So, as you have already learned, I have two main characters -- Rob and Anna. So it's no secret that they are our two "frenemies". Rob has had a pretty rough childhood and is now the bane of the city and a master burglar, while Anna has had the most luxurious growing up years possible, but she's still a superhero. As for appearance Rob is red haired, sharp-faced (like don't ask me what that means -- all I can say about his face is that it's sharp), and always wears hoodies. Anna is white haired, with ice blue eyes, and wears pale blue and white and ... she has this clean and calm look. (And don't ask me about their superhero lives or powers -- that's secret identity you know. And NO DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT IT ISN'T AS IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR POWERS ARE OR ANYTHING. What makes you think that????)

As for my side characters, there's a ton of them. For example ...

// Anna's family. She has one brother of fourteen who is the only person in her ordinary like who knows she's a superhero. There's her fashion model mom who cannot understand her wanting to become a cop (and yes that is what she went to college for). As for her step dad, he's pretty cool with anything she does, but always sticks up to her mom and says, "Anna, your mom has a point." Nothing more than that XD

// There's their other two housemates, Max and Ashleigh. Max is an incredibly enthusiastic funny character who goes into fan boy mode when he discovers who Anna is (that is, mayor's niece). Ash is a really sweet nice girl who grew up in similar areas as Rob -- except her family was there to help the poor people and the street kids. Like she wasn't actually a poverty stricken person herself. The old lady who owns the house appears really grumpy at first but she really has a heart of gold and loves cooking for her students XD

// I also have some of Snow's superhero friends ... but that would take a long time to explain ;D Let's just say she knows a water-walker, and a guy who morphs into a tom-cat. Plus others of course, not that I have them figured out. Ha.






I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING DONE WITH IT. I mean, be honest, don't we all (look forward to being done with our novels, and yes, you do look forward to me being done with mine, right??)??? But in all seriousness ...

// I look forward to weaving in a more complicated plot ... with a bigger enemy, with huger stakes, with subplots and little conflicts, and twists. I have some great stuff in mind and I really want to see it surface on paper ...

// I look forward to developing my characters. I want to see my side characters become "part of the family" (you know), and my two main characters changing and evolving and developing ...

// I look forward to winning this Nanowrimo and having this all handwritten in my 500 pager green notebook and being able to ruffle through the pages and saying "HEY LOOK WHAT I'VE ACCOMPLISHED" :P



// It takes place in a huge city called Delta. It's generally a modern setting -- it doesn't have that much sci-fi elements, except the superheroes of course. So far I haven't started drawing a map but I hope to do so at some point and figure out the different areas of the city. All I know is that my characters are living in the central area ... whilst Snow's family lives in the wealthy district in the North, and Rob comes from the South ...

// Delta is a huge city, so like all regular huge cities, it has two sides. The luxurious rich beautiful side as well as the dark dirty slum-like side and I hope to explore both worlds in my book.

// It also alternates between the streets and ground level and the rooftop level. My superheroes live on the rooftops, pretty much. And I visualise my whole city from the sky -- all bathed in sunset glory.


Lol, this questions. Most people say #spoilers. But I'll tell you anyway. Fox's (aka Rob's) goal is, of course, to steal that 100 million dollar painting, and guess who stands in the way? Snow. And Snow has sworn to take him down and not let him steal that painting and obviously he's the one who makes that hard. This much should have been apparent already XD





Well. I'm pretty sure you guys can already guess it right? The predictable storyline goes like this -- ok so the villain falls in love with the good girl and decides to become a hero too and saves her in some epic battle and she falls for him too and they both get over their prejudices and the bad guys doesn't have to pay for his crimes and they live happily ever after... I'll just leave you with this speculation for now. Honestly I'm not sure what will happen, and I know you were thinking this, even if you won't admit it. XD



Themes ... I like to have an idea what they are before I start writing. I don't really want to spell them out for you though because I think that while writers should try to weave themes into their books ... they should be implicit and for the reader to figure out. I mean, I'm not going to fault anyone for announcing their intended themes loud and clear or for writing them as explicit!! Like this is my preference for my books. :D But if you really really want to know, you can go listen to "Be the Change" by Britt Nicole because it makes me feel ... like this book ...



So, friends, looks like that is the end of that ...

My total word count for Nano so far is 12k, and I'm still pushing hard! I hope to finish this book this month (as well as Broccoli Queen but shh).

I WISH ALL THE BEST TO MY FELLOW NANOERS!
And for those of you who aren't, you can all sit back and watch the entertainment of us screaming over our deadline, and send us chocolate and cheer on the sidelines XD