Okay I never had a chance to really get started (cue little hand violins) First I have a new baby. Second 16 days out of the month I have either my mom and sister visit or Becky's sister. And lastly, I had to reread 40 pages to my story in order to really add something meaningful to it. But I am happy to get back in the swing of things and I added over 8000 words to my story and I am proud of that. I hope everybody met their goals this NaNoWriMo year. Here is a sample:
Even for Fall, the early evening air was almost too cold as the breath of the pending storm broke against the black onyx tower standing high above the rolling plains below. The tower was so tall that it seemed to preside over the whole field of ripened havala plants tucked in the tower’s shadow. Each plant’s fully peeled back husk revealed a midnight blue kernel shining and sucking the energy of the crimson lunar eclipse above. Clouds blanketed the majority of the night sky except for where they passed around an great invisible circle overhead that allowed the moon’s luminescence to shower through the otherwise cloud filled sky.
A tall man, almost dangerously thin, stood at the top, near tower’s edge, soaking in his creation. Almost every plant was in bloom in the field below. It was like thousands of blue eyes staring in worship from below the tower. The havala’s were ripe and that meant that it was only a matter of time before everything was his; before he could chant the final incantation and seal the spell with the sacrifice of blood.
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it sounds like a frightening story, with blood incantations and fields of blue eyeie plants..
ReplyDeletei didn't quite meet my goal, which was 25,000 words.
i will post something now.
Excellent work, Ian! Any writing is good writing! And heck, there's always next year! (I'll be doing it again.)
ReplyDeleteAlso, nice descriptions!