In honor of NaNoWriMo, a list of some fiction that I've written over the years.
Handlers - Were I to actually complete something, it might be Handlers. It's about this young woman who is a handler for a spy; in this case, though, handlers have some sort of psychic connection to the spy. It also has what is probably my best love triangle. The problem is I couldn't decide the tone and world building. I have an ending written that basically involves the lead losing her mind.
Muse - I actually finished this one, as in there is an ending. It's a retelling of Bluebeard; this artist recruits "muses" to live with him and inspire his art. And he's super great so people go for it? I don't know. Anyway, it involves torture porn near the end. I was 17, what can I say?
Ashton/Bohmer - This is a story about two feuding high-fairy families in a world where high fairies never age past being teenagers. I feel like there is some sort of YA potential here. It's told from two characters' perspectives alternating back and forth. It has a pretty unpleasant lead female character of whom I'm rather fond.
Castle - This one was inspired by I Capture the Castle and is about this quirky family who owns a crazy run-down castle. A film crew from the States (or some place? It's not set in the real world but it is likely set in the UK) wants to film this epic LoTR style movie there. There is a love story. There is no real plot. Tone also got weird with this one. I had the character have this fight with the guy she's with that was basically me processing a fight I'd had with a guy. It's weird to re-read.
Robin and Darrin - This one is weird, and my ideas about it changed (character names even changed), so it's also inconsistent. Darrin is this prince who got angry with his family and gave it all up to wander the world. He recruits this young female apprentice, Robin, who has some trauma from something. They take on amusing odd jobs as they travel, till they accidentally wander back to his kingdom and get invited back by the family. Court intrigue ensues and they end up fleeing when the queen tries to do something terrible to Robin because Robin has this magical secret. Then I stopped writing it.
Leighton - Second to Handlers I'd take this one on. It's a murder mystery with a sort of Gosford Park flavor to it since it has a whole upstairs/downstairs thing going on. The lead is a 20 something woman who is a "memory specialist." I wasn't quite clear on what that meant, but it had something to do with recovering memories from military officials when they retired to ensure nothing wasn't collected? But the military guy gets murdered.
Grace's book - This one is also weird. It's about this group of five sisters living in this place like Venice in something sort of 17th century like but with 19th century elements too. They are part of a minority religious group that is oppressed. Their father recently died but they are lying about this so that Grace can continue his work as a Kreser (cryptographer) that no one would allow her to do as a woman. It's quite long because it also involves her working with a group from the dominant religious group as a Kreser for their team participating in this crazy competition/puzzle game as part of a summer festival, there are complicated love stories for all of the sisters, and it has no overarching plot.
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