Hartford, Connecticut, 1989 — Six-year-old Connor rushed into his room, closing the door behind him. He tossed his backpack onto the floor, then climbed onto his bed and reached for the piggy bank on his dresser.
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Know The Novel: Into My Life is Written…Kind of
Hello, everyone! As promised, here are my NaNo results, hidden within the third and final part of the Know The Novel linkup by Christine Smith!
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Okay, so I wasn’t planning on doing an update until after NaNo was over this year, but since I went crazy, I decided, “Why not?”
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(Part 1)
Yay, time for Part Two of Christine Smith’s Know The Novel linkup! First, a mini-update: I decided to be crazy and write two versions during NaNo. Not 50k each, but combined. I’m planning on V1 being maybe 35-40k, and then V2 is the rest.
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Hello, everyone! Today, I’m joining Christine Smith and many others for her three-month long Know The Novel link-up for NaNoWriMo!
(BUT you can still do it even if you’re not doing NaNo!)
Continue reading “Know The Novel: Introducing Into My Life”Lights Out
Hartford, Connecticut, 1988 – Trembling, five-year-old Connor raced out of the darkened bathroom, leaving the faucet running. Desperate for any source of light, he ran without bothering to carefully spread his arms out in front of him to make sure he wouldn’t bump into a wall.
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Every story needs a playlist, right? The playlist for Into My Life isn’t completely done yet, but I thought I’d just share the work-in-progress list anyway.
Also, some of the songs I picked for Connor and Kelly fit them both individually, so I just put the songs together under their ship name, even though they’re not in a relationship in this book. (No wonder they’re perfect for each other, lol)
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I know, I know, November is still a whole month away.
Continue reading “Character Intros For NaNoWriMo”Connor & The Wishing Fountain
Hartford, Connecticut, 1988 — “Mommy, why is there money in here?” Connor asked, standing on his toes to peer over the edge to a water fountain.
Continue reading “Connor & The Wishing Fountain”Daisies & Questions
(Character descriptions here)
Hartford, Connecticut, 1987 — Margaret kept herself to the picnic table furthest from everyone else. Despite the other parents at the park having no knowledge of her history, she wasn’t willing to spill everything to total strangers.
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