Day One! And Meet Midnight!

Day one=complete! I have completed my assigned 1,667 words today, but I'll be writing more later. So, day one also = success:)

Now, I finally get to introduce my favorite character: Midnight Storm! She is my favorite of all the characters I've ever created! But don't tell them that. They're all rather jealous! Let's get to the introductions:)

Midnight Storm was originally Cynthia Storm. It's on her birth certificate and everything. But, when she ran away, she started going by a code name: Midnight Storm. She has bright red hair. It's a color that I like to call "Weasley Red" because it's that same color as their hair: Ginger:) It is kinky curly, shoulder-length, and ot's big. I've recently found that Alex Kingston's hair closely resembles Midnight's. He has light blue eyes that look exactly like the sun on a day with a clear sky. She wears a Scarlet red trench coat that was mid-thigh length, with skinny jeans tucked into black boots that almost reached her knees. She also wears a black fedora on occassion. She's a spunky, kick-tale kind of girl. She's also Shaun's girlfriend.

Now, for her backstory:)

Cynthia Storm's mother died when she was only 6 months old. After that, he father, Carl, swore that he would never lose his daughter. So, he built her a house that was totaly indestructible, created a prison-level security system to put in it, and built a twenty-foot wall all the way around the house. Cynthia never once set foot outside that wall. That is, not until she turned 18. When she turned 18 she went to her father and told him that she wanted to leave and do something with her life. He refused to let her. That night, she laid in the grass and looked at the stars. She said aloud, "I wish someone would come and recue me from this place." Two weeks later, Shaun appeared in her yard while her father was gone. He asked if anyone needed rescuing and she told him that he was two weeks late. She went with him and he took her to the Time Agency in London, England 2012. There, she started going by Midnight and became a Time Agent with Shaun. And they all lived happily ever after. NOT!

That's all, folks (brownie points to whoever got that reference. If you do, leave it in the comments:P)!

What do you guys think of Midnight:) Personally, I love her, but I'm biased, too:)

Now, for pictures! Here are a couple of possible Midnights:

This girl is a bit young, and a bit pale, but the hair and eye color are almost perfect!

This is Alex Kingston! Hair color, and just about everything else is not right, but the hair style is perfect!

This is a young version of Midnight! This little girl is adorable!

Day two tomorrow! I'm ready!

See ya!!

Who Wants To Meet Jacory?!

Today's Jacory's day!! Yayy!! Jacory is the very first British guy I've ever written, so he's kind of special to me:) Let's get to know him, shall we:

Jacory Smith is a 20 year old Cardiffian. He was born, raised, and educated in Cardiff and hasn't felt the desire to leave. He has short, black hair and hazel eyes that look more green than brown or blue. He's average height and is ok with that. Jacory, who prefers Jac, is Shaun and Robyn's cousin. Jac was born three days before the twins and likes to remind them of that. He hates crowds and is extremely claustrophobic. All-in-all, he's a great person.

So there he is:) What do you guys think? By the way, Jac wanted me to tell you that he's going to be on his best behavior in the weeks to come. Isn't he sweet (cue dramatic eye roll from me)!

I only have 8 hours until the start of NaNo! AHHH! In preparation, I'm hoarding Halloween candy. 

Just to warn you guys, I made a deal with Midnight, Shaun, Jac, and Robyn. If they behave through thr first week of NaNo, I'm going to let them publish a post. That will be up a week from tomorrow if they hold up their end of the deal.

Midnight will be introduced tomorrow! You'll get to know her and I'm going to reveal her backstory! Yay!

Now, a picture of a possible Jac to say goodbye with:

Meet the Villain Who Doesn't Think He's a Villain

Guess who you guys get to meet today!! No one? Oh, come on! I told you yesterday! Meet the main villain, Carl!

Carl has a good reason for his villainy. It doesn't mean I'm  consoling his actions, but it does make them a teensy bit less heinous. The things he does are still terrible, but he won't let me change that. Luckily, I'll only have to deal with him for the first two books in the series! Did I mention that it's going to be a series? Well, it is. I'm not sure how many books yet, but it will be at least three. I'm kicking Carl out after the second one, though. He's not happy with that, but I'm putting my foot down on it.

Now, I'm actually going to tell you a little bit about him. More will be revealed when I introduce Midnight.

