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Epiphanies

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:37:13 GMT

I just had an epiphany about The Liche of London, which is my Nanowrimo project this year. Typing that last sentence, I realize I haven't posted an entry detailing my current original fiction WIPs. I will probably have that up sometimes this weekend.

Anyways, I was sitting at the kitchen table eating those microwaveable White Castle burgers and I started thinking about this guy I like. For some reason Aiden (the male MC) popped into my head. I thought about the two of them for a second and it hit me.

Without realizing it, I've taken aspects of the guy I like and incorporated them into Aiden. That got me thinking about Helen (the female MC) and Bridget (the supporting charc.). I realized that both of them represent who I could have been, what I could have become if certain things in my life had happened differently.

That's when I started crying. Not sobbing, but I did shed a few tears. I don't think they're tears of joy, but that's part of what I'm feeling right now. I have had so many problems trying to relate to these characters and then they pop into my lap.

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Genre? What genre?

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:07:52 GMT

I have a day off and was doing some reading of the Nanowrimo forums. It got me thinking about genres and which one my novel would fit into.

The answer is none of the above.

Liche of London (my novel) is a mix of everything. It's got a romance vibe to it, but there's also a historical aspect to it. There's also dramatic and supernatural facets to it as well. I think of it as a horror novel, but it's got so much more to it than that.

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Online Writing Tools

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:38:52 GMT

Nanowrimo Word Meter -

A good way of displaying how much you have/haven't written on your blog/journal. Link is here.

Behind the Name -

Random name generator. It's good for coming up with names for background characters or helping you narrow down names for your main character if you don't know where to start. Link is here.

Magical World Builder -

A very good article to help get the creative juices flowing. Not really a tool, but still useful. It also has exercises that you can do. Link is here.

Seventh Sanctum -

A whole website full of random generators. The site has everything from a tavern name generator to a spaceship type generator. Link is here.

Serendipity -

Another name/place generator. Link is here.

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