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Genre: Fantasy
About Falen1Location: White Bear Lake, MN Home Region: Age:28 Favorite novels: so many - Clan of the Cave Bear, Mists of Avalon, Heroes Die, Warchild, Stardust, Where the Redfern Grows, Harry Potter Favorite writers: Neil Gaiman, Anne McCaffrey, Robin Hobb, Charles de Lint, Jasper Fforde, Tad Williams, James Alan Gardner, Storm Constantine, Jean Auel Favorite music: For writing i prefer new age music or classical, but i'll listen to whatever is handy Non-noveling interests: Dogs, animals, reading, movies, board games, video games, Anime, other nerdly pursuits |
Joined: Juni 18, 2009 This Year: Official Participant NaNoWriMo History: NaNoWriMo posts: 121 NaNoWriMo buddies: 5
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Brief Author Bio: Graduated in 2003 from the University of Minnesota with a BA in English and an emphasis in creative writing. Started writing Fanfic in highschool and never really stopped, just took out the "fan" part of the fiction. |
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Synopsis: Foxfire (working title)
Nineteen year old orphan, Fox, lives alone in the forest, struggling day to day against hunger, isolation and the elements.
Oh, and the Demons.
However it’s not the man-eating demons, but a fall, which puts Fox in jeopardy. He’d always thought he’d be devoured by the demons, not that he’d die because he didn’t watch his footing… like his father.
When her irresponsibility causes the death of a child, fifteen year old Quill is ousted from her village, sent to live alone in the forest amongst the demons. It’s not even the death sentence that angers Quill, but the knowledge that the village thought they’d be better off without her, despite her remarkable tracking skills. It’s those skills, however, which turn her condemnation into hope when she discovers Fox, injured and trapped in a ditch.
Surely they can’t trust each other; after all, it’s abandonment which brought them together in the first place. But a deal is made: Quill will help Fox recuperate if Fox teaches Quill the way to survive amidst the forest and the demons.
Their trust in each other grows until a demon attack reveals a shocking secret about the nature of the demons, their land and its residents.
Now Fox and Quill have to make a decision: do they stay complacent and suppress the secret, dooming their abandoners to death? Or do they risk their lives in an attempt to expose the truth?
Excerpt: Foxfire (working title)
She found him where she had left him, foot still entangled in the brambles and roots of the tree. Only the crooked set of his mask told her that he wasn’t just asleep; It had slid up to his right ear and corner of his forehead, whiskers pointing to the sky. One of his blue eyes was left uncovered and it stared sightlessly at the red oaks which surrounded him.
She walked to him and found she felt nothing. He was just a boy, just like all the other boys and girls in the villgey who would never come home. He was just a boy whose ears had turned red when she snapped at him and who twisted the wings off of doves because she had told him it was something that he had to do. And he had done it, because he was a good boy. Had been a good boy, just like all the others.
She reached down for his mask and when her finger accidentally brushed against his skin his body collapsed, spreading out before her into ash and dust. After a moment all that remained was his clothing and his mask, which she picked up to carry home.
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