Carl is Midnight's father. He is a bit of a genius, and he's also very protective of his daughter. So, to "keep her safe" he built a prison-level security system to go with the house he built out of a totally impenetrable substance (I'm not sure what yet). He's from the year 117 PWW3 (117 years post World War 3, which happens 104 years in our future. It lasted 11 years. So, they're from the year 2245), and he's roughly 53 years old. He's tall, like 6'6". He has raven black hair and eyes that are almost as dark his hair. He keeps telling me that he's this kind, caring person, but I'm having any of it. I know what he does in the end.

So, that's Carl. I'm not going let him say hi because there's no telling what he'll try to make you think about him. Probably that I'm lying about him. Villain's always do that.

It's much easier to find a picture of a villain than the twins. So, I'm saying so long with a picture of a possible Carl.

Only 1 day 8 hours until NaNo! I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

Bye!

Wow, I actually said bye! I never do that! Anyway,

Bye, again!
 

Meet Shaun and Robyn Fields

Character posts! Yay!! I'm introducing two characters today since I have 5 to introduce! Today I want you to meet Shaun and Robyn Fields:)

Shaun and Robyn are twins. Shaun thinks of Robyn as his "baby" sister, but he's only 6 minutes older. They're both 20 and work at the Time Agency, a group of Time Travelers. They have slightly wavy, sandy blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes. Shaun's hair is short, while Robyn's is to her shoulder-blades. Shaun is about average height and Robyn is a couple inches shorter. They're peronalities are on total opposite end of the spectrum. Shaun is rather quiet and reserved, while Robyn is bubbly and outgoing. Shaun is a very passionate person, and Robyn takes everything as a grain of salt-most of the time. They might be total opposites, but all-in-all, they love each other and neither couldn't live without the other.

So, Shaun, Robyn, say hi to all the lovely peoples of the blogosphere! Robyn says hi, but Shaun isn't "taking any of the nonsense". His words, not mine ;P 

Well, Nano starts on Friday! Tomorrow I'm introducing the villain, aka Carl (I know! His name sounds so villainous, doesn't it), and Thursday you guys will get to meet Jacory. AND, Friday I'm unveiling my FMC, Midnight! But, it might be midnight before I get the post up (see what I did there;P) because I'm not posting until I get my quota for the day! Then, I'm writing some more! My goal for the first day is 3,000-5,000 at least! I need you guys to help me stay on track!

Two more days of freedom! They will be well spent saving pictures that inspire the story! 

I was going to post a picture of the twins, but I couldn't find one I like:( It's harder than it sounds to find pictures of 20-year old twin boy and girl with blonde hair and brown eyes. So, instead, I'll just say post for you later!:)

3 More Days!!!

NaNoWriMo starts in 3 days. I'm scared and excited all at the same time. I haven't  done half the planning that I wanted to get done.

I wanted to post about characters today, but then I realized that I hadn't even told you guys what the book is about

Jacory Smith led a normal life. He had a

normal job, lived in a normal city, in a normal flat. That is, until he received a mysterious letter from an even more mysterious woman. Suddenly, he finds himself thrust into a life of adventure. He finds a group of people who call them selves Time Agents. He learns that time isn't what it seems to be. He finally meets the mysterious woman who gave him the letter. And he finds that she's running from a past that she can never escape.

Shaun Fields leads the perfect life, in his opinion. He's a time traveller for crying out loud. And he doesn't think life can get much better than this. But, what he doesn't remember is: even though things can't get better, that doesn't mean they won't get worse. And that's exactly what happens. A man he swore to hate forever starts popping up and it scares Shaun more than he's ever been scared before.

Robyn Fields is pretty much just known as "Shaun's little sister". Which, of course, is totally inaccurate because they're twins, and Shaun is only 6 minutes older. She's new to time travel, fresh out of training. Robyn is also Midnight's best friend. So, Midnight tells her everything. Including the fact that Midnight thinks her father is coming after her.

Midnight Storm hasn't always been as happy as she is now. She hasn't always worked at the Time Agency with Shaun. Midnight has a past that she doesn't talk about, though. Or, at least, she doesn't like to. but since her estranged father started showing up again, she has been forced to take action to protect the people she loves. But, it's not going to be as easy as she thought it would be.

