Saturday, October 27, 2012

NaNoWriMo 2012--Civil War Historical Fiction

Hello everyone!

This week has been a little crazy, so that's why there has not been a description. I've been furiously working on finishing my outline for National Novel Writing Month (and it's finished!).

NaNoWriMo starts on November 1--next Thursday. During November, I will most likely be posting descriptions from my novel on my blog. Maybe I'll even post some entire scenes that I do.

Here is a (working) synopsis of my book. If any of you have title suggestions, please feel free to comment and let me know! I'm sure it will be better than what the current name is: CWHF (Civil War Historical Fiction).


Ever since their ancestor, Elijah Walker, fought in the Civil War, a taunt has followed the Walker males. “Walkers always walk away with other’s things and life.” In 2011, this taunt haunts 17 year old Eli Walker in the halls of his school. A feud has gone on between the Bishops and the Walker family since the war and Eli can’t figure out why. That is, until a reenactment when he gets mysteriously transported back to the war as his great-great-great-great grandfather. Eli experiences the war the exact way his ancestor did, receiving all the same wounds and meeting the same people. Then he wakes up in a hospital bed. Confused, he asks his wheel-chair bound father to explain what just happened. That’s when he figures out he has a gift—the gift of mental travel. Eli starts to research more about his grandfather and finds the reason the Bishop family hates the Walkers and there’s only one way to stop it—he has to go back and change his ancestor’s actions. As he goes between worlds, his energy quickly starts to wane. With his present family in danger, he has no time to spare. When he travels to the war or back to the present, an unknown amount of time passes. Will he be able to save his family from the murderous Bishops?


4:13:25:59 (Days, hours, minutes, seconds) until NaNoWriMo starts!

~Katie


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