friends-locked entries / current nano planning
I shall friends-lock most of my entries from here on out because most will deal with my writing for NaNo. If you're a NaNoer or just a fellow writer and you want to add me, feel free to do so. Comment here, preferably with a little bit about what you're writing or planning to write, and I'll add you back.
I may not add everything here -- I still have a touch of the writer's paranoia complex (oh no, you're out to steal my work, aren't you?!) -- but I'll still have fun using it to brainstorm.
Currently
I have several novels and short stories planned, some for NaNo and some for afterward (naturally, since there's far too much to write in one month, or even one year). Not all have titles, so in most cases I'll list them by their callnames in my head or 'Untitled' if I don't have an exact callname, maybe with possible titles to the side.
Generally my stories are character driven, but they often spring first from plots and then move to revolve around the characters. Dragonsblood is in that first, plot-important phase; I'm sure it will become more character driven as I plan it out. Eysuria is character driven, I think.
BS = Brief or Basic Summary. Ironic, aye?
For NaNo
Eysuria Universe
First Incarnation
Aerlun: possible titles: Inferior, Obsidian Whips; I'm not entirely sure this will be long enough to constitute an entire book. It may just have to be a part of a later book. MCs Aerlun and Silk; SC(s) Pick. BS: Street thief Aerlun is taken into an underground group known as the Obsidian Whips -- thieves and assassins serving the king's peace by less-than-legal means. He excels, but he is excruciatingly naive and idealistic. He is resented for these qualities, but in an atmosphere where resentment is often hidden, so he doesn't note it as well as he ought; by the end of the story, he'll face exile, and he'll have to grow up awfully quickly.
Dragonsblood
Legend Shorts
Dragon Scourge: almost completely fixed title. MCs Delia ("Lia") and Joras; SCs Balor the dragon slayer and Zhon the dragon keeper. BS: Lia and Joras stumble on a dead dragon's den, and Lia inadvertently inhales the gas that kept the dragon from dying because of its own heat. She falls into a dangerous fever. Her brother takes her to a healer, and from there dragon scourge spreads. Two sorts are attracted by rumors of the plague: Balor, a dragon slayer, and a small group of dragon keepers. Balor wants to stop the plague at all costs. The keepers believe it is a holy cleansing of wickedness and want to stop anyone from preventing it before it has run its course. Lia survives -- she is the first dragon scourge originator to survive the pure strain of the plague, and it changes her. In the end, Lia and Joras are forced to part ways; Lia goes north with the dragon keepers, Joras with Balor.
Untitled: possible titles: Dragon Wars, Dragon Bloodlines. MCs Liam Dragonsblood and Joras; SC(s) Mila, dragon slayer, wife to Joras (??). BS: This is set almost two decades later. Lia married a dragon keeper and had a son; she died during childbirth, and the boy, Liam, was raised by her husband, Zhon. He is a traditional dragon keeper and believes all dragons are good, wrongly persecuted, and must be protected. Joras, on the other hand, has gradually become a dragon slayer. He married Mila and had several children of his own, all of them years younger than Liam. In this story, Liam and Joras come face to face in the dragons' last stand in the Blazing Hills. They're on opposite sides, fierce enemies, and naturally they don't realize they're related. Ends with the last of the dragons killed -- and Joras -- but with a clutch of eggs preserved in a magical state of hibernation.
Novel
Dragonsbane: little more than tentative title. MCs Kayden Dragonsblood and Roan Steel ("Grey"); SC(s) Selenas Rain ("Lena"), Laurel Rose ("Rose") and Malakai Lowe ("Zachariah"). BS: It used to be that Dragonsblood was far more common than Dragonsbane, but over the years that has changed. Children of Dragonsbane have taken it upon themselves to wipe out Dragonsblood so that the dragons can never be resurrected. Kayden is one of the last of Dragonsblood; certainly the last directly descended from Lia, the Mother of Dragonsblood. He heads north to resurrect dragonkind. He is a horrible pacifist -- won't kill to save his own life. If not for an accidental run-in with Grey, he would never survive the trek north, particularly not with Dragonsbane after him. Grey goes with him, mostly out of curiosity. Lena joins up, too, and later Rose and Zachariah. Lena is supposed to kill Kayden, but things end up not working out so well. At the end of the book, Kayden successfully wakes the last dragon eggs.
And then there are random story ideas that aren't for NaNo, but don't belong in my Dragonsblood or Eysuria universes either. They're collected below.
Rough Ideas
x Ellumi, based on an elemental RP of mine.
x Another RP -- slave trader who becomes enslaved himself. Not entirely certain of the plot, just have a character and world.
x Short story I wrote once entitled Plague -- reminiscent of Dragon Scourge, but the plague was created intentionally as an easy means of conquering other nations. I lost the original manuscript, but it would be invaluable.
Status: Summaries complete; updated October 24 2oo5 to take out non-NaNo Eysuria and Dragonsblood content and move it to the proper journals.
I may not add everything here -- I still have a touch of the writer's paranoia complex (oh no, you're out to steal my work, aren't you?!) -- but I'll still have fun using it to brainstorm.
Currently
I have several novels and short stories planned, some for NaNo and some for afterward (naturally, since there's far too much to write in one month, or even one year). Not all have titles, so in most cases I'll list them by their callnames in my head or 'Untitled' if I don't have an exact callname, maybe with possible titles to the side.
Generally my stories are character driven, but they often spring first from plots and then move to revolve around the characters. Dragonsblood is in that first, plot-important phase; I'm sure it will become more character driven as I plan it out. Eysuria is character driven, I think.
BS = Brief or Basic Summary. Ironic, aye?
For NaNo
Eysuria Universe
First Incarnation
Aerlun: possible titles: Inferior, Obsidian Whips; I'm not entirely sure this will be long enough to constitute an entire book. It may just have to be a part of a later book. MCs Aerlun and Silk; SC(s) Pick. BS: Street thief Aerlun is taken into an underground group known as the Obsidian Whips -- thieves and assassins serving the king's peace by less-than-legal means. He excels, but he is excruciatingly naive and idealistic. He is resented for these qualities, but in an atmosphere where resentment is often hidden, so he doesn't note it as well as he ought; by the end of the story, he'll face exile, and he'll have to grow up awfully quickly.
Dragonsblood
Legend Shorts
Dragon Scourge: almost completely fixed title. MCs Delia ("Lia") and Joras; SCs Balor the dragon slayer and Zhon the dragon keeper. BS: Lia and Joras stumble on a dead dragon's den, and Lia inadvertently inhales the gas that kept the dragon from dying because of its own heat. She falls into a dangerous fever. Her brother takes her to a healer, and from there dragon scourge spreads. Two sorts are attracted by rumors of the plague: Balor, a dragon slayer, and a small group of dragon keepers. Balor wants to stop the plague at all costs. The keepers believe it is a holy cleansing of wickedness and want to stop anyone from preventing it before it has run its course. Lia survives -- she is the first dragon scourge originator to survive the pure strain of the plague, and it changes her. In the end, Lia and Joras are forced to part ways; Lia goes north with the dragon keepers, Joras with Balor.
Untitled: possible titles: Dragon Wars, Dragon Bloodlines. MCs Liam Dragonsblood and Joras; SC(s) Mila, dragon slayer, wife to Joras (??). BS: This is set almost two decades later. Lia married a dragon keeper and had a son; she died during childbirth, and the boy, Liam, was raised by her husband, Zhon. He is a traditional dragon keeper and believes all dragons are good, wrongly persecuted, and must be protected. Joras, on the other hand, has gradually become a dragon slayer. He married Mila and had several children of his own, all of them years younger than Liam. In this story, Liam and Joras come face to face in the dragons' last stand in the Blazing Hills. They're on opposite sides, fierce enemies, and naturally they don't realize they're related. Ends with the last of the dragons killed -- and Joras -- but with a clutch of eggs preserved in a magical state of hibernation.
Novel
Dragonsbane: little more than tentative title. MCs Kayden Dragonsblood and Roan Steel ("Grey"); SC(s) Selenas Rain ("Lena"), Laurel Rose ("Rose") and Malakai Lowe ("Zachariah"). BS: It used to be that Dragonsblood was far more common than Dragonsbane, but over the years that has changed. Children of Dragonsbane have taken it upon themselves to wipe out Dragonsblood so that the dragons can never be resurrected. Kayden is one of the last of Dragonsblood; certainly the last directly descended from Lia, the Mother of Dragonsblood. He heads north to resurrect dragonkind. He is a horrible pacifist -- won't kill to save his own life. If not for an accidental run-in with Grey, he would never survive the trek north, particularly not with Dragonsbane after him. Grey goes with him, mostly out of curiosity. Lena joins up, too, and later Rose and Zachariah. Lena is supposed to kill Kayden, but things end up not working out so well. At the end of the book, Kayden successfully wakes the last dragon eggs.
And then there are random story ideas that aren't for NaNo, but don't belong in my Dragonsblood or Eysuria universes either. They're collected below.
Rough Ideas
x Ellumi, based on an elemental RP of mine.
x Another RP -- slave trader who becomes enslaved himself. Not entirely certain of the plot, just have a character and world.
x Short story I wrote once entitled Plague -- reminiscent of Dragon Scourge, but the plague was created intentionally as an easy means of conquering other nations. I lost the original manuscript, but it would be invaluable.
Status: Summaries complete; updated October 24 2oo5 to take out non-NaNo Eysuria and Dragonsblood content and move it to the proper journals.