Year-long NaNo discussion

So apparently I never made a thread explaining this particular WIP. And I know I've referenced it either by it's initials (FW) or in writing before, so an explanation is in order.

Fair Winds is a historical fiction/pirate novel set in the 1740s (thirty years after the Golden Age of Piracy). It follows two POVs: Ciara Arlen, an 18 year old maid who is trying to reach her uncle in Jamaica, and Colin Raeburn, a young Navy lieutenant and spy on the trail of the pirate/smugglers that captured Ciara and her sister Grace.

This work started all the way back in 2015, during my Creative Writing Class. After years of inactivity (working on SOI and TWR), I decided to pick up the story again in April 2019 as a Camp NaNo project.

The work is divided into two volumes: Sassy Devil and Fallen Angel.
Sassy Devil was worked on first, and a first draft was completed in 2015. A second draft is currently being written (part of which was completed in April 2019).
Fallen Angel was initially developed in 2015, but has only had scene excerpts written for it as of April 2019.

Synopsis for Sassy Devil:


Ciara Arlen has been ostracized by her community for as long as she can remember - her parents deaths are the final straw to the gossip fire. Anxious to run away from her past, she and her younger sister Grace take up an offer to live with their uncle in America - rashly starting before her uncle's escort can arrive to ensure their safety.


Upon reaching Portsmouth, they meet a stranger with promises to help them reach their uncle's ship. Little did the girls know that they were walking straight into a trap - set by pirates with a grudge against their uncle.


So when another, much more charming and handsome, stranger, attempts to help them escape, Ciara doesn't know what to think. Does she blend into the pirate crew for survival, or does she throw caution to the wind again in an attempt to extradite herself from them?

Synopsis for Fallen Angel:

After running away again, Ciara Arlen has struck out alone in a stolen ship. With the British navy after her, she has little choice left but to head for the Caribbean islands in hopes of gaining a crew.


After a storm throws her onto the island shore of Moreno with little strength left, she is ready to give herself up for lost forever. A native girl - and her extensive tribe - soon force a change of outlook.


Just as Ciara is gaining her confidence back, she spots a British flag on the horizon....and her former lover Colin Raeburn on the beach. Will she run away again, or will she finally repair the bridges that she tried to burn?

Excerpts will be coming in later installments, as this is the second WIP that I will be working on during July 2019's Camp NaNo event. There is no word count goal unlike TWR, though, so I doubt I shall be working on it much more this month.