NaNoWriMo!

November 1st kicks off the yearly nanowrimo content. For those who are unaware, nanowrimo (short for ‘National November Writer’s Month) is a yearly contest that challenges writers everywhere to write an entire novel in the month of November. Contestants have 30 days (Nov 1 – Nov 30) to write 50,000 words. That works out to writing 1,667 words per day, every day. It’s quite a challenge!

Last year I completed the challenge and wrote the first draft of “On the Edge of Eternity” (which I then spent a year editing). This time I’m working on something completely different. Starting November 1, I will be working on:

TOM SWIFT and the EXTRASOLAR PLANET

Tom Swift Jr. was no stranger to the depths of space! The young scientist’s thirst for knowledge had taken him from his home in Shopton, New York to the cratered surface of the Moon and beyond. After developing his mighty rocket ship Tom built the Outpost in Space and used it to supply the Earth with solar batteries – a cheap, renewable energy source that changed the world’s economy. When a group of aliens placed an asteroid into orbit around Earth Tom used his keen intellect to give it a breathable atmosphere. Tom even ventured to the outskirts of the Solar System in his mighty Cosmotron Express.

But none of these adventures prepared Tom for his greatest assignment yet! His inventiveness is put to the test when Swift Enterprises receives a desperate plea for help from an alien race on the verge of disaster. The survival of an entire civilization rests on Tom’s ability to reach a planet hundreds of light-years from Earth and retrieve a lost artifact. To do this Tom must find a way to travel much faster than light – while battling an enemy that is bent on stopping him at all costs.

The challenge becomes greater when Tom discovers that the planet he must visit does not orbit a star. Instead, the world is adrift in deep space, torn by unceasing storms, and lit by a strange phenomena never before seen in nature. It will take all of Tom’s ingenuity to overcome the odds and save his space friends from destruction. You won’t want to miss the stunning conclusion of this book as Tom Swift makes the greatest discovery of his career!