Year-long NaNo discussion

No title.
No plan.
No clue.

This is a story that I started against my better judgement, simply because I really, really wanted to (I'm a huge push over when it comes to myself). I basically just have the characters and a faint idea for the plot. I'm in chapter two. Will probably only have time to write it on weekends, but I guess only time will tell.

Anyhow.... here's the beginning:

Thirty seconds ago Rane’s job went south. And now due to an unfortunate chain of events she found herself going south. Plummeting down at a break neck speed toward the south end of the city, that was.

I'll post more about the story when I have more time (and when I get more of an idea XD)

Hoo boy, Nicki....YOU CAN DO THIS! (HOw many WIPs does this make? *is in awe*)

Sounds so INTERESTING, I love it!!!! Can't wait to hear more!!!!

I sure hope I can! It's probably idiotic to start another WIP, but I so want to write this one so I stuffed my common sense in a closet. This will probably only be a weekend project (which is when I get serious writer's block for all my other stories for some reason) or something I squeeze into the evenings after I finish my other writing goals.

Um... *counts on fingers* I'm currently writing two, editing two others, and A Winter Dark and Deadly has been put on hold until I publish Winter Cursed so let's just say that we'll make this the fifth and leave it at that ;P

I'll have to write little bios about the characters soon :) I love them all so much, but I already know that some horrible things are in store for them (even if I have yet to fully figure out what exactly is going to happen).

All right! So here's an introduction to my characters :)

Rane Catlea- A scrappy thief with dealings with the black market. Everything she owns is either broken or stolen, or was stolen and then broken. What she lacks in resources she makes up for with her quick thinking.

Quote: "I don’t know about you people, but usually if someone starts trying to kill me, I high-tale it to the other end of the galaxy. Not stick around to try to stop them. I figure if they can’t kill me- that’s stopping them enough."

Casey/KC- A robot that Rane stole off of the assembly line before he got his full assembly number or his programming. As a result Casey is an extremely sassy robot.

Quote: "I hate to be much of a bother, but in case you didn’t notice I don’t have any arms so that would make “holding on” rather difficult."

Kyeler Ormanor- A notorious bounty hunter, who ran away from home at fourteen and disappeared for some months afterward before reappearing as a deadly bounty hunter. Kyeler doesn't sleep and he doesn't hesitate to do whatever it takes to get the job done.

Quote: "You are extremely hard to kill, I’ll give you that."

C2N8-16*- An assassin droid who tried to kill Kyeler once. When his head was shot in the ensuing fight, his memory banks were damaged. Kyeler has since reprogrammed him to work for him, but C2N8-16 is now extremely forgetful.
*name subject to change.

Quote: "You look familiar. Have I tried to kill you before?"

Calrin Ormanor- Crack shot pilot, occasional smuggler, and Kyeler’s brother, Calrin is either loved or hated by anyone he meets. Also he's a cyborg, a byproduct of an unfortunate crash early on in his flying career... at least that's what Calrin thinks happened, he can't actually remember though.

Quote: I wasn’t smuggling. Technically. I mean, I was heading in the same direction so I just thought, why not?

Chanteu Ormanor- Kyeler and Calrin's father. Chanteu used to work for one of the most powerful syndicates as a scientist, he was also an esteemed professor, until he framed his death and went on to spend the past several years living as a hermit which drove him slightly mad.

Quote: "Someone tried to kill you? How exhilarating! Did your adrenaline spike very much?"

And here are the characters who are the members of the Federation.

Dariux- The leader of the band, dedicated to the Federation and fiercely protective of his team. Dariux is the papa bear of the team.

Quote: "You can’t trust everyone. Sometimes you just have to really hope that they won’t end up betraying you."

Crux- An alien who works for Dariux, after Dariux freed him from captivity. Crux is rather sophisticated despite the fact that he resembles an insect in many ways. He enjoys human tea (though what he eats is disgusting, never trust his casserole). Crux is the mother hen of the group.

Quotes: "If you would be so kind as to surrender please?"

