Day 3 of NaNoWriMo

Nov 03 2009

Tuwanek Twilight

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On day 3 of NaNoWriMo my word count stands at 8,458–only 41,542 words to add to that total before midnight on November 30th (he says, with a dangerously manic laugh reminiscent of Vincent Price). The story began to take on a life of its own from day one, but I am working to a framework and that really helps me to keep my focus. What follows is a very brief synopsis, more of a dust jacket blurb, really:

At the end of everything, a young man keeps a diary and his entries tell of a beautiful androgynous stranger arriving at his missing parents’ isolated farm-house, injured and confused—until the stranger’s memory of who and what he is slowly returns as strange shadow creatures begin to materialise, and the young man learns just what has happened to the world beyond the valley…

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  • anneonline
    I'm intrigued and want to read more! {sigh} But enough of the procrastinating... off to write more pretty words. =)
  • Ah, procrastination, the thief of Time they say, to which I add 'thief of words on the page' especially when we have Internet access to a universe of time-eating social networking wonders. :-)

    I thought, if I'm going to bang on about NaNoWriMo, the least I can do is provide some teasers here throughout the month, starting with the blurb above and, later, some extracts (which, of course, won't give away much).
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