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Genre: Romance
About RakkiFoxLocation: Thousand Oaks, California Home Region: Age:23 Website: http://joycesully.com Favorite novels: Neverwhere; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Transmetropolitan (yes, it's a comic, but still); Set This House in Order; Alice in Wonderland; Bones of the Past; Sabriel Favorite writers: Holly Lisle, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis, research books! Favorite music: Goth Rock, J-Rock/Pop, Celtic Folk, music from bands I don't know given to me as gifts Non-noveling interests: animals, anime/manga, sleeping, knitting and sewing, video games, the occult |
Joined: October 29, 2004 This Year: Official Participant NaNoWriMo History: NaNoWriMo posts: 1 NaNoWriMo buddies: 9
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Brief Author Bio: Rakki Fox is officially published! Her short story, "Roll Up," appeared in the Bite Me anthology from Torquere Press. Check out her website to learn more. She mostly writes fantasy and romance. She likes to ask her tarot cards for advice about plotting. She loves talking animal stories. She writes two columns on her blog: Working Reviews, which demonstrate prompts, exercises, and tips; and Sunday Brunch, which is free serial fiction. She is currently serializing House of Cats, a fantasy in which cats who turn into humans seek sanctuary at the imperiled House of Cats. Drop her a line here or at joyce.sully@gmail.com. |
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Synopsis: House of Cats
(It's true; I am adding to an existing story this year. I point to my five previous years of NaNo as my excuse. I've earned a little rule-breaking.)
At the House of Cats, those felines who are cursed to become humans when the moon enters Leo find a safe haven between two worlds. But the House has fallen into disrepair; the cat who should be leading them has run away. She dreams of being a chef, of living as a human all the time (or at least six days a week).
Meanwhile, a battle-scarred tom has stepped into the power vacuum left when the old queen died and the new queen disappeared. But he has been running too, using drugs to remain a cat always and cutting the denizens of the House off from the outside world.
Can these two opposites band together and unite the cats to restore the House to its former glory? Or will a greedy developer and a bunch of nosy neighbors drive the cats from their home?
Excerpt: House of Cats
"Yeah! This will be so cool!" Topaz hurried ahead then doubled back when Carlisle took too long. "Do you think you can do a back flip while skating?"
"I don't do back flips when on solid ground." They reached the ticket seller and Carlisle took several bills from a bundle in his pocket. "I am certainly not going to try now," he said as they moved on to the rental skates.
Topaz laced up his skates haphazardly in his hurry to get out on the ice. Carlisle made him sit and tighten them properly. "Do you think I can?" Topaz asked while enduring the delay.
"I would honestly prefer if you restrained yourself in that particular aspect," Carlisle said as he tested his balance. Topaz had been right about that at least; balancing on the edge of a blade was dead easy for a cat.
They stepped through a gate and onto the ice. Carlisle could feel the subtle changes in the quality of the ice, smooth and grainy and ridged in turned where previous skaters had marked the surface. The feeling was not unlike the sensitivity of one's paws.
He held Topaz's arm at the elbow under the pretense of steadying himself. "Let's not make too much of a spectacle of ourselves, shall we?" He whispered. "I don't want to come home with broke bones or our faces in the local newspaper." He squeezed Topaz's arm and released him to glide away, weaving in and out of the awkward humans with showy ease. "But do let's have a little fun."
Topaz grinned and took up the challenge, chasing after Carlisle through a crowd that barely noticed their graceful passage.
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