Zhing Triana- A no-nonsense agent, Zhing loves her job. That may be the only thing that she loves. She is excellent at analyzing people, but not very good WITH people.

Quote: "You’re an idiot. You’re even worse. And you? It’s a surprise any of you are even still alive."

Anyhow...

Today I got 1,083 words written in chapter two. I also finished chapter one, but I don't know how much I wrote in that.

Good luck, Nicki! This sounds awesome!

Lena wrote: "Good luck, Nicki! This sounds awesome!"

Thank you, Lena! I'm glad you think so :D

The characters sound AMAZING--I love their quotes! And nice wordcount :D

Faith/Florid Sword wrote: "The characters sound AMAZING--I love their quotes! And nice wordcount :D"

Aww thanks! I'm so glad you like them because I've totally fallen in love with all of these little preciouses :D And those quotes are fun aren't they? Thank you! :P

4/8/18- 1,972 words.

Here's an excerpt...

She blew out a breath as she pulled a scarf on over her short brown hair. “Pfft, I thought last heist went smashingly.”
“Glass was the only thing being smashed. And your bones if it weren’t for me.”
Rane waved him away. “I had everything under control. I didn’t need your help.”
“You fell out of a building.”
Rane rolled her eyes and pulled her gun out of the back of her belt. She held it up to investigate it. To her eye nothing was wrong with it. Well other than the fact that it was held together by junk tape. Maybe it was just clogged, she would have to clean it later. “I jumped out of the building. Actually, there wasn’t any falling involved.”
“Until gravity took over after you left the building and began pulling you toward the center of the planet at a speed that would have smashed you into an unrecognizable shape.”
“That wasn’t falling, that was an extended landing. Without anything to land on.”
“It’s called falling.”

4/9/18- 691 words. Super excited that I actually managed to meet my other writing goals so I could actually write some of this today :D

Here's an excerpt...

Rane blinked open her eyes, squinting as two tables came into view. She frowned and furrowed her brows as the two tables morphed into three, then a fourth table came along and that was when her stomach decided to inform her that something was wrong.

Nicki wrote: "4/9/18- 691 words. Super excited that I actually managed to meet my other writing goals so I could actually write some of this today :D

Here's an excerpt...

Rane blinked open her eyes, squinting ..."

Nice job! And I'm so curious now....where are the tables coming from? What are they doing???? I'M SO CONFUSED AND INTRIGUED XD

Faith/Florid Sword wrote: "Nicki wrote: "4/9/18- 691 words. Super excited that I actually managed to meet my other writing goals so I could actually write some of this today :D

Here's an excerpt...

Rane blinked open her ey..."

Thank you :P There's only one table, but Rane is seeing multiple ones because... reasons.

#bluntforcetrauma

4/10/18- 522 words.

Here's an excerpt...

The bounty hunter raised his hands, but didn’t move further. “Look, I know we didn’t start off exactly on the best of terms,”
“You tried to kill me. And if you know what’s best for you, you’d better keep your distance.”
The bounty hunter slumped back into his seat and narrowed his shockingly blue eyes that she could see even across the table at her. “Killing you wasn’t entirely my objective. I was simply trying to neutralize you. But you weren’t leaving me much of a choice.”
“Oh yes, because that makes it so much better.”

Nicki wrote: "4/10/18- 522 words.

Here's an excerpt...

The bounty hunter raised his hands, but didn’t move further. “Look, I know we didn’t start off exactly on the best of terms,”
“You tried to kill me. And i..."

Hee hee...love this XD

Faith/Florid Sword wrote: "Nicki wrote: "4/10/18- 522 words.

Here's an excerpt...

The bounty hunter raised his hands, but didn’t move further. “Look, I know we didn’t start off exactly on the best of terms,”
“You tried to ..."

Yeah, poor Kyeler. He's such a straightforward guy, he doesn't know how to handle sardonic people. Unfortunately, he's surrounded by them XD

4/22/18- 1,048 words. It's been a while since I was able to work on this story :( But anyway, I'm beginning to figure out a main plot for this story. At least I'm beginning to have an idea for what a main plot for this story could be XD

4/29/18- 1,360 words. I think I finally decided the direction this first book is going to take so- CHEERS!

