Well, NaNoWriMo 2015 is now over – for me, anyway. I clocked out today at 86,331 words, which is not too bad for a story that got hijacked by its main character on the first day, went in a completely different direction than intended, and ended up spawning what my wife says should actually be a TV series, not a book. I’m not sure anyone actually has the money to film this, though, because so far on the creature front we have, in no particular order:
- Hana the Bunnygirl (who is one of the main characters)
- Mickey pigs
- Laughing dogs
- Cateets
- Quetzalcoatls
- Chupacabra
- Jersey Devils
- Velociraptors
- Selkies
- Dangerously Modified Turkeys (yes, I did it)
- Tree people
- Sasquatch/yeti
- Hellbunnies
- Angora gobbits
- Attack geese
- Drop bears
- Bunyips
- Waheela
- Minotaurs
- Pegasi
- Nisse
- Trolls
- Mongolian Death Worms
- Were-people or weres (what the in-universe news media calls modded humans)
- And an owlbear
NaNo has been a fun ride this year, as you can tell, and I really hate to see it end. But I’m going to take a break from making new creatures and putting the boys into dangerous situations in December anyway, because I’m already committed to a collaborative writing project, I have a few small fics I want to write and/or finish, and I want to put in some more work on In the Land of Ever After. It’s gonna be a busy month!
Probably not 86,331 words and 25 creatures busy, though. 😉