NaNoWriMo 2008: The Gates of Hell
As of this posting I have written 17,841 words my National Novel Writing Month dark paranormal romance, The Gates of Hell. I am still in San Francisco, typing madly away… The sun is a welcome break from Seattle’s cold, rainy winter. I feel more creative when the world is not grey.
THE GATES OF HELL
Assassin and werewolf Hart has earned a reputation as a merciless, mad killer. He will let nothing stand in the way of earning his freedom from the cruel master he serves, but a final job may prove his undoing.Scientific fact has always been nurse Kayla Friday’s best weapon in her quest to banish death and disease, but when her sister dies tragically, there’s nothing logical about it. The last thing she expects when conducting her own investigation is to uncover a terrifying world where nightmares are real, or to land in the arms of a dangerous and fiercely sexy mercenary who turns furry and rabid every full moon.
When he is ordered to deliver Kayla to her sister’s killers, Hart is forced to make an impossible choice: to seize his hard-fought freedom, or to risk his life for this woman who sparks his cold, long-buried heart.
Will he travel to hell and back, or will her love be enough to redeem his tortured soul?
Tags: 2008 NaNoWriMo, books set in Seattle, Ciara Stewart, dragon shape shifter, ghosts, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, Paranormal Romance, shape-shifters, The Gates of Hell, Thunderbirds, werewolves, writing
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November 14, 2008 at 5:32 am
Love it! Where can I buy this book!
November 14, 2008 at 6:20 am
Great blurb! Sounds like the book I would love to read!
Good luck on the writing. If only my story can sound as good as yours.
November 14, 2008 at 8:33 am
You go, Girl! Use that sunlight/energy!! You’re almost halfway – you can DO this!!!
PS: Can’t wait for you to come back!!
November 14, 2008 at 8:49 am
I want to read it now. Read. Book. Now. O_o Gimme gimme. *wiggle wiggle*
November 14, 2008 at 9:28 am
Ooh, the blurb is great Ciara! Love the cover, too. :)
November 14, 2008 at 9:38 am
Sign me up as one of the first who wants to read this book! Great blurb!
November 14, 2008 at 9:55 am
This sounds wonderful!
November 14, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Thanks everyone! The blurb is a rough draft and still needs work, but it was helpful to construct it to tighten my story and guide my NaNo Goal, Motivation, Conflict and Stakes. Good luck everyone who is NaNoing!
November 15, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I love your blurb. I love your cover! I also love watching your word count go up… and it’s inspiring me to keep at my draft! (Incidentally, my own blurb absolutely sucks. I have blurb envy!)
Go, Ciara, go!
November 16, 2008 at 12:02 am
That was a really hot delivery. I want to “land in the arms of a dangerous and fiercely sexy mercenary who turns furry and rabid every full moon” like never before.
Excellent work!
November 17, 2008 at 11:24 am
OH, this sounds fantastic.
November 17, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hey Ciara!
LOVE the book cover!!!
LOVE the book blurb even more!!!
I would totally buy and read this book!!! Can’t wait to read it!!!
November 18, 2008 at 9:58 am
Thanks everyone! Here’s hoping the finished product exceeds your wildest expectations. :)
December 4, 2008 at 10:46 am
Awesome blurb – you hit all the important buttons and hooked us! It sounds great. I too, would love to read it. Srsly. If you’re looking for a reader/CP, I’m interested. :p