5/26/18- 1,266 words.

Here's an excerpt...

Calrin regularly enjoyed being fantastic. For him it came naturally. Unfortunately this was one of his less fantastic moments.

5/27/18- 1,050 words. And now I've reached over 10,000 words in this story! Ahhh! That's great because I honestly didn't think I would make it this far into this story :D :D :D

Here's an excerpt...

“Congratulations,” Kyeler said dryly. “You’ve been recruited by the Federation.”
Calrin blinked, then to show that he was sufficiently confused he blinked again. That was something that he had never expected to hear. And that was someone he had never expected to hear it from. He shook his head. “Excuse me?”

Nicki wrote: "5/27/18- 1,050 words. And now I've reached over 10,000 words in this story! Ahhh! That's great because I honestly didn't think I would make it this far into this story :D :D :D

Here's an excerpt....."

Awesome job!!!! 10,000 words is nothing to sneeze at!

And I love this snippet....I'm very fascinated by these characters.

Faith/Florid Sword wrote: "Nicki wrote: "5/27/18- 1,050 words. And now I've reached over 10,000 words in this story! Ahhh! That's great because I honestly didn't think I would make it this far into this story :D :D :D

Here'..."

Thanks! I know it isn't, I can't believe I've made it this far into this story already! And thanks, they are all very interesting characters...

Nicki wrote: "Faith/Florid Sword wrote: "Nicki wrote: "5/27/18- 1,050 words. And now I've reached over 10,000 words in this story! Ahhh! That's great because I honestly didn't think I would make it this far into..."

Sounds like it! XD And I'm super happy for you making it so far :D

Okay this sounds quite interesting Nicki! I like the way you write, so looking past the part that it is sic-fiction I just might read it! ( When it is published of course! )

Hannah Schuck wrote: "Okay this sounds quite interesting Nicki! I like the way you write, so looking past the part that it is sic-fiction I just might read it! ( When it is published of course! )"

Thank you! :D Who knows, maybe you'll enjoy it despite the genre. It's not an ordinary sci-fi I'll give it that ;P

Yea.... probably not! XD XD

6/3/18- 1,233 words.

Here's an excerpt...

Calrin held up his hands. “Whoa, buddy, no need to start blackmailing.” He glanced at his brother. “Is that how he roped you along on this crazy scheme?”
Kyeler crossed his arms. “Something like that.”
Calring shook his head. “What did he have on you? You’re normally so neat.”
“I killed somebody,” Kyeler muttered.
“You’re a bounty hunter, don’t you have a license to kill or something?”
Kyeler shrugged. “It was a Federation Agent. And apparently Federation Agents don’t care very much when you kill other Federation Agents.”

*looks very interested* Oh and Nicki..... When did you say this book was coming out? XD

Hannah Schuck wrote: "*looks very interested* Oh and Nicki..... When did you say this book was coming out? XD"

Um... I actually have no idea. This story is really a side project that I'm writing for fun so obviously I'm not going to get it done as soon as my other stories that I'm working on where I already have the dates I want them to come out planned.

Maybe a year or so?

Ahhh!!! No! I. CAN. NOT. WAIT. A. YEAR.

NICKI!!!! *screams* you must finish it before a year.... *glares* or else post a LOT of snippets....

Hannah Schuck wrote: "Ahhh!!! No! I. CAN. NOT. WAIT. A. YEAR.

NICKI!!!! *screams* you must finish it before a year.... *glares* or else post a LOT of snippets...."

Well... hopefully I'll be done writing it before then, but who knows with the snail's pace I've been going. But I don't have high hopes that it'll be published before a year or (possibly) more. Now if it is written maybe if you're really nice I'll let you read it before publication ;P

Either way, *salutes* yes ma'am, I'll be sure to post a lot of snippets. Unless there's spoilers or something...

