It is the morning of Day 8 of National Novel Writing Month and I have written just over 12,000 words of my new novel, The Nalla Gypsy. This process has been fun, challenging, harrowing and riveting all at the same time. As you know, I love writing and NaNoWriMo has given me the excuse and reason to be at my computer every single day to get words down, pages written and characters created. Some days I have made my writing goals and some days I have fallen short, but still, I am right on track to make the NaNoWriMo goal at the end of the month. I have to thank my wonderful husband, Jason, for sticking by side this week and encouraging me, supporting me and being there for me while I charged ahead, freaked out and celebrated my successes.

The Nalla Gypsy is an urban fantasy and I am so thrilled to announce that once it is complete (November 30!!) AND revised/edited, I will be creating a fiction blog right here on my author website, which is getting a brand new makeover so that my readers can find things more easily and enjoy their experience while at dawnleslielenz.com much better. Look for the new website in December and The Nalla Gypsy fiction blog in January 2014!