{"id":1363,"date":"2012-11-25T17:11:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T00:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindacollison.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2012-11-25T17:13:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T00:13:20","slug":"nanowrimo-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/nanowrimo-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

As National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo<\/a>) begins its final week, the home stretch, I’m working to finish the revisions on a novel I’ve had in the works for several years. \u00a0I can’t say too much about it, or else I will lose the drive, the muse, the mojo, the magic. \u00a0But let me tell you that it takes place at sea and there is a story within the story. \u00a0 Some of the books I’ve read for background include Chinese Mythology<\/a>, Zheng He; China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty<\/a>, \u00a0When China Ruled the Seas; The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne<\/a>, \u00a0Eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty<\/a>, and\u00a0Chinese Junks and Other Native Craft<\/a>, The Corpse Walker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My fascination with junks began some years ago, when I saw the Intrepid Dragon<\/em> <\/a>at the Ala Wai Boat Harbor in Hawaii. \u00a0She reeked of ghosts. \u00a0I contacted one of the crew members and was invited on board. \u00a0It was a real “project”, in various stages of disrepair, but she was floating. \u00a0Which is pretty important, for a boat. \u00a0In fact, it’s the main requirement.<\/p>\n

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Intrepid Dragon<\/p><\/div>\n

A few years later I saw the visiting\u00a0Princess Taiping<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>a traditional Chinese junk on a Pacific crossing. \u00a0She was tied up at the Ala Wai fuel dock (aka, the Poor Boyz Yacht Club). \u00a0I took quite a few photos, I was so taken with this vessel (and if I can ever find them, I’ll post one or two.) \u00a0 Tragically, in 2009, \u00a0Princess Taiping<\/em> was hit by a freighter<\/a> and destroyed, not long after we saw her. \u00a0(Thankfully all of the people were rescued.)<\/p>\n

I’ve spent the past five years reading about junks and about Zheng He and the Ming Dynasty. \u00a0Meanwhile, I’ve been writing the story, which partly takes place in the present, and partly in the past. \u00a0 Now, I’d better get back to that revision if I want to be finished by the end of November. \u00a0Working title? \u00a0Good Fortune…<\/em><\/p>\n

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