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Sneak Peek at My NaNoWriMo Novel

11/20/2016

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Sneak Peek at My NaNoWriMo Novel
Hey guys!

Life has been pretty crazy, y'all, but I did it...I hit 50k. But NaNoWriMo is not over for me yet because... well, I'm overachieving lol. But I thought I'd talk a little bit about my novel today! You already got to meet some characters from my book Further Courage but since I'm doing two novels this November I thought the other one deserved some attention too...especially since I'm writing in that one quite a bit more than Further Courage anyways. 

So, let me introduce The Needlemaker to you! It's an Industrial Revolution era mystery. It has a very twisty plot and you see the book through three different view points: The Needlemaker, Kit (Christopher) Lawler, the seamstress Nan Winkworth, and the slightly shady detective, Miles Creep. 

Here's a snippet from the book that I wrote yesterday (unedited lol!) Kit is waiting for Nan to return to take care of her slightly crazed sister in law. 

 "I believe it is very unlikely they shall find you at all, Mrs. Rutherford. I suggest that you try, um--" he glanced around the shop. "Watercolor." He blinked at his own suggestion, then decided that since he had said it he might as well go with it. "Yes, watercolor. It is an excellent reliever of stress, I do believe."
"I haven't any paints." Isabella whimpered, her cries quieting. 
"You could paint with..." Kit's breathing quickened as his mind searched for a possibility-- anything! His gaze landed on the tea cup Isabella had set on top of a stack of needle packets. "Tea! Yes, indeed, it would be most...British." 
Isabella sniffed and stood up, wiping her eyes. "That would never work. My Mr. Rutherford gave me the finest oil paints to use, and I expect nothing less. Watercolor indeed." She picked up the tea cup and went to the back room. "I am not going to paint, I am going to sit here and--" her voice level increased. "And anxiously ponder death, my existence, the disappearance of my one and only son and this horrible wallpaper." She broke down in sobs. 

If you want to see more of what this book is like, check out the mood board for it, here! 
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This novel has been a lot easier to write so far for me right now, so I've been working on it a lot. I really enjoy the characters in it, and I find the dialogue and development of the relationships in it fun to do. That said, trust me it's going to need a lot of editing lol!

How have your novels been coming along? Hope the writing has been going great! :) 
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Have a lovely day!
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Victoria
3 Comments
Olivia
11/23/2016 06:45:11 pm

Eeeek! Love the little snippet :) And I love mood boards; they're the handiest things.

Hope you get your extra word count in. I'm hoping to get a good chunk written today before Thanksgiving rush tonight :P

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Victoria Minks
12/3/2016 06:07:31 pm

Eek, thanks Olivia! Totally made my day! Yes, I love mood boards too...they're so pretty/cool. lol. ;)

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Katja L.
12/10/2016 12:08:17 pm

An unedited clip from ‘Vinage Rosebud’. . . This scene is between the villain, John, and the heroine. (The aunt also figures, of course!)

“It was to such a troubled and tense family that Edwina Elisabeth Barrett was born, on January 31, 1783. Her aunt Agnes was present at the birth:

She is such a cunning little thing, with soft blonde curls and such appealing blue eyes. She has such a pleasing expression on her face, that coupled with her pitiful little cry, it is fit to melt one's heart. 2

Perhaps it was thus that the lifelong friendship with her half brother was formed. On February 14,1783, Elizabeth recorded the flooding incident into her diary:

Tonight I have seen a sight that made my heart sing and eased my fears. John was sitting in my sitting-room, alternately drinking and swearing at the dogs, while Edwina lay in her cradle in my room, near by. George and I had adjourned to his room for a certain matter, and the door between the sitting-room and bed-room stood open. Presently I heard Edwina whimper; gradually they grew into pleading cries. I rose to go fetch her, and was standing in the doorway between mine and George’s room, when I saw John striding in. His eyes scanned the room, and locating the cradle, he walked up to it and bent over her. The sight of her seems to have melted him: with the gentlest expression I have ever seen his face to bear, he made a soft sound and lifted her in his arms, cradling her as carefully as the mother heart could wish. I left them alone for the rest of evening, he scarcely accepting to hand her over when I claimed her for the night. She, for her part, seemed to find him a most comfortable and acceptable nurse.3”

The numbers lead to footnotes saying "where" I "found" the diary quotes. ;)

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