This Years Nano Novel
I have been taking part in NaNoWriMo this month – as I have done every year since 2009 (infact 2008 though that was unofficial and I only wrote about 5K – it was also not based in the Punk’s world but did lay the foundation for doing a large epic that would span multiple Nano’s).
The idea is that you write 50, 000 words in a month, something I have already achieved this year but I realised I have not actually told you about this years novel!
It is called Babel’s Key and is about a couple of game designers who find that their research into H.P. Lovecraft a gothic fantasy author of the previous century, has placed themselves and their families into peril.
They end up plunged into a world beneath the one they know both physically and metaphorically with secret societies and ancient technologies. Resulting in a quest to find Lovecraft’s city beneath the ocean complete with tenitcal monsters.
The main protagonists are Sam and Mack who are a couple with kids, they want to be game designers but it has to fit in part time around their jobs. Working with an equally obsessed friend they have already spent a decade trying to construct their game world.
The city under the waves is for story purposes called Marinanus or at least that is the translation into English from the silibantly hiss language of the natives. There will be many blog posts and short stories about the place coming 🙂
I am currently only 30 k words in and I currently do not actually know how long this tail wants to be nor if the title will stay or be part of a series. As always with my long form writing (can you tell I’ve recently done a communication/journalism course?) it is edging towards wanting to be a series. The title itself refers to something hidden in the city which at this rate will not have enough words to appear in the novel.
Anyway I’d better get back to writing it!
Posted: Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
Categories: Inspiration, The Punks World.
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