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tephra1. Go to page 77 (or 7, or just hit page down 7 times) of your current manuscript.
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written.
4.Tag 7 other authors. They've all done it already I think.
You are getting NaNo novels here. Yes, they are all "current", just some are more current than others. :D
NaNo'06 - By Destiny Stained
Synopsis: Read Nightfall? Now imagine that instead of a few hours of darkness that reveals all the stars you get decades of violent weather and dramatic climate change. Also, the most advanced technology in the known world is probably the tiny steam powered toys of that one foreign nation over there.
Nikkol watched Sierna settle into the sand, "You're going to nap? With everything we've heard today?"
"Seems to me that taking sleep where you can get it would be a good habit to develop these days."
The cave was silent for a while. The drone from the harps and the clatter of chimes seemed oddly muted. Sierna sighed softly, "I can't decide if I should tell you to go back north with your people or if I should ask you to stay here."
Nikkol sat up in surprise. "You want me to stay here?"
NaNo'07 - Dead Dolls
Synopsis: Cyberpunk, still without plot. (It's in world building hell stages.)
"It shouldn't take me long, but if the exploding grunts get to you, focus on the wall and the buildings rather than the killing field in between."
"Exploding grunts... great." Aeryn placed the pod and case on the table and settled into her datachair with an obvious lack of enthusiasm. "I'm tapped," she made a face and small sound of disgust, "in, and can things get any more revolting out there?"
Elyza chuckled, "If we knew what they were revolting against, maybe." She dodged Aeryn's blind swat at her as she passed her on the way to the table.
NaNo'08 - Escapement (Actively current! I was working on this a bit yesterday.)
Synopsis: Steampunk with too many plots. (I'm attempting to untangle them a bit so they make more chronological sense.)
Ian stepped through a door to the left of his desk, leaving Prudence and Sarah to study the strange instrument he had created.
"It looks a bit like an astrolabe," commented Sarah, "or rather, an armillary sphere, though I have never seen one quite so elaborate."
Prudence hummed a bit, "I suppose it's only reasonable, since it's a navigational instrument in some sense. I do hope Ian has written down how the use the thing, since I doubt it would be simple to read and I suspect he's unwilling to embark upon a journey of unknown duration just to read the thing for me."
"While traveling with you would be a delight, I'm certain; I doubt my business would survive my absence." Ian returned to the room with a suspiciously thick book, about twice the thickness of most pocket journals of the size, a small box, and a pair of keys.
NaNo'09 - [Still untitled]
Synopsis: I don't even know. This is the one that fractured and only stayed together long enough to get my 50k for NaNo. I have some ideas about fixing it, but they basically involve lifting out the characters, sweeping everything else away, and starting over.
Apollonia heaved a sigh. Right. Just wanting to be normal. "I hope you're wrong."
"Probably am. You and Abe, you like to ignore that people, any sort of people, can be downright stupid in their actions just because not being stupid is hard." Muriel, now stripped of scarf, cowl, and sweatshirt, sifted some loose tea into the mesh basket of her tea pot. "If I told you I thought something strong enough to hide a shroud from an agent had something to do with it, you would have latched onto that like a bear trap and you wouldn't have paid one iota to the possibility that the girl just didn't want to see it." She placed the now filled pot on the small table and plopped a felted cozy in the shape of a chicken over it. "Now that you have faced the idea that the girl looked the other way I can say I think something was meddling and the girl didn't know." She looked old and sad for a moment, "Well, didn't know for sure. She's pretty sharp that one, might have suspected."
NaNo'10 - Never on a Blue Moon
Synopsis: Well I started out with a problem on the moon base but we never seemed to get there....
She was dressed in business casual, charcoal grey slacks, cream top and a cardigan in a color he thought might be labeled 'old Victorian rose' or something. Her feet were covered in a pair of guest slippers that Kyle kept on hand to protect his floors from the horrors of outdoor shoes. "Doctor Samson-Greer, I presume?" she looked at him curiously, obviously expecting someone looking a bit more mainstream.
Most people expect someone with the title of doctor to wear a suit or look like a stereotypical academic wearing a sports coat and slacks, maybe a button down shirt and a sweater vest, or it if was particularly warm, a polo shirt. While Dan generally did wear slacks and polo shirts, occasionally even the sports jackets, and was not adverse to a nicely tailored suit, that was not what caught people's attention. The details tended to change frequently, but it was his hair that generally made people need to shift their mental gears on meeting him. For the moment he was sporting a mixture of thin synthetic dreadlocks, some were bright lime green, others sky blue, but most of them a shade of purple that looked nearly black. He'd left out the plastic tubing and was relatively sparkle free other than a few crystals sewn in here and there.
NaNo'11 - A Favour Owed
Synopsis: Tatsumi owed his old friend Bennu a favour. She didn't expect him to repay it with a small child.
Jaana blinked at the apparent change in topic. “Last I heard, yes. Complaining that more people call him Opa rather than Onkel these days.”
“You might want to have him over from time to time. If the twins see something then Nehi likely will as well. And of course Karen or myself can also confirm if we are here.”
“I had wondered why you were raising the girl, she has Power then?”
Bennu shrugged, “It’s less about her than it is about a favour owed an old friend.”
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written.
4.
You are getting NaNo novels here. Yes, they are all "current", just some are more current than others. :D
NaNo'06 - By Destiny Stained
Synopsis: Read Nightfall? Now imagine that instead of a few hours of darkness that reveals all the stars you get decades of violent weather and dramatic climate change. Also, the most advanced technology in the known world is probably the tiny steam powered toys of that one foreign nation over there.