These four people thought nothing bad could ever happen to them. They are about to be proved wrong. They are going to learn that the past doesn't always stay the past, and the future can bring horrors of it's own. And they'll learn that you can't always run.

It's long, I know, but I really wanted to do a mini synopsis for each of my main characters and tie them all together at the end. I'm pretty happy with it:)

To wrap up, I'll leave you with a picture that reminds me of Midnight:)

The hair isn't quite like Midnight's, but this is what she wears:)

More posts to come soon:) Character posts are next!

And The Multitudes Descend

October is a fun month for me:) There's camping, fall, pumpkins, Halloween, hay rides, hoodies, but best of all: it's my birthday this month! That's right! This month I officially turn 16! Tonight I'm having a party with all my friends. Yep, all three of them! I have more friends than that, but most of them live in other states/countries. My brother doubts that we can have a fun party when we're only having three people come over. Here's what I have to say about that: 

For the record, I'm not really a Star Wars fan. It was just too perfect. 

Anywho, I expect tonight to get a little crazy:) Four teenage girls under one roof ALL NIGHT LONG! I feel sorry for my family, but then again, I don't.

The decorations are adorable! Me and mom are kind of well-known for our awesome decorating skills! And desserts! Last year, we made Strawberry Cheesecake cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing! Ok, we may not be well-know, but we should be! Tonight we're making Hot Chocolate cupcakes. I know, amazing, right?!:)

Pictures will be posted.....eventually! Wish my family luck! They're gonna need it! :)

The Awesomeness That Is November

It's almost October. You know what that means! No, I'm not thinking of my 16th birthday (although October does mean that:P), or Halloween (even though I love Halloween), or Fall (despite it being my favorite month). I mean, we're almost one month closer to November, which means NaNoWriMo!

For those of you who don't know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It takes place in November. Basically, you try to write a novel, 50,000 words, in 30 days. You can go to the website for the official rules.

This will be my second year:) I attempted it last year, but I didn't find out about NaNo until about a week and a half in, so the odds were not in my favor (hear that Effie?). I only got about 20,000 words. I want to do a lot better this year! Even if I don't get to 50,000. For me, mid-September-October 31st are when I've decided I want to do my NaNo planning. So, I'm very fondly calling these days "NaNo PlaNo" (if anyone else came up with that I would love to know so that I can give them credit for coming up with it). So, for the burning question, the very first question, the question that must never be answered, hidden in plain sight (kudos if you recognized the quote): How do you plan?

I'm new to planning. I never have planned out a novel before, but I've decided to for NaNo this year. I looked up a bunch of different techniques, and the Post-it Method has been the most appealing to me:) I'm doing a chapter-by-chapter outline, sort of. I write out chapter number on one sticky note, a synopsis of the chapter on another, and different characters, settings, etc. that are in that chapter. Basically it's like this:

Sticky note in row 1 says:   Chapter 1
Sticky note in row 2 says:   Midnight conspicuously gives Jacory a letter telling him to run when men come after him. She is very vague and mysterious in the letter.
Sticky note in row 3 says:   Introduced:
                                             Characters:           Settings:               Other:
                                              Jacory (Major)    Cardiff (Minor)
                                              Midnight (Major)

Get the idea? I'm also doing a list of all characters with a little description, a list of all the settings, and a character web to show relationships. AND, the best part: IT WILL ALL BE COLOR-CODED!!!!!! The OCD writer's dream!:) Right now, the wall beside me bed is in the process of being covered in hot pink, blue, green, and purple post-its:)

I'll post more about what my NaNo novel is about latter on when I write out an actual synopsis. I can tell you that time travel is involved!:) It's gonna be TOTALLY WICKED!

 

 

During the month of October I'll be posting about planning, but during November the posts are going to be a lot more fun! Thanks to an idea from Brian McBride I'll be posting:

 

Character posts.

Graphics.

Possible play lists.

Snippets.

Cover concepts.

Synopsis.

And fun posts about the world itself!

(Those are his words exactly and he gets all credit for them)

I seriously cannot wait for NaNo! So, tell me:

How do you plan a novel for NaNo? Why?
How does it compare to your regular planning?
If you don't plan, why do you like to do it that way?
Have you ever won NaNo?
Can you name all of the movies/shows/books that I quoted/referred to? :)