#project graveyard

[themetaphorgirl]

How’s your found family mystery book coming along? Can I pre-order it yet?! Legit not even joking. So pumped

I AM VERY GLAD YOU ASKED BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON IT

I'm in the outlining stage right now- it's going to be a five book series, and there's a LOT of foundational stuff I need to organize. But I've had a ton of breakthroughs with the development and I'm really excited about it.

It's quirky found family horror with magic and curses and maybe some time travel set in a Tennessee boarding school (St. Thaddeus, but haunted) and I love how it's coming together!!

[everykitty]

Sorry for the filler, wanted to post something for my own sake, yk

[themetaphorgirl]

You’ve definitely said this before but I literally realised a few minutes ago that the school is called St Thaddaeus because the title is Patron Saint of Lost Causes and that’s St Jude who was Jude Thaddaeus and oh my gosh that’s so smart wow!

it’s only smart because I did it backwards 😅 I started a development doc and I was looking for the name of a saint for the school, and I saw St. Jude Thaddeus and that he was the patron saint of lost causes and I literally wrote “oh that could be the title” because I am FAMOUSLY BAD AT TITLES (I rely heavily on song lyrics for my titles, mostly from Death Cab for Cutie or mystical theatre)

Also the school’s name has morphed to St. Thaddeus of the Woods Academy for the book-series-inspired-by-Patron-Saint and I kind of really love it.

(but I need to come up with a title for the original novel and I am DREADING IT. right now I’m just calling it Project Graveyard)

[themetaphorgirl]

I have seven chapters done on my book and it’s exciting and also a little nervewracking????

[themetaphorgirl]

a NaNoWriMo update!!!

so I reoutlined and started over this weekend

and now I’m on chapter six and I’m up to 18,000 words, and I LOVE it!!!! I’m honestly so happy with how the draft is shaping up now. It feels like a real book but in my words, if that makes sense at all.

[themetaphorgirl]

thank you for sending me so many nice messages!!!!!

I had a couple of Good Cries™️ and Brenna talked me through the hardest parts, and I went back to square one and started an outline (like I should have done from the beginning)

I have it outlined up to chapter 15, and today I started over with chapter 1 and it is SO much better!!!

[slime-stew]

i love my project graveyard i'm glad they pile up and don't get finished and no amount of hindsight stops me from making new ones

NOBODY CAN STOP ME FROM ACCUMULATING DEAD FILES!!!!!!!!! YEAH BABYYY LET EM ROTTTT

[themetaphorgirl]

i hate horror but i would tots read it if you wrote it

this is HIGH PRAISE and I appreciate it!!!!

I think I have a pretty interesting hook for the scary things in this book? I think. I'm not sure. So far only Brenna and Maeve have seen anything from this book, but they've both confirmed there are some spooky things.