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"What is NaNoWriMo?" I hear you asking. Well,
straight from the
official National Novel
Writing Month website:
What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch
in a month's time.
Who: You! We can't do this unless we have some
other people trying it as well. Let's write laughably
awful yet lengthy prose together.
Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate
in one of our era's most enchanting art forms!
To write without having to obsess over quality.
To be able to make obscure references to passages
from our novels at parties. To be able to mock
real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far
longer than 30 days to produce their work.
When: Sign-ups begin October 1. Writing begins
November 1. To be added to the official list of
winners, you must reach the 50,000-word mark by
November 30 at midnight. Once your novel has been
verified by our web-based team of robotic word
counters, the partying begins.
I have listed below my NaNoWriMo projects,
since I joined the effort in 2005. Projects in which
I reached the 50,000-word goal are indicated with
a "WINNER" identification. Of course, all
I win is the satisfaction of completing the goal to
write 50,000 words in 30 days...but that is no small
feat!
If you would like to participate in this
year's NaNoWriMo, or if you just want to learn more
about the project, here's that website again:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Please do not copy or reproduce any part
of these stories in any way.
NaNoWriMo Projects
The NaNoWriMo archive
stories are saved as .PDF files. You will
need a .PDF document reader such as Adobe
Reader (free
download).
UPDATE: I've removed
the files for the time being. Watch this
site for updates.
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Kuri-chan's
Family
2005 entry - WINNER!
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A story about a family in turn-of-the-century
rural Japan. A little kitten (Kuri-chan)
enters the lives of the four Hayashida
children, and we see through the eyes
of Kuri-chan the changes wrought within
this family over the years.
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The Daughters
of Krull
2006 entry - WINNER!
This story was updated October 2007, fixing
some typos and changing a few minor things
in the story.
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A novella-length fanfiction based on the
1983 sci-fantasy cheesefest known as Krull.
Three of the supporting characters from
the movie (Torquil, Oswyn, and Titch)
journey to a far-off kingdom in search
of a mystical artifact. Along the way,
they run into some very special women:
the daughters of Krull, as it were.
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Sixes and
Sevens
2007 entry - WINNER!
This story is still "under construction."
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Set in London, circa 1996-1998. White Irish
Catholic boy Peter Gerighty meets Black
British Protestant girl Alanna York, and
naturally the two can't resist each other.
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