NaNo-A-Go-Go

Just wanted to drop by and let everyone know I haven't gotten sucked into a black hole or eaten by ravenous werefrogs or anything crazy like that.

I'm still very much alive...I've just been working my butt off on my NaNoWriMo project, which I've decided to call FLIGHT OF THE FINCH. 

I'm currently 21k in.

Whoo. That's a lot of work for one week :)

So yeah--for those of you who missed it the last time I posted about my NaNo project, here's the craptastic summary I worked up for the story:

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Finch Bettencourt begins as little more than twisted scraps of wire and lumps of clay. His father's masterful hands shape him and give him life. Eighteen years later, his father announces he's dying of a mysterious illness and sends Finch away to live with a dear friend--queen of their great country.

Finch is forced to leave his small hometown for the first time in his life and relocate to the huge palace at the heart of his country's biggest city. Though suffering from culture shock and in deep mourning, Finch manages to make a few new friends--Cleona Rosslyn, the queen's niece, and Dorian Malone, the royal family's aeronautics expert.

While the queen plans a grand masquerade ball to celebrate Finch's arrival in the palace, Finch can only think of his father. As the ball draws nearer, he hatches a plan. He'll steal away with the king's prized airship and find the Gray Maidens--powerful Fae who reunite the souls of the dead with their bodies. With Cleona and Dorian's help, he slips away during the ball and sets out of find the Maidens.

But trouble awaits Finch along the way. The mysterious truth of his origins come to haunt him in the form of a traitorous palace guard and a greedy air pirate. If he is to reunite with his father, he must evade capture while also unraveling his shadowed past and his father's deep-running lies.

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It's a YA fantasy, with some steampunk-esc bits and--GASP!--a male MC. I'm having so much fun writing a guy. I'm surprised at how well it's flowing. I figured I'd be kind of stumped. (Y'know...being a girl and all.)

 But anywho--I just want everyone to know I'm not dead! Just really busy. And I will be back to action on the blogosphere soon! Pinky promise!

Are you participating in NaNo this year?

If so, what's your story about?

Are you reaching your goals?

HAPPY WRITING, LOVELIES!