*gasps* She didn't just say that.... umm... yes she did... No she didn't! She did didn't she...? *nods* u huh.... Ahhh!! So excited, so excited, so excited!! *screams* *scolds self* must be over nice Hannah.... very nice...

Yes! Looking forward to the next one!!

6/5/18- 1,020 words.

Here's an excerpt...

“I was being sarcastic,” Dariux muttered quietly as if he has already given up on this subject, deemed the argument not important as he turned and began putting supplies such as grappling guns and space heaters into a white briefcase.
The matter should have dropped, but apparently Calrin didn’t find that to his liking. “People tend to do that sometimes- at least people with emotions- so you should be on guard.”
“Duly noted,” Kyeler replied. “You wouldn’t happen to be one of those humans with emotions you were referring to would you?”

This is awesome!! Kyeler is my favorite!!! I'm siding with him in any and all conflicts!

Hannah Schuck wrote: "This is awesome!! Kyeler is my favorite!!! I'm siding with him in any and all conflicts!"

Haha, I'm not going to say who my favorite is or who I side with on conflicts cause *doesn't want to make enemies* *especially not with this group* but Kyeler is awesome and I love him so much :P

XD well..... idc..... Kyeler is my fav. And nothin and nobody is gonna stop me!! Mawhahaha.

I've been doing a lot of brainstorming, but in the mean time here's the Pintrest board that I started for this story: https://www.pinterest.com/nickichapel...

I'm a little late to the party, but this looks fantastic Nicki!!!! Did I ever mention that I love, love, LOVE sci-fi? Because I do. And Calrin.... I think either he or Rane or maybe even Kyeler is going to be my favorite! XD

Grace wrote: "I'm a little late to the party, but this looks fantastic Nicki!!!! Did I ever mention that I love, love, LOVE sci-fi? Because I do. And Calrin.... I think either he or Rane or maybe even Kyeler is ..."

Haha, I haven't worked on this story for awhile because I haven't had the time, but the sci-fi was so much fun to write! I'll have to pick it up again... someday. Honestly, I can't choose between the three of them either XD

Nicki wrote: "Grace wrote: "I'm a little late to the party, but this looks fantastic Nicki!!!! Did I ever mention that I love, love, LOVE sci-fi? Because I do. And Calrin.... I think either he or Rane or maybe e..."

Yes, you should someday, I think you really got something going here (of course I say that with all your WIPs though lol, they are all just so good).

And who says we have to choose? We can easily make the three of them our favorites. Equals. XD

Oof, it's been a while since I commented on this thread because it's been a long time since I last wrote in this story XD But I am here to say that this story is back from the dead.

It's going to be my 100-for-100 project this year, so hopefully I'll be updating this thread steadily.

5/20/19- 557 words.

Excerpt:

The bounty hunter began to lift his arm but Rane whipped around and kicked the door shut. “Excuse me, but this is the lady’s powder room!”
The door shut with a bang followed by a muffled, “Sorry.”

Yay! 👏
I’m excited to hear more of this!

Great excerpt!

This one might be your best yet!! :P

Joey wrote: "Yay! 👏
I’m excited to hear more of this!"

I'm glad! Hopefully I'll have a lot more to share in these coming months :P

SHINE wrote: "You have me hooked on already!"

;P

Elizabeth wrote: "This one might be your best yet!! :P"

My other books are crying XD

5/21/19- 342 words.

Excerpt...

“Hey you!” someone called and she glanced over her shoulder to see a security officer racing toward her. Great, she had a guard after her and she hadn’t even stolen anything. From him anyway. And why would he chase her anyway? It wasn’t like she had done anything illegal… that he knew of.
Just because she was carrying a gun, which was allowed if she had a permit- which of course she didn’t- didn’t mean that she was up to no good. Perhaps it was because she was violently shoving people away from her. But that was just because she was running for her life from an assassin droid. Or maybe it was her clothes, which they looked like something pieced together from the leftover scraps of the scavengers, that made it seem like she was liable to pick someone’s pockets. Of course, they were and she was. Still… could this system be any more corrupt?