Category: NaNoWriMo15

Epilogue to Cinereous

byJon Westfall December 2, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   It had been about 70 years, they estimated, since the first group arrived in Julie’s mind. They now numbered around 100, and the once barren gray land had transformed into a near utopia. A sky of blue, lush grass, and (thankfully) furniture, books, and more. Julie certainly seemed…

Chapter 30: Quiet

byJon Westfall November 30, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15] Well, here it is – the last chapter. These last 10 chapters have been on the shorter side, definitely something I’d expand out in a revision. Sometime in early December I’ll be posting an epilogue to the book, so be on the lookout for that. All told this has…

Chapter 29: Secrets

byJon Westfall November 29, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   They all cried, even Ryan, after the shock had faded. G-ma hadn’t been seen since she fled the group. Jamie’s body lie like Ryan’s had days earlier, with no hint of activity. Around her neck, marks where the old woman had strangled her, were visible. “I can’t believe…

Chapter 28: Putting Down The Rebellion

byJon Westfall November 28, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   “Ready?” “Ready” “Let’s do this” When Jamie and Julie were little, the each had their own unique set of fears. For Jamie, it had been thunderstorms. Each time a front would move in, she’d run and hide somewhere she could block out the sound. Since it was possible,…

Chapter 27: Uprising

byJon Westfall November 27, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   “They’ll see… they think I’ve gone crazy. But I’m doing this for their own good, and for Julie.” The group lie motionless, more or less parallel to each other. G-ma stood watch while herself remaining as motionless as possible. In order, Mrs. Corum lie next to G-ma’s position,…

Chapter 26: A New Day

byJon Westfall November 26, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   “You look different”, Mara said as Sara Beth walked toward her. “What do you mean”, Sara Beth said, visibly confused. Nothing here ever changed in appearance. That was the most disturbing part of living in another person’s mind – you were pictured however they thought of you, and…

Chapter 25: The Coma

byJon Westfall November 25, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   After Ryan’s apology, the group eventually returned to their discussion of summer camps. Mara hadn’t ever been to one, in fact, she’d never participated in any non-mandatory activity. Her parents sent her to school, but they never had much interest in sending her elsewhere. She told the group…

Chapter 24: Camp

byJon Westfall November 24, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   The mountains lit up brighter than they’d seen in weeks. Bouncing colors flitting from peak to peak. The sky seemed lighter than usual, the world seemed to be in a state of activity, if that could exist. It was noticed by each member of the small group, spurring…

Chapter 23: July

byJon Westfall November 23, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   “What month is it?” “I think it might be July now” “I can’t believe that I’ve lost track of time, this never would have happened when I was a teacher” “It never would have happened when I was a student, counting down the days” Mrs. Corum and Sara…

Chapter 19: The Future

byJon Westfall November 22, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   “Julie is my sister, and all, but I just can’t help feeling what I feel”, Jamie said as the others scowled at her with a look of confusion and shock. “I just wondered if, now that Julie is thinking more about us in her imagination, we’d have something…