Nanowrimo15 Stories

This is the journal of a walk through writing an entire novel in a month, as it happens. This includes thoughts, tools, struggles, and planning strategies. I wrote 78,000 words for the novel in the month of November, 2014, and this is the journey of writing it. I wrote this journal at the same time as the novel, each day reporting on what I was struggling with as I wrote. At the end, I have included notes on my 2015 NaNoWriMo novel.

Adaline Cole is recently graduated from high school and looking forward to spending her last summer home before college with her dad, best friend and working. Adaline seems very put together on the surface and like the adorable girl next door, but Addy has secrets, and demons that she is learning to deal with on a daily basis and not let them define her. This is a story about overcoming, love, friendship, and fun. Hopefully this takes you through a side of "Crazy" that you may not have experienced before. For those of you that deal with Anxiety and other disorders... This book is dedicated to you.

Carah Aldis is twelve when she and her two younger siblings are Institutionalized, highly unusual since all children are committed at age three. What should she do when she starts seeing things again, her brother gets swept up with a resistance group by a untrustworthy stranger, and the people she's trusted for six years may not be as much for the common good as they claim?

Claire is a 16 year old girl with a tragic past: her parents were brutally murdered by a strange person in a devastating home invasion. A year passes, and while she is moving in with her new family, she starts to remember things that happened leading up to the event. She tries to piece together everything that happened and who might be the killer, all while still trying to live daily life ordinarily and move on. [Placed #1 in Mystery/Thriller] Copyright ©2015 by Ricardo Sosa All Rights Reserved

[COMPLETED] NaNoWriMo 2015 - "My heart skips a beat and all the careful precautions and burned photographs and the pretense of safety and normalcy is shattered, oh God what have I done?" Troye Sivan is running from a past that he's still living in. "....his hands they're on mine..." Troye lives in the silence of "afterwards". Connor won't let the world be quiet. The last thing that Troye needs is for another boy with beautiful eyes either tear his world apart or put it back together - and he's scared. So scared of what either might mean. - - - - wtf is this i hate having barely any plan and that summary is so bad whoops TRIGGER WARNING please message me for details because otherwise it will spoil everything! - highest rank: #16 tronnor au

Order within the Alliance has always been impeccable when present. Which is, of course, all the time. But when the flawless system takes on a whole new perspective through what the students of the Third County assume to be simply cognitive thinking tests, a new age rises. A new age, which will bring more advancements and technologies, but possibly disruption. Possibly. Nova Almong has never excelled at cognitive thinking, being sandwiched in the middle of her County's intellect levels. But what surprises everyone is that she passes--with flying colors. As Nova is taken into a new world, she learns information and skills beyond her prior knowledge. Though thoroughly convinced that she is nothing special, she struggles to keep up with the others--and accidentally shuts down her virtual utopia of a country--for good. As the people of the Alliance struggle to survive, they finally receive a taste of danger, survival, flaw; and most importantly, reality. ~ Highest: #374 in Sci-Fi [rewriting/revising]

Ivy Illigard has never had any doubt about the fact that she's not normal. However, after moving for the thirteenth time in her fifteen year life, she finds that her life is much more complicated than she's ever known. Suddenly there are so many unanswered questions in her now seemingly simple life. In the world of magic, danger, wings, and Panthers, Ivy is the only one who can answer those questions and save her friends and family. Voting is greatly appreciated! Thanks! Project for NaNoWriMo 2015. Any misspellings, grammar mistakes, or plot holes are because of that. If you notice something huge that I somehow missed, go ahead and comment, but PLEASE be nice. Please do not copy any of this story. I know you just LOVE my writing, but it's mine. ;) HUGE thanks to renesmeewolfe for this beautiful cover! Go follow her - her writing is amazing.

Holly Jenkins wasn't an average girl. If you asked her what she was, her answer would be "Different." She was a bohemian, bibliophile, classic film enthusiasts, sister, student, waitress, cashier, amateur singer and pagan. Holly knew exactly who she was, until the death of an elderly woman she had never even met inexorably altered her world forever.

Ash, Duchess of Shate, future Empress of Fracteal and blessed as a Saint. She has everything she could ever want- money, power, a betrothal to the Prince of Tundira, and magic at her fingertips. And she is happy. That is, until her father is killed in a battle against a wave of Storms. Her life changes when she and her brother, Birch, run away, seeking to avenge their father. What Tempest wants more than anything is to be accepted into the Emerald Stormlet. How far will she go in getting what she wants? Especially when Blood, leader of the Storms, wants nothing more than to see her suffer? Hundreds of lives at stake. Two girls. One heart. [I am in need of a new cover and a new blurb. Please contact me if you would like to make either for me. Credits to whomever makes something that I use in this story.]

Moordune, a land rich in people from all walks of life. Whether they be from the mountainous kingdom of the Frayik or the underground chasms of the Chrysalis kingdom. Together these kingdoms fought for Moordune from those that travel across the seas seeking to expand and grasp at the land that was not only rich in its diverse citizens but also in that of its ores and other natural resources. But even in a land such as Moordune there are always those that will never be accepted.

