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taonga1
Novel: Karanga
Genre: Science Fiction
30,439 words so far  

About taonga1

Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand (NZ)

Home Region:
Australia & New Zealand :: New Zealand

Age:40

Favorite writers: For kids: Lauren Child, Tony Ross, C.S. Lewis, For adults: Ruth Hamilton, Milan Kundera, Kahlil Gibran, For yoofs: Margaret Mahy, Maurice Gee ...

Favorite music: Weird stuff

Non-noveling interests: Mosaic art, creativity, shiny things

Joined: October 6, 2005

This Year: Official Participant

NaNoWriMo History:
'05 '06 '07 '08

NaNoWriMo posts: 68

NaNoWriMo buddies: 4

 

Synopsis: Karanga

Two boys, one European, and one Maori, run away to find the mythological Turehu, the Patupaiarehe, the fairy folk, in the depths of the bush in 1850's colonial New Zealand.

A 1420s comet, a tsunami, the great Chinese fleet, secret civilisations, jade and steampunk, cultural clashes, time travel, magic , alternate histories and conspiracy theories ....

It's unpublishable, but it's PongaPunk!

taonga1's Writing Buddies

Glowing Halo
Carolyn Ann Aish

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J.C.Hart
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Lord_DragonFang
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