It's that time again! NaNo 2007

It’s that time of year again and I’m engaged in the month long word marathon called NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It’s crazy, it’s time consuming and it’s fun! So much fun that I’m doing it again!

I tried in 2005 and didn’t make the 50,000 word bar but in 2006, I parked my inner editor and any idea of producing a finished product in the bottom draw of my dresser and taped it shut. Without the distraction of perfectionism I accomplished my goal and produced a story worthy of editing.

This year’s heroine is a tough wise-cracking space pilot whose side kick is a bio-computer that is fond of quoting dime store detective novels and doing Humphrey Bogart impersonations. When she finds her boss shot and her room on the space station blown up she figures it’s a good time to head out of town.

She escapes religious conversion when she inadvertently wanders into the no-fly zone of an Amway Pyramid Prayer Colony by claiming to be in a hurry to help her ailing grandmother. While the Praytons are considering what to do Mya (her name for now) pops the clutch on her warp drive and reappears on the dark side of the quadrants most dangerous space outpost Hell’s Run.

We find her in a Retro-MacDonald’s (the metallic robots at the counters are a tip off since no one has seen a metallic robot since 2020, they are all humanoid looking now) trying to find out what the hell is going on and why half the galaxy seems to be looking for her.

And that’s all in the first 4500 words.

So keep checking back and I’ll try to keep you updated on the story. Those of you that leave comments and kudos will get points redeemable in Black Mary’s Space Bar for Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters.