Nanowrimo 2009 has begun and to-be novelists all over the world are busy typing away–trying to get those 50,000 words in before the end of November.
I am sort of cheating as I am working on the fantasy novel I have been writing for over a year, but if I stick to my word counts, it’s highly possibly I might actually finish it. Wouldn’t that be amazing? I hope so!
You can follow my word count progress at:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/521426.
Please be aware that on the first day of NanoWrimo, the site is experiencing some sluggishness!
I am actually headed out the door to START writing now, but I did upload my novel’s summary, excerpt, and a word cloud of my progress so far. Please cheer me on! And if you are a writer, join in! Anyone from the Seattle area, especially the Eastside, is encouraged to join me in work sessions. I am going to be at Starbucks tonight, roughly from 5-11pm.
Synopsis:
A castle servant girl PERIEL partners with the unscrupulous magician TANTALVADOR to save the one she loves, the noble prince ANDAR, from a soul-destroying curse.
Meanwhile, Prince Andar’s bride-to-be, the witch-princess RESLYN, targets Periel out of vengeance, while the dark wizard ARIMAN, who cursed Andar, seeks to overthrow the kingdom.
To have a hope in the world, Periel must learn to unlock magic of her own. But things are complicated when the wrong man falls in love with her.
Excerpt:
The magician had said exactly three things to her since their bargain: that she was unforgivably unsociable, that her temperament was reprehensibly moderate, and that she had an ‘obscene fastidiousness for the arranging of objects’.