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internet_jumbie
Novel: Subtle Gifts
Genre: Young Adult & Youth
41,000 words so far  

About internet_jumbie

Location: Somewhere...

Home Region:
Europe :: England :: York & Leeds

Age:16

Favorite novels: The Black Magician Trilogy, Pure Dead and Deep series, Discworld series, A City of Masks, A Gathering Light, Little Women, Good Wives, Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Memoirs of a Geisha, Empress Orchid, The Last Empress, The Bartimeaus Trilogy, Sabriel, Lireal, Aborson, Across The Wall, Keys To The Kingdom Trilogy, The Mortal Instruments Trilogy, The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots

Favorite writers: Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Garth Nix, Trudy Canavan, Mary Hoffman, Mercedez Lackey, Robert Muchamore, Charles Dickens, Cassandra Clare, Jasper Fforde

Favorite music: Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Goo Goo Dolls, POTC soundtrack, All American Rejects, Lifehouse

Non-noveling interests: Reading, flute, piano, rollerblading, fencing, rock climbing, computer games, badminton, history (gotta love the Tudor period)

Joined: Octubre 2, 2007

This Year: Official Participant

NaNoWriMo History:
'06 '07 '08

NaNoWriMo posts: 38

NaNoWriMo buddies: 19

 

Brief Author Bio:

I'm a big NaNo fan - every single year is another wait for November. It's better than Christmas.

I'm sixteen, so I'm still going through school and whatnot. However, that has not stopped me writing before and it won't stop me now. Or ever.

My current cat is called Bella (not because of Twilight) and I love her to pieces. But she doesn't like being picked up and will complain loudly.

Good luck NaNoers!

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Synopsis: Subtle Gifts

Raised by reluctant godparents, Callie has never known a normal life. Sneered at by her 'sister' and haunted by her past, she's desperate to escape. But then she is given the chance to go to a mysterious boarding school and suddenly she's suspicious. As she befriends the cheerful Nate and antisocial Twister, questions begin to arise that cannot be answered. And then Nate goes missing...

Excerpt: Subtle Gifts

Suddenly she couldn’t out of the coach fast enough. Not only was he a walking cliche, but he reminded her too much of Jem and the gang. She stumbled down the steps and onto concrete. Lights streamed down from a cafe and she sighed in relief. She didn’t like coffee, but maybe she could get something else. She pulled out her wallet and looked at it. A scrunched up fiver muttered darkly to itself in the corner. Technically, it should have been for emergencies, but she was thirsty now. And it was amazing how far she could spread out five pounds.
“Coming in?” Somehow, the boy was ahead of her. He held out the door.
Her desire for hot chocolate was suddenly squashed. “No, thanks.”
He shrugged and closed the door behind him. I never asked him his name, she thought. Instead of turning back to the coach, she disappeared down a side alley. The smell of roasted coffee beans wafted down from an air vent. As soon as she was sure that she was alone, she closed her eyes.
“Ow, ow,” she whimpered.
Her fingertips massaged her temples frantically, but she couldn’t escape the pain. Whoever that boy was, he spelt out bad news. In that instant in the coach, she’d tried to read him, and all she got was black noise, a silence so wrong she’d had to leave. It wouldn’t go away, either. Jem had been less painful, but still agony to tune into, so she hadn’t. She’d been stupid. She’d ignored it, like a good girlfriend did. The smart girlfriend would have dumped him and moved across to Scotland.

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