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Amazing little video that warmed my heart. Enjoy : )

NaNoWriMo: Day 18, CHARACTERS!!

Charlotte Worth, 16 (and The Frog)

Toby Worth, 23

These characters were created at Elouai.com, and they turned out absolutely amazing! My only complaint is Charlotte's hair is not quite how I imagine it, and I had no way to make Toby look older/taller than his younger sister, but ah, well. Since I just couldn't get them to look right drawing them, I'm very pleased with this. More characters in the future? Possibly...not sure yet. These are the two main characters, anyway. 

Things are going well still! Word count is 29,186...but I haven't even reached the climax yet. Oy. So I'm thinking I'll have to start writing scenes rather than just go in chronological order, otherwise November will end and I won't even have a complete skeleton of my novel! 

That's it for now...I'm off to bump my word count some more : ).

NaNoWriMo Day 16...I'M NOT DEAD!

I am, however, very tired, and therefore....

Yes, Anna. I know. But I needed the 'shmallow kitty.

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Current word count: 27146.

Novel excerpts 1 and 2:

1)

Once upon a time, there was a kind, just king and a queen who lived in a beautiful castle, in an enchanted forest, beside the most magical lake in all the world. All they ever wanted was to have children, and they got their wish. They had one handsome son, a prince, who was the kindest person in the world. But he was all alone. They wanted another child, someone for the prince to love and grow up with, but it didn’t seem they would ever get that wish. But they hoped and they prayed, and finally, seven years later, they had one more child; a girl, a little daughter, who loved the prince more than anything else in the world.

                Ok. So they weren’t really a king and a queen. They didn’t live in a castle. The forest wasn’t enchanted. The lake wasn’t magical. The boy wasn’t a prince, and the girl was not a princess.

                But, to Charlotte, all of it was true.

2)

Charlotte couldn’t help but wonder at the stupidity of what she’d just done. Everyone says that love is blind, and people do crazy things when they’re in love. But Charlotte could only believe that love saw everything perfectly. It was emotion that got you all muddled up. Maybe if she’d had food in her stomach, she wasn’t freezing to death, and she wasn’t still so emotionally distraught over losing Toby; she could have made a better, far less emotional decision. But the die had been cast and the deed was done. She had sealed her fate, for better or worse.

The lion walked for a very long time, and Charlotte finally fell asleep. She had fitful dreams about her family; her mother crying, her father disparaging… so much hurt and pain. Even asleep she couldn’t escape it. 

It's going well!

NaNoWriMo: Day 8!

I lost my big lead over the weekend  but I currently have 11960 words and my story is going strong.

I am really enjoying NaNo...thank you to everyone following this perilous journey!

NaNoWriMo: Day 4 ART!!

HURRAH! Today, I present you with the stellar art I have available for my NaNo Novel! Behold!

These two BREATHTAKING icons were made by my dear friend, Kayla the Graphic Design Nut. I love her nearly, and she was even willing to edit for me!

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And this was made by me, today. Its not very good...in fact, it took the least amount of skill possible to create an edited photo, but it is meaningful to me because it is part of the story. 

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It's going well...I'm past the 10,000 word mark! 1/5 of the way done!

Prayers, please! 

God bless you this weekend. 

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NaNoWriMo: DAY 1

PHEW.

Day 1, and my word count is 3,100.

And that was AFTER the computer crashed and I lost roughly 200 words.

A rough start, but I am PUMPED.

Day 2: BRING IT ON.