We all knew this would happen. We polluted ourselves right off of Earth and into space. Our brightest minds built magnificent space colonies to provide sanctuary, but they might not last long enough for scientists to repair our planet. Enter humanity's "Plan B:" a pan galactic hunt for a new Earth using risky lightspeed technology. Atlas and his siblings become caught in the chaos- separated from their parents, from each other, and they will have to fight not to lose themselves.

Aislinn "Skye" Adams is dying. As in, glowing light at the end of the tunnel coming to claim her dying. She's just seventeen, has barely lived. Sucks right? She creates Her Bucket List, determined to do all of these things by the end of the year. That might be harder than she previously thought, when you throw in a ex-best friend who's now her arch-nemesis in the mix.

"The Nyxta have powers but they're only power hungry." "The Alaligera have mutations but they're only mutants." "The Asyata have...the internet? But hey, they don't have 3000 years of hate." -- Bri Dillon is not always a boy, nor is Bri Dillon always a girl. However, they have always been a Nyxta-- shapeshifter, to be precise--and a life of borrowing people's identities really opened up their mind to understanding people without judgement. It also means they've been a fraud for all their life, but now it was time to settle at Bruxwarry Academy for Nyxta and Alaligera and start being honest with themselves, starting with their gender. However, some secrets are meant to stay in the dark, and Dakota Doyle, the ruthless Alaligera news reporter who will stop at nothing to broadcast the most interesting stories, will find Bri's past scandals fascinating. Unfortunately for Bri, the two of them are requested to host an ordinary girl with extraordinary gadgets. Together. Meanwhile, tensions between the Alaligera and Nyxta are rising, both within the Academy's walls and outside of them. The slightest catalyst could set off the war that had been looming for years, and the school is the perfect breeding grounds for conflict that could explode into a battle. With the addition of the Asyata, who have no knowledge of the other two races' capabilities--or rivalry, strategies to save the world could easily be turned against it. The only thing that the Bruxwarry students can do now is hope their training could support unity over destruction.

Ember Hawthorn was born with a hole in her heart, a defect that should have killed her according to the doctors. Inexplicably, the defect vanished over night and eighteen years later Ember is about to graduate high school and move onto college. However, that plan comes to a screeching stop the night she gets a flat tire and and she's greeted by something she thought didn't exist-vampires. In a matter of hours, Ember is thrown from her former life into the protection of the Robur Coven-the largest of the Twelve vampire covens and it's there she discovered just how she got entangled in the world of vampires. One saved her life eighteen years ago, a vampire by the name of Damon Lockwood.

Anaise Von Duyk is scared of a lot of things, but she's not scared of her arranged partner in life, Christophe Fjeld. But that doesn't mean she likes him. When their marriage is set to happen, it sets off a chain of events in the Kingdom that no-one planned for.

Strange events are unfolding in the household of Lord Leofric and Lady Amitis. Gossip runs rampant as loyalties are tested. Even the slaves, who are to act as though they are part of the stone buildings, are caught in the intrigue that soon overtakes the household. Lin is merely a slave-girl, but, despite her best efforts, the whispers ensnare her. Troubled, she turns to her only confidant, a prized leather journal, to record her observations.

I can't trust anyone. I don't know what I am going to do with my life. I can't feel anything else. What am I even doing here? "Get up you lazy idiot! The entrance ceremony is about to start!" My roommate shouted from across our 14x16 dorm room. "I'm not a lazy idiot, I'm just going through things," I muttered from my bed. "Yeah, you and literally everyone else going here. Now get up so we can go." She remarked. I almost replied 'Well, I'm not keeping you here', but I realized she's probably trying to be nice to me in the best way she knows how. I sighed and got up, putting on a t-shirt and jeans while despairingly wondering why I have to understand arrogant, rich people the best. Why can't I just make friends with a nice, normal girl? I think while brushing my teeth. Is that what I really want? I wish. I walk to the door, past my roommate who is looking in the mirror and fixing her makeup. "Let's go," I said. She turned around, looking me over and rolling her eyes. "The entrance ceremony is semi-formal." I gave her an exasperated look for not telling me earlier, and changed my shirt to a blouse, putting on a jeweled necklace in the process. Walking out, she was already eyeing my outfit. "Girl, you've got curves. All you'd need is to put on makeup, and you-" "I don't care, let's go." I shoot her a warning glare to stop openly judging me based on how I look. She shrugged, but looked like she understood, and we both left. I don't know if I will be friends with this girl, but at least we can communicate, I finally conclude. She started babbling on about how excited she was to meet our university's president because apparently he will demonstrate all his powers for us. I stopped listening after a minute or so. This will be a long year.

Some fantasies aren't all they're cracked up to be... Cara, princess of the Seelie Fae, had always been meant for great things. Then, she is betrayed by her brother, and left to die in the human world. A world she has almost no knowledge of, and no hope of surviving. Conall, finding a woman bloodied, abused, and half dead on his lands, takes her to his keep to nurse her back to health. But she is more than she seems, and he finds himself with far more than he bargained for. Will Cara be able to find lasting happiness after her brother's betrayal, or will pain forever light her path? **This is my NaNoWriMo project, and I'll be posting it as I go. It is a first draft. Any comments or feedback greatly appreciated.** NaNoWriMo15