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Vervain · 2016-02-29T13:26:10Z

A Working Series Title novel. Previously A Flight of Dragons . - - - http://i.imgur.com/JnPsS65.png - - - On the first day of the third month, Lord Shirzad rode home with his wife. Katin hid with the horses. - - - The only thing Katin ever heard clearly was the death rattle of a feral dragon. Everything else is muddled, coming through ears that don't filter out words as well as they should, passing through a mouth that asks for people to repeat themselves more than anything. She learned early on that she wasn't the same as anyone else in Lord Shirzad's household, and she started clinging to the steward's skirt. Herah kept her safe. Now Herah has abandoned her. When Lord Shirzad's wife falls ill, he blames Katin and exiles her to the wasteland—a place where things die more than they ever lived. Stumbling through brittle gray grasses with only a borrowed leather cloak to keep her warm at night, she's convinced she'll die of thirst long before the snakes ever get her. She didn't account for the dragons. - - - Those of you who followed my misadventures in LMS may remember AFOD—it's that idea that crops up out of nowhere, you write about 15k for, and you forget about for five months because no one seems interested and you thrive off of feedback and yet don't want to flood the Green Room by posting it and this and that and wow that's a vicious cycle. In any case , this is going to be my thread for talking about and agonizing over the cruelties of this idea, which is probably going to need at least two full-body rewrites once I'm done if not more. Right now, I'm standing at 14k, so I'm not going to go back and rewrite what I have there until I finish the first draft. Progress on AFOD may be slow, but hey, that's how I work; I usually write about 1k for a given project in a week, if (and only if) I sit down and dedicate myself to it for a bit. I'll probably see if I can muse things out to myself in this thread, if I don't feel too awkward about it. - - - An open question or two: My protagonist is hard of hearing. While I do have my own very limited experience to help me with this, are there any things I should remember about being hard-of-hearing that I'm probably going to forget as a hearing person? Any tips, any tricks, anything you'd like to mention? In addition, how difficult is it usually to learn sign language? (Not just ASL, but any sign language.) I'm looking into learning ASL myself, but it could be a while before I actually put that plan into motion, so any tips there? Any feedback is super duper really appreciated! (And, if you'd like, I'll help you out in return with a review!)

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Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:28 pm

Vervain says... · Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:28 pm

Just a quick note that I'm using this as my Camp NaNo project this year! As a result, you can find general griping about Camp NaNo, pacing, plot, etc. over in my Camp NaNo thread. I'll still be posting major workovers and open questions here!

I'll also be posting a snippet every day in my Camp NaNo thread, so if you're interested in seeing random little chunks taken out of the story, check that out!

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