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Jaydee Faire
Novel: Earthways
Genre: Fantasy
9,406 words so far  

About Jaydee Faire

Location: Shelbyville, TN

Home Region:
USA :: Tennessee :: Murfreesboro

Age:24

Website: http://whitewolfbayou.livejournal.com

Favorite novels: Memoirs of a Geisha, Villains by Necessity, The Farseer Series and anything by Terry Pratchett.

Favorite writers: Terry Pratchett, Robin Hobb, Eoin Colfer, Rosemary Edghill, Eve Forward, Ursula Vernon

Favorite music: I usually quote Blaqk Audio and VAST as my favorite bands, but I listen to all kinds of different things, and especially like movie scores and soundtracks.

Non-noveling interests: Writing is pretty much my life, but I also like to doodle in a sketchbook, make people laugh, listen to music, and watch kids' cartoons. After moving across the country to a state that wasn't sinking rapidly into horrible debt, I got a job selling plastic and binary to minors. I also make hats.

Joined: October 2, 2007

This Year: Official Participant

NaNoWriMo History:
'03 '04 '05 '06 '07
'08

NaNoWriMo posts: 22

NaNoWriMo buddies: 7

 

Brief Author Bio:

I write for a living, meaning that if I stop writing, I stop living. For money I'm an English major with a minor in Deaf Studies, aiming to become a teacher.

2003 - The Black Hats (epic fail)
2004 - Diary of a Ruined Youth (Thanksgiving killed it)
2005 - Eclipse (winner!)
2006 - Clockwork (another epic fail)
2007 - Penny Candy (100,000 words, on hiatus)
2008 - Bloodletting (fail ><; I see a trend here)
2009 - Earthways (struggling!)

It's raining, again. Still.

Synopsis: Earthways

Virgil likes to think he's a 'lovable rogue'-- a hired guard who keeps his own hours, spends much of his pay on beer and loose women, and lies every time he opens his mouth. He doesn't think much of other people, and secretly looks forward to the day when he'll close his eyes on his filthy world for the last time.

He's about to take on a job that will not only lead him out into dangerous enemy territory, but may very well be the deadly adventure he's been waiting on-- and just when he's discovered that there may be things in life worth living for.

Excerpt: Earthways

Dawn at the marketplace was the best time for cooks and housewives to find the ripest fruit, the freshest vegetables and the choicest cuts of meat. Farmers and merchants woke up well before moonset to bring their wares to town, and though the prices were high, the harvest was best while still sparkling with morning dew.
Seeing as no one in their right mind would be looking for a hired guard at dawn, though, Virgil was still in bed when the bells at the church down the way rang for noon service. He propped himself up on his elbow, grumbling, and looked over a head of tangled brown hair at the cheerful yellow sunlight peeking in through the curtains. After a moment, he sank down among the sheets again. "Damn bells. Who's up this early?"
"Hmm?" The tangled knot of brown hair turned over, revealing the face of a woman who looked significantly less like a goddess now that all the alcohol he'd drunk was leaving his system. "Wha'ssa matter?"
Virgil grimaced and sat up again, twisting his body around so his bare feet touched the floor. "Time to get up," he grunted, stooping to hook a finger through his pants, which were laying discarded in a heap along with his shirt and leather vest, a pair of stockings and a garter belt.
He laced up his pants and stretched, hearing his back pop. He looked over his shoulder at the woman, who was still lounging in bed. "I've got to get to work. You should go."
"But—"
"I'm going to hire out today, if I'm lucky. The road is no place for a woman, and I couldn't bear for you to get hurt." It was a speech Virgil used often, and it seemed to work, especially if he refused to make eye contact and lowered his head as if his heart ached.
Most of it was true, anyway. And if his heart didn't ache, the rest of his body made up for it.
The woman in his bed wasn't placated. "You have to hire out?"
"Yes."
"You said you were on the City Watch."
"Uh…"

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