October 20, 2004

Something in Common

By nijalc_06: "This blog is about lives of different people; either funny or tragedy in different perspectives."

Gienna Writes

By Gienna: "I'm not going to post the novel here, but I will write about the process and my progress."

DeAnna's Journey

A Time to Die

Novel of Undecided Name

By Alice.

Water Balloon Assassins

By ch3: "This blog is bound to change."

Compose, Play, Repeat (an Untitled Novel)

By Evie Kobel: "People think that you can only compose and play music. But a story is music, too, only a different kind. And I'm going to compose a story that will play in MY soul."

my as yet untitled novel

By sic: "The story takes place on a ship travelling through space. The crew are returning home after spending a year evaluating a distant planet as a possible colony. Although they've been successful, they're all anxious to return home to their friends and families."

Signature Key

By Muhammad Ridzal: "This is a story about love... at the Signature Key."

borrowing pond

By c. hawthorne flaherty: "Following the fancy of a fiction only a few paragraphs before the reader, the serial novel will chronicle a fortuitous evolution or noting at all."

As Yet Untitled

By A O Neo: "Stay tuned to find out if I survive."

Teenage Humiliation

By Sarah: "At the moment I'm playing with the idea of this novel being a first person look at the world from the eyes of someone with a hellishly over-reactive imagination."

Saturday Night Fire Fight

By Jamie Kleinkauf-Schmidt: "Do I go for a salable HQ/Silhouette Romance or do I write sci-fi/fantasy, which I love. The romance will end at 50K the sci-fi/fantasy will only be half done."

the naked emperor bestrides the void deck

By Daryl Sng: "wringing out writing"

Spiralling Down

By Holly Hester: "This is the story of a girl who grew up in the world of figure skating. It is the story of an intelligent student, a compassionate friend, an obedient daughter. It's about the difficulties of the sport, and it's about the sport's impacts on a female who is going through one of the most important phases of her life. It will chronicle the details of the development of an eating disorder, of an addiction to a downward spiral of self-judgment and self-abuse."

The Archivist

By Georgette Tan: "'You should leave.' The creaky old man said. 'Are you a librarian?' I asked. 'No,' he snapped. 'I am The Archivist. Now turn around and leave this place.'"

Accidentally

By Ashby: "This is how you know your life has not worked out as well as you planned, I think."

The Wedding Game

By Shelley Sullivan.

The Little Boy

By Tammi Kwok: "A story about one little boy who gave till he had nothing left...and nothing to live for..."

Confessions of Snow White and the Seven Whores

By Shelley: "Every girl is a whore. This may come off as a harsh introduction to a story, but it is the truth. There are, of course, different levels of this term: different ways of defining it, acting it, and hiding it. In the long run though, it comes down to the simple fact that all girls are whores. This story choses to focus on the lives of a group of college co-eds, the seven whores, and how their actions affected each other and the world around them."

A Caminho de Idharos

By Inckie: "A história do jovem rei Kal’læ e seu povo, em busca da terra em que possam definitivamente estabelecer-se."

Magical 2/6

By ArchDestiny: "This is the first time i am writing it.It will be a fantasy story filled with love, hatred, swords,magic etc. If you are into saving a maiden from a dragon, this will be your cup of tea."

laNoveladeMala

By la Mala: "I have two novel ideas that I would like to play with during NaNoWriMo....which one sounds more interesting to you (without knowing the ideas behind either one)?"

Lessons and Puzzle Pieces

By Jeremy Andrews: "They say 'it is all about the journey,' but it was on that journey that I learned a few lessons and began to build my puzzle, with a few odd puzzle pieces."

Ophelia's Mask

By Ghostiegurl: "Writing a novel so openly will be a new experience for me."

My Crayon Soup

By Michael Ashley: "Getting ready for a novel"

Mijn boek

By Marjetje: "Mijn boek gaat over de belevenissen van zes dorpsgenoten. Het is een soort klucht. Een Bridget Jones meets Anne Maxted. Een Emma Donoghue meets Jennifer Weiner. En dan in het Nederlands, in een oer-Nederlands dorp aan een oer-Nederlandse rivier. Het speelt in de tegenwoordige tijd (2004) met tegenwoordige gadgets and mede-Nederlanders. Met de huidige politieke situatie, tv-programma's, en actualiteiten. De hoofdpersonen zijn tussen de 25 en 45 jaar oud, met problemen in de bijbehorende leeftijdsgroepen. Partner vinden, trouwen of samenwonen, kinderen ja of nee, wonen in de stad of op het platteland, melkboer versus supermarktconcern, kerk, moskee of atheïsme? Al deze thema's komen terug in het boek. Ook Balkenende, Beatrix, Beau en oom Bertus komen terug. Soms een beetje aangezet, maar altijd met humor en altijd gedetailleerd.
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True Blue

By syahrulhatta: "I don't know what the story will be, but come 1st November the words will flow."

Let Me Think About It

By thelearner: "The Frahthoff of the Blooh Da Rithwan."

Black Lily

By PanthereNoir: "This is a story I have been on and off playing with in my mind, but somehow never got around to writing down."

Cassandra through the looking glass

By Dr. Smith: "oh this is going to get ugly."

Adventures of Grizabella

By Teresa Oswandel: "I'm going to be expanding on stories that I have made up for my two sweet nephews, Josh and Noah."

Torn

By Stephanie Pera: "'Torn' is the story of Coley Carpentier, a newspaper editor who has the unenviable dilemma of having to choose between two men: one who is totally devoted to her, but for the wrong reasons, and isn't right for her in every way; and a man who has been burned by thoughtless women in the past. He is smitten, but cautious, and Coley realizes that she has to win his trust in addtion to his love."

All Nine Yards Down Her Back

By Talia: "I have a general idea. And lots of little ideas. But no specific plot in mind, and thus fewer plot-restrictions that might get in the way of freeflowing writing."

Submission Guidelines

So, you want to blog a novel? Great! This is the place to share it with other blogging novelists. But first, since you all have me vastly outnumbered, I'd like to describe what I'm looking for, just to make things simpler for all of us. So if you're considering submitting your site, read this first.
  1. Your blog should be clearly novel-related. A separate blog dedicated to the writing process is best, but personal blogs that are just obsessed with NaNoWriMo for a month are good too. I realize it's not November yet, so you probably haven't written anything. That's fine -- just wait until you have something up and then submit it. There's no rush.
  2. Put up a short description of what your novel will be about. That way, I can quote it here and people will be drawn to your blog by your fascinating ideas. Again, there's no rush, so if you don't have anything yet, it's fine to wait on it a while and submit when you have something ready.
  3. This site is about content. You're welcome to simply post your current word count on your blog every day, but you'll have a more engaging relationship with your audience if you actually post the text or excerpts of what you write each day, or if you share the creative process and solicit ideas from readers. That's where all the fun of blogging is, after all.
  4. Add your NaNoWriMo profile link. Remember, this whole deal is really about NaNoWriMo. You don't have to have a profile with them, but we encourage it. And once you clear 50,000 words, you're going to want that official certificate.
  5. Be patient. Submitting your site is not a guarantee for getting listed, and there may be a bit of a delay before I can get it posted, but I'll try to include everybody who follows these guidelines.
Sound good? Great -- now go ahead and send me your masterpiece!

Update: If your blog is already listed but you need to make a correction to it, please see this page.

Another update: Please do not ask me to confirm your submission. There are just too many of you. If you follow the guidelines here and get the "thank you" message after you submit, then everything will be fine.