I’ve tried this awesome event twice before, but I kept getting discouraged. I think the problem was that I went into it cold. No idea for a story, no direction – nothing. That’s bad. I gave up quickly, unable to sustain a story.

This time, however, thanks in huge part to a fantastic site for writers of all kinds called Ficly, the people there and the encouragement of my wonderful boyfriend, I am going into NaNoWriMo this year with a full story I have visualized in my head from start to finish (minus pesky things like details ) and I’m armed with notes and an outline for about 20 chapters already. All I have to do now is actually, you know, write

And for those of you who’ve been in on the whole CherryPop thing for a while now I have to warn you: The new CherryPop does not resemble the original very much. I think I drifted away from that because I couldn’t find a place to take the story and it stagnated. But I will be using elements from that first learning experience with her and her merry band of Zombies and Witches and Necromancers (oh my!) and hopefully turning out a wild ride of an adventure as CherryPop, Liam and assorted friends and foes along the way figure out how to defeat the Mayor of a ‘raised from the rubble’ city called Dreadtown. (I think. I’m still working out the name of the town, hehe).

It’s