Nikkol watched Sierna settle into the sand, "You're going to nap? With everything we've heard today?"
"Seems to me that taking sleep where you can get it would be a good habit to develop these days."
The cave was silent for a while. The drone from the harps and the clatter of chimes seemed oddly muted. Sierna sighed softly, "I can't decide if I should tell you to go back north with your people or if I should ask you to stay here."
Nikkol sat up in surprise. "You want me to stay here?"
NaNo'07 - Dead Dolls
Synopsis: Cyberpunk, still without plot. (It's in world building hell stages.)
"It shouldn't take me long, but if the exploding grunts get to you, focus on the wall and the buildings rather than the killing field in between."
"Exploding grunts... great." Aeryn placed the pod and case on the table and settled into her datachair with an obvious lack of enthusiasm. "I'm tapped," she made a face and small sound of disgust, "in, and can things get any more revolting out there?"
Elyza chuckled, "If we knew what they were revolting against, maybe." She dodged Aeryn's blind swat at her as she passed her on the way to the table.
NaNo'08 - Escapement (Actively current! I was working on this a bit yesterday.)
Synopsis: Steampunk with too many plots. (I'm attempting to untangle them a bit so they make more chronological sense.)
Ian stepped through a door to the left of his desk, leaving Prudence and Sarah to study the strange instrument he had created.
"It looks a bit like an astrolabe," commented Sarah, "or rather, an armillary sphere, though I have never seen one quite so elaborate."
Prudence hummed a bit, "I suppose it's only reasonable, since it's a navigational instrument in some sense. I do hope Ian has written down how the use the thing, since I doubt it would be simple to read and I suspect he's unwilling to embark upon a journey of unknown duration just to read the thing for me."
"While traveling with you would be a delight, I'm certain; I doubt my business would survive my absence." Ian returned to the room with a suspiciously thick book, about twice the thickness of most pocket journals of the size, a small box, and a pair of keys.
NaNo'09 - [Still untitled]
Synopsis: I don't even know. This is the one that fractured and only stayed together long enough to get my 50k for NaNo. I have some ideas about fixing it, but they basically involve lifting out the characters, sweeping everything else away, and starting over.
Apollonia heaved a sigh. Right. Just wanting to be normal. "I hope you're wrong."
"Probably am. You and Abe, you like to ignore that people, any sort of people, can be downright stupid in their actions just because not being stupid is hard." Muriel, now stripped of scarf, cowl, and sweatshirt, sifted some loose tea into the mesh basket of her tea pot. "If I told you I thought something strong enough to hide a shroud from an agent had something to do with it, you would have latched onto that like a bear trap and you wouldn't have paid one iota to the possibility that the girl just didn't want to see it." She placed the now filled pot on the small table and plopped a felted cozy in the shape of a chicken over it. "Now that you have faced the idea that the girl looked the other way I can say I think something was meddling and the girl didn't know." She looked old and sad for a moment, "Well, didn't know for sure. She's pretty sharp that one, might have suspected."
NaNo'10 - Never on a Blue Moon
Synopsis: Well I started out with a problem on the moon base but we never seemed to get there....
She was dressed in business casual, charcoal grey slacks, cream top and a cardigan in a color he thought might be labeled 'old Victorian rose' or something. Her feet were covered in a pair of guest slippers that Kyle kept on hand to protect his floors from the horrors of outdoor shoes. "Doctor Samson-Greer, I presume?" she looked at him curiously, obviously expecting someone looking a bit more mainstream.
Most people expect someone with the title of doctor to wear a suit or look like a stereotypical academic wearing a sports coat and slacks, maybe a button down shirt and a sweater vest, or it if was particularly warm, a polo shirt. While Dan generally did wear slacks and polo shirts, occasionally even the sports jackets, and was not adverse to a nicely tailored suit, that was not what caught people's attention. The details tended to change frequently, but it was his hair that generally made people need to shift their mental gears on meeting him. For the moment he was sporting a mixture of thin synthetic dreadlocks, some were bright lime green, others sky blue, but most of them a shade of purple that looked nearly black. He'd left out the plastic tubing and was relatively sparkle free other than a few crystals sewn in here and there.
NaNo'11 - A Favour Owed
Synopsis: Tatsumi owed his old friend Bennu a favour. She didn't expect him to repay it with a small child.
Jaana blinked at the apparent change in topic. “Last I heard, yes. Complaining that more people call him Opa rather than Onkel these days.”
“You might want to have him over from time to time. If the twins see something then Nehi likely will as well. And of course Karen or myself can also confirm if we are here.”
“I had wondered why you were raising the girl, she has Power then?”
Bennu shrugged, “It’s less about her than it is about a favour owed an old friend.”
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Date: 2012-03-29 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-29 09:59 pm (UTC)My scenario involves a brown dwarf with an eccentric orbit that their planet is now approaching. It adds a bit more heat to their climatic system and basically stirs up some violent weather until the new climate patterns settle in. This is first noticeable to the main characters that live in a large north/south canyon when the usual seasonal reversal of the dominant wind direction doesn't go as smoothly as it "should". They have some warning due to old legends about demons stalking the silence and such but what they have is very fragmented, so a few set off to see what the other nations have in their legends. It's more about figuring out the puzzle than adapting to the new weather patterns and climates. I am hoping it ends up just a bit more plausible than Nightfall.