NaNo Bleck

It's day three of NaNo, and I think I just used a vampire as a plot device.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

At least it wasn't a zombie.

The characters are arguing, which is pretty much par for course.

I am no closer to figuring out the novel pitching situation. Generally, new novelists are advised to:

a) Not pitch a series
b) Not pitch anything over 100,000 words
c) Not pitch something so off the wall you can't condense it into one sentence

There are two completed stories I could potentially try to gain an agent with. The bigger one is shelved indefinitely for now; I don't like how it turned out. Besides that, it's big (120,000 words) and weird (tough to pitch in this market). Beyond that, I have such high expectations for it...this is a book I will possibly never be happy with.

The second book is easily described. I have a query letter and everything. It stands alone, though it certainly leaves the door open for sequels. I'm trying, at the moment, to rework the ending so there's more finality to it.

I guess I'll pitch it in December. I keep thinking I should just write a decent standalone and pitch that instead...which, I think, would eventually just lead to me putting it off more. No, this is something I should do.

Dammit.