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Happy Thursday!

National Novel Writing Month started today.  Here's my plan:

1.  Spent the last two years thinking about where I left off in my novel and what's got to happen in order to wrap it up.  Going to power through and put that into action, and onto paper.

2.  Spent the last two years thinking about what happened to my characters in their lives before the novel.  Got a good long list of side-adventures that need life.

3.  Spent the last few months coming up with stories to flesh out the mythology of the world.  Going to definitely commit a few to paper.

Here's the sort of thing I'm talking about:

1.  Huxley and Bentley have to get really made at each other before finally being able to see it from the other person's perspective.  Trueman throws everyone a curve ball and makes a speech.  The outcasts go on a journey to start their new lives and there's a cliffhanger. 

2.  Huxley and Derring go hiking and find pirate treasure while Bentley and Piper freak out and team up to "rescue them."

Similarly, the swords types vs. magic types in a fun baseball match, where Bentley and Piper team up to cheat in order to win.

Huxley gets mad at Bentley for being too overprotective and they help out Faris' team on a mission and find the true meaning of teamwork.

The time Bentley got lost in the woods and was rescued by the WhisperSon as a kid.

That time Huxley freaked out after the diaspora and Kaden talked her into going on a mission with him.

3.  The Stone Gardener aka Never Laugh in the Woods

The White Crow

The WhisperSon

The Watchman who looked too long in the fire

The one we made up about slenderman while we were camping.

As of today, I'm at least halfway through the Stone Gardener.  Not a bad start.

-Steph