WHO DUN IT? Nano mystery writers, that's who! Let's stand up and be counted. The world needs some good mysteries
and we're the ones that can get the job done. So raise your hand and introduce yourself. I'll start....
Name: Always Dreamin
Working Title: Gone with the Fish
Type of Mystery: Cozy
Years in Nano: Newbee
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Remember the mighty oak tree was once just a nut that stood its ground.
19,353 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 06 48
Name: Midge
Working title: The Nightmare
Type of mystery: I don't really know the difference.
I am a newbie myself, so am not sure just how all of this works.
51,898 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 07 29
Name: Renekejaune - as an ML I am known as Renee Drake
Working Title: Juggling Daggers - a sequel to last year's "Scene of the Crime"
Type of Mystery: suspenseful, but a real-life example of living in Baja, CA
Years in NaNo: This is my 3rd; winner of first two years
Renekejaune
The Cat of Nine Tales
27,119 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 07 41
Name: Beamup
Working title: Nothing yet
Type of Mystery: ???
Years in Nano: newbie
7,128 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 09 05
Name: --C--
Working title: No title
Type of Mystery: ???
Years in Nano: newbie
3,717 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 10 31
Name: swiss miss
Working title: still untitled
Type of Mystery: cozy
Years in Nano: this is year 4!
7,395 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 11 01
I will join the ranks...
Name" tilly
Working title: Naramata Noose
Type: Suspense
Years in Nano: Year two
50,018 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 12 08
Name: jokerman
Working title: 27 Down
Type: noir
nano years - 5th year, finally won last year with "She Belongs to Me", a hard-boiled mystery
59,126 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 11 52
Count me in
Name: Marie Dees
Working title: A Haunting We Will Go
Type: cozy paranormal
Years in Nano: Year four
0 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 13 54
Sorry, changed Genre
8,296 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 12 45
Name: Tyler McBride
Working Title: No working title.
Type of Mystery: Just a plain sort of mystery novel... not particularly cozy, and not involving a Private or Police detective.
Years in NaNo: Newbie
Since that didn't give you much info, here's the basic plot of my novel:
A middle-aged jewel thief is killed, and his twin college-age sons must track down his killer.
78,162 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 13 04
*raises hand timidly*
Er...hello, there! My first foray into the mystery genre...and it's still part fantasy. ^__^;;;
Name: Subieko
Working title: "Roninsha Chronicles: The Strange Case of the Lonely One" (hey, it's a lot of words. ^_^;;;;)
Type of mystery: ...there are types of mysteries?
Years done nano: This is my second.
52,091 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 15 11
Name: Whiskey
Working Title: Lark
Type of Mystery: not sure, exactly, but I think it would qualify as cozy....maybe
Years in NaNo: this is my second. won last year, with an undefined genre :-)
My basic plot...
A phsychologist (female) finds out that one of her patients is a serial killer and must wrestle with the ethics of confessing what she knows while not betraying her patients...of course, there's a hot police detective involved, I couldn't resist!
0 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 15 12
Name: Swanne
Working Title: Walk On In
Type of Mystery: Golden Age style but not really Cozy. No cooking. No cats. Well, maybe a cat.
Years in Nano: Newbee, deliberately going in blind
23,336 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 15 26
Name: Arden1964
Working title: Blythe Spirit
Type: Paranormal
Years in Nano: Three's a charm
50,393 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 15 32
Name: Karen
Title: The Camera Never Lies
Type of Mystery: Part cozy, part procedural
Years in NaNo: This is my fourth!
20,230 / 50,000
Oct 11, 2007 - 12 50
Name: Voicebox
Working Title: ??? (I like to pick the title at the end)
Type of Mystery: Robbery (?)
Years in Nano: Newbie
50,979 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 16 53
Name: Gale M-N
Working Title: Gherys, Reformed. Or Possibly Not.
Type of Mystery: fantasy
Years in Nano: 2006 and 2007 (that would be 2 years!)
Gherys, a gnomish light-fingers (thief) is manipulated by her old adventuring buddy (now the queen/princess of the city/state/realm) into taking over an orphanage in order to find out who killed the previous orphanage director. Of course, it's a human orphanage, so most of the kids are taller than she is. And she may not, actually, be reformed.
52,192 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 18 05
Count my in too!
Name: MartianMenace
Title: Even Deader - sequel to last year's Play Dead
Type of Mystery: Horror/Thriller in near-future setting
Years in Nano: This will be my second - hope it goes as well as last year!
The peace and security of London 2057 A.D. is once again threatened, this time by a terrorist plot. MI-5 and the CIA turn to Scotland Yard's Inspector Alec Livingston for help. But the real hope may lie with the Gamer who saved Livingston's life - a man who is now hopelessly insane . . . .
10,345 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 18 23
Name: anilyb (Rick Bylilna)
Working Title: Untitled, at the moment
Type of Mystery: Police Procedural
Years in Nano: 5 years
Still living in the woods and still operating on a 28.8 modem. Back for the fifth time with three winners and two of them being shopped around for an agent. Not sure what I'll be writing about this year, but it's guaranteed that someone will die. Who knows? It might be one of you!!!
Despite Chris Baty's book about not needing a plot, I still find that most of the winners who have something of use at the end of NANO, whether or not they've reached 50,000 words, did have, at least, a brief sketch, outline, paragraph, page of what their story was going to be about and some idea of the main characters.
Whatever you do, have fun, and enjoy. This ain't something in life to stress over. It's something to have fun with. See you along the way, and I'm shooting for the 50K mark by November 26. That's 1923 words per day.
-rick
The only rule: writers write. Everything else is a guideline.
http://muse-needed.blogspot.com/
55,246 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 18 46
Name: joelle-cherie
Working Title: In the Shadows
Type of Mystery: Probably cozy
Years in Nano: This would be my second...
50,344 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 18 51
Name: poysen
Working Title: Fade And Remain
Type of Mystery: Historical Paranormal Mystery
Years in Nano: This will be my second year
1,985 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 19 01
Name: Ed Cunard
Working Title: Critical Approaches
Type of Mystery: Hmm. Detective? Noir? Literary? Not sure how it pans out yet.
Years in Nano: brand-spankin' new.
50,051 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 19 47
Trying something new with mystery, I've always done romance. So, I'm going to do a bit of both with a romantic suspence.
Working Title: Hula Honeymoon (yeah, it sucks, but I'm not good with titles)
Type: romantic comedy suspense ala Janet Evanovich or Sarah Strohmeyer
Years in Nano: two
Heroine gets dumped one month before her wedding, so she decides to take her Hawaiian honeymoon by herself and accidently gets mixed up with drug dealers...I think :P
52,653 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 20 27
Hidey Ho Neighborinos!
Name: Soccer Mom
Working Title: The First Ghost
Type of Mystery: Paranormal
Years in NaNo: Dos
Think Stephanie Plum does Ghost Story.
29,024 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 22 31
I'm kind of cross-genre, but...
Name: Ghostsoldier
Working Title: Zed
Type of Mystery: Detective horror
Years in NaNo: This is my third
A zombified city detective investigates a series of brutal killings among her own kind. Complications ensue.
42,252 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 22 49
Name: Emmie
Working Title: not at this time
Type of Mystery: i guess more suspense?
Years in NaNo: five, this is my first mystery/suspense/thriller (Usually a romance novelist)
Basic plot: Woman is contacted by old flame after many years then sees him shot on her way to see him. Older brother is Police detective and new mob boss. Many complications.
50,353 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 22 58
I've been on the fence a little, but count me in.
Name: Billie Trident
Working Title: A Side of Andy
Type of Mystery: Cozy...sort of
Years in Nano: Two
6,040 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 23 26
Name: frappygoddess
Title: Love You to Death
Type of Mystery: It's got elements of several different genres. I suppose it's part cozy, part noir, with a little bit of suspense thrown in.
Years in NaNo: Newbie.
57,244 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 23 47
Name: Carol Anne
Working Title: Murder at the Family Reunion (yeah, how original)
Type of Mystery: Combination procedural/cozy
Years in Nano: This will be my fourth. The previous three titles: The Maginficent What?, Murder at the Community College (guess where I work), and Murder at the Yacht Club (guess what my hobby is).
50,005 / 50,000
Oct 11, 2007 - 00 36
Name: Lynn
Title: The Price of Money
Type of mystery: Historical private investigator
Years in NaNo: One