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Genre: Satire, Humor & Parody
About neko ewenLocation: San Jose, CA Home Region: Age:31 Website: http://www.neko-machi.com/ Favorite writers: Neil Gaiman, Dean Paschal, Terry Prattchet Favorite music: Daft Punk Non-noveling interests: RPGs, video games, anime |
Joined: November 3, 2008 This Year: Official Participant NaNoWriMo History: NaNoWriMo posts: 4 NaNoWriMo buddies: 11
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Brief Author Bio: I'm a translator (Japanese to English) who leads a rather boring life, though I've gotten good at making stupid jokes to cover it up. This is my second time doing NaNoWriMo, since while I was in college November was always a really terrible time for such a thing on account of midterms. |
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Synopsis: UFO Girl and the End of the World
Janet is half-alien on her mother's side, and inherited a pair of metal antennas sprouting from the top of her head as a consequence. She was content to live a more or less normal life, but one hot summer day her mom tells her that the world is going to end in a week. Janet, who would much rather have a quiet summer vacation, is forced to look for a way to save planet Earth from a killer asteroid. Along the way she learns that by and large aliens are as dumb as everyone else, but also that hope is the most important thing in the universe.
Excerpt: UFO Girl and the End of the World
“Janet?”
“Wha? Bwaughlaugh…” I jolted awake, and my brain struggled to catch up.
“Janet, there’s something I need to tell you.”
It was my mother.
“Airship,” I managed.
My mom—Miri if you prefer—gave me a quizzical look. “Um.”
“I mean… You’re still wearing your sweats.”
She looked down at her green sweats. “Oh. Right.”
While she was changing, I sat up on the couch and took stock of the situation. I was wearing shorts and a T-shirt. It was mid-July, and over 90 degrees. A talk show buzzed on the TV. A quick sloshing showed that the soda I’d been drinking was warm, but still half-full.
“So, Janet.” Mom was wearing jeans and a StarCon ‘98 T-shirt.
“Yes?”
“I have to tell you something.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. The truth is… I don’t know how to say this, but… I’m an alien.”
I raised my hand and pointed to the other side of the living room. A smooth, silver shape was lodged in the wall. It had been there for as long as I could remember. Supposedly it was the flying saucer in which she’d come to Earth as a baby. “I know.”
“And, um, that means you’re half-alien.”
I pointed at my antennas. “I kinda noticed.” Whatever kind of alien my mother is and I’m half, they look completely human except for having metal antennas coming out of the top of the head. They’re retractable, which is convenient for mom, but probably because I’m half-human my antennas are droopy and it’s hard to make them extend or retract when I want to. I usually wear a hair band, so that if they come out I can pretend I have weird tastes. I keep thinking that if I ever meet other alien kids they’ll probably make fun of me for having droopy antennas. Kids are like that.
Mom looked even more nervous now, which meant she was probably running out of useless things to tell me.
“Mom…”
“Janet… the world is going to end.”
“Mom, the world isn’t going to end. What’s happening?”
She fidgeted. “Um… The world really is going to end. In about a week.”
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