In best NaNo tradition, I've completely changed my mind about my story. At the last minute. I'm now going to write a murder mystery, set in a small Breton island village of 800 inhabitants, where there has been no murder for 100 years. Until now. The island doesn't even have a policeman full-time - someone comes over during the summer.
Think of the festering resentments that would build up there. And the coverups of murders during the world wars, the Algerian war, the blackmail and bullying that could take place. It's going to be like Midsommer Murders, but French. Awesome. Also, based on a real-life story that this weekend's papers talked about - I can't wait, I can almost smell the mist and rotting fish in the harbour now...
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Friday, 15 October 2010
Friday update
NaNoWriMo is getting closer... I'm getting more and more excited, and hope to meet up with London NaNoers when things are more settled in my flat and I have functional internet again!
The plot for Krystal is bubbling slowly at the back of my mind - it's going to tell the story of how she came to join Lerrix's army, the civil war, and her relationship with Derryn. It's going to span a much, much longer period of time than Exile did (that covered only a year or so) and be a challenge to write. I can't wait to get started!
The plot for Krystal is bubbling slowly at the back of my mind - it's going to tell the story of how she came to join Lerrix's army, the civil war, and her relationship with Derryn. It's going to span a much, much longer period of time than Exile did (that covered only a year or so) and be a challenge to write. I can't wait to get started!
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Updates, news and general musings
So, I'm now back in England. It's rainy. I got married 2 weeks ago and am still getting used to having a husband. And being a wife. I relaunched my jewellery website.
These three events are not unrelated to the recent lack of posts. This will be remedied shortly, since it's nearly NaNoWriMo! I'm really excited about this - last year, NaNo led to the first draft of Exile, and this year, I'm hoping to be similarly productive and driven and produce a prequel, telling the story of Krystal, one of the main characters in Exile. I'd never written a long piece of fiction before, never even really thought of myself as being someone who could write a book, but I did and I'm fascinated by the way it's changed my perspective of myself and the world around me.
You will no doubt hear more about this new story than you ever wanted to, in the coming weeks. If you're NaNoing too, let me know what you're writing about in the comments - Id love to follow your journeys too!
(I haven't forgotten about Emperor's Assassin; it's sitting here waiting to be drafted. But NaNo takes priority for now, in amongst flat-hunting and pesky things like employment, so EA is shelved for the minute...)
These three events are not unrelated to the recent lack of posts. This will be remedied shortly, since it's nearly NaNoWriMo! I'm really excited about this - last year, NaNo led to the first draft of Exile, and this year, I'm hoping to be similarly productive and driven and produce a prequel, telling the story of Krystal, one of the main characters in Exile. I'd never written a long piece of fiction before, never even really thought of myself as being someone who could write a book, but I did and I'm fascinated by the way it's changed my perspective of myself and the world around me.
You will no doubt hear more about this new story than you ever wanted to, in the coming weeks. If you're NaNoing too, let me know what you're writing about in the comments - Id love to follow your journeys too!
(I haven't forgotten about Emperor's Assassin; it's sitting here waiting to be drafted. But NaNo takes priority for now, in amongst flat-hunting and pesky things like employment, so EA is shelved for the minute...)
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