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...I am steadfastly ignoring the scarf. It's too short. End of story.

Instead, have this dream one of my NaNoWriMo characters just had:

( 1,494 words of dream, behind the cut. )

( A bit of technology info. -- NaNoWriMo 2008 excerpt )

( Life in the year 4042 -- NaNoWriMo 2008 excerpt -- 1.7k words )

Sure enough, next morning, after a light breakfast, Hayley moved off to her study, and sat cross-legged on the floor, with the bag of books beside her. She settled in, then moved the bag over until it was in her lap, and started to rummage through it, looking for that one title the other mother had been after. 'The Princess and... and... What was ( Read more... )

Ever have an idea for a rough story premise, but no idea where to take it? I have this one that I really want to write, but, I'm not sure quite what to do with it ( Read more... )

A while back I made mention of a dream I'd had, and had started writing. I sort of didn't finish it then, but I figured I'd share what I have, perhaps write some more later. (Considering 'chapter two' could easily be titled 'the Quest for Pants', I may have to actually write it ( Read more... )

Untitled work of original fiction, roughly 1,300 words. An experiment I attempted, which technically may classify it as an exercise ( Read more... )

An un-edited and utterly ordinary (boring) excerpt of this year's novel, which is at 2728 words and counting.

Ordinary Man, Extra Ordinary Story
(Awful title, extra awful pun)
This is the story of an ordinary man, an ordinary man with an ordinary job, an ordinary wife and three ordinary children, two ordinary cats, and an ordinary house. In fact, ( Read more... )

So, here are some excerpts from my 2006 NaNoWriMo attempt, Treat with Care. They're the same bits in my NaNoWriMo profile, I just thought I'd better 'save' them, before my profile gets reset. (I still have the full text, of course ( Read more... )