I’m kind of hoping that everyone is going to continue to end every chapter with a cliffhanger. What a great novel that would be! No slow, boring build up, no graceful decline, just all cliffhanger, all the time. Remembering all the minute details of each chapter and trying to keep everything consistent has emerged as […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 4
View all NaNoWriMo entries … What, exactly, is there to talk about Mr. Cervetti?” he asked. “Lenny.” “What?” “You can call me Lenny,” I said. “Nobody calls me Cervetti except for my P.O.” “Ah, still on parole then?” he asked, “I wonder how your parole officer would feel about what you’ve been doing out here […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 3
View all NaNoWriMo entries … The dentist began teasing the side of the deck with his forefinger, a smirk curling across his cheek. Sweat beaded on my forehead and I began to feel light headed. I was once again reminded of my minor heart attack episode. My thoughts danced across several decades of coffee, cigarettes […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 2
View all NaNoWriMo entries … Kevin crept along like an old pro. A senile one. The Buick swayed and slithered along next to the row of parked cars, and I was sitting nervously in the back seat trying to keep my mouth shut. I had a pair of teenagers myself–you have to pick your spots […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 1
View all NaNoWriMo entries “Did you see the moon tonight?” he said. “No,” I said, “why?” “It doesn’t even look real, it looks like a painting of the moon, like at an opera.” “Have you ever even been to an opera?” I asked him. “No,” he said, “why?” “Then how would you know what it […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo Hub Page
READ THE NOVEL READ THE BLOG November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) the annual, pseudo-masochistic event that challenges all-comers to write a 50,000 word (175 page) novel within 30 days. Considering our unending references to Iowa City as a “City of Literature,” the Little Village crew decided it would be a great idea to, […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) the annual, pseudo-masochistic event that challenges all-comers to write a 50,000 word (175 page) novel within 30 days.
Considering our unending references to Iowa City as a “City of Literature,” the Little Village crew decided it would be a great idea to, well, participate. Consider it our very special, unsolicited donation to Iowa City’s literary soup.
We’ve selected five writers within Little Village to write their own introductory paragraph(s) to a NaNoWriMo novel, but here comes the rub. Only one author’s submission will be expanded into a full novel throughout the month of November. What’s more, the remaining four writers will stick around to help co-author the Little Village NaNoWriMo project, and you’ll be able watch it all unfold right here. Call it literary chaos.
