriMo

I should get a t-shirt, right?

Yesterday, day one, was off to a rough start. Even with the added hour – it took me most of the day just to get started.  Forrest wanted to go out to breakfast but before we left, he asked that I get my speedpass from my car. Big mistake. I then realized I could not, for the life of me, find my damn keys. Those keys are forever disappearing on me, even though they’re weighed down by a million different keychains. A few months ago I lost my keys (for good) and had to replace the mailbox key to our neighborhood mailbox- and had to get replacement keys for the house, and use my remaining car key.

So – when I thought I lost these keys, I pretty much flipped out. I had no way of getting into my car. No way of getting into the house. I did not want to replace the P.O. box key. I was NOT a happy camper. Long story short, I found them in a box of sewing supplies when we finally arrived home from breakfast. But by then- all the tension had built up in my head and caused the most obnoxious sinus headache… EVER! Add that to the lack of caffiene and I pretty much just wanted to sleep it off for the remainder of the day.

I finally got to cracking in the evening though and slowly developed a few scenes of my story, neither of which I am happy with and cannot help but edit as I go. Even if I do not make the 50,000 words – I have to edit. I just do. I can’t see any way around it.

Here is a description of my story that I sent @BriMeetsBooks (http://www.brimeetsbooks.com):

Title: Azraelle (WIP title)

Semi-Sypnopsis:

Azraelle is the Angel of Death – but not your humanized conception of Death consisting of the long black cape covering bones and little else- but one of true angelic grace and beauty. Her main to-do’s on the Other Side consist of bringing spirits home when their life’s purposes have been fulfilled and they are ready to transition back into the afterlife. A job which keeps her busy, Azraelle has never contested the “deaths” of any human on Earth – until she is asked to bring home Sloane Sheppard. Battling a nasty divorce and an unrelenting drug habit, Sloane is barely staying afloat, let alone providing for his young daughter, Eden. As his choices continue to pull him deeper into the dark, only threatening the spiritual progress of anyone he comes in contact with – the higher ups have decided to call him home.

Azraelle, for once in her eternal life, is unable to call upon Sloane Sheppard. She witnesses this doomed man at home, reading a torn book to his daughter, and sees a faint glimmer of hope in his eyes that no soul can deny exists. Being the first Angel of Death to ever refuse the homecoming of a soul, Azraelle returns home to face the Gods and to receive punishment for not doing as she was instructed. Instead is given the ultimatum that if she shall wish to give Sloane a second chance at this life, then she is to return to Earth in human form and help him pull his life together but must do so in 30 days. Stripped of her natural healing and protective abilities, Azraelle hopes to blend in to humanity as easily as she can. One thing is for certain – she isn’t like anyone else and it’s obvious to everyone except Sloane Sheppard, who has a hard time seeing the beauty in anything.

Becoming human has its downside – such as developing emotions belonging only to humans (jealousy, hate, anger, and lust). Azraelle has never in her life experienced such a confusing mixture of emotions – nor has she ever found someone that she believed in as much as she believed in Sloane Sheppard. Dealing with these new human emotions and experiences – Azraelle is determined to give this human entity a second chance at accomplishing his life goals, something she wholeheartedly believes he has the ability to do. She also, feeling human, cannot stomach the thought of ripping a child from her father.

There will be some danger and what not – but how? Not quite sure yet. My username on NaNoWriMo.org is ALifeUnpublished, so let’s buddy up and help encourage each other to meet our goals!