Mindie

Those must be some pretty bad kids, because I know a mom of 12 kids, and she's fine, albeit stressed occasionally..

You must not be a mother yourself. I don't think I could explain it so that you understand. It's a story for a very small audience. I am a mom my self and gosh, I just want to run away. Perhaps this story is to much of a Mary Sue........

cjhuitt- Thanks for the advice. The last one was hard to do because the main character is a cell phone that has become awakened by being hooked into a human brain. They die, like cell phones do, and then are charged back to life. What the human doesn't know is that when the cell phone was awakened it also created it's own religion where it believes in only being a slave to the human's brain for one lifetime, and then travels the universe the rest of their existence through an energy source that floats through space. The fact that the Main character is a cell phone is the big reveal in the end. I didn't want to say that in the story skeleton.

I enjoyed reading this. The scene's played out smoothly in my mind. I liked how most of the character descriptions where placed in a sentence about something else. It felt very natural. You could do the same with the Treasurer who interrupted Fen's dance.

The duel scene was a good way to have something happening while Fen thought about the conflict with his wife. Maybe you could link the duel with his feelings about his wife a bit. It may help to blend the two emotions together.

I am looking forward to the next chapter. Also, I just joined this group, so I didn't read the prologue. In my humble opinion, you could start with this chapter and not have the prologue.

I am not sure if I am doing this right, but here goes.

2012 nano project......

When a teenager shows up on Eden's door claiming to be her mail order husband, she decides to adopt him. But will she succeed when her jealous roommate turns her in for child trafficking?

Current Story......

When Nikus is saved from a tower, he decides to live a quiet life in the country. But will he succeed when he finds out that his parents are alive and in need of a rescue?

Multiple Options:

When a mother of 3 breaks from the weight of motherhood, she takes her 72 hour kit and runs away. But will she succeed when the memory of her children haunts her, she runs out of food, and the winter begins to set in?

When a woman runs into her X husband after several years being apart, they decide to both sell their bodies to Dose-Core for their children's financial future. But will they succeed when Dose-Core decides to torture them instead of lethal injection.

When codex finally dies after a long life of administrative slavery, She decides to explore the universe with her only friend. But will she succeed when her master charges her back to life and is forced into slavery for another lifetime?

If you're excited to start, don't let me stop you.

However, I think I'll create a thread here later with the first steps, and we'll see how it goes from there.

I fell asleep that night at the computer. It was late.

Challenge accepted. I will post as soon as i can (most likely next week).

That's one of the posts I'm talking about. If you go to http://jimbutcher.livejournal.com and scroll to the bottom, then start reading up, that's basically what I was looking at. It makes things seem to simple, though as everyone knows, simple doesn't necessarily mean easy.

I love it. Thank you.

When do we start? Now? Can I start now?

I'm having trouble finding the advice on Jim Butchers site. Anyone wanna post a link?

I am planning my Nano project right now. I'm totally with you on this. The novel planning posts from Jim Butcher sounds great. I love his stuff.

I did nano last year for the first time and my outline saved my trash. I believe that good organization and outlining is key to success. It was so much fun last year and I plan to make it a part of my life every year.

A thread here or on the nano site would be great!

Let me know.

The most important thing I have learned is that it is an obtainable goal if you work hard enough.

I think she adds a much needed unique perspective to the group. NEVER LET HER GO!

Thank you so much for the information. I was totally going into panic mode! One year is a great experience.It makes much more sense now. I will read his blog from now on.

This stinks. Does anyone else feel this way? Will he continue to do writing excuses? Will we ever see him again if he moves so far away? I messaged him on facebook to ask why and he said, why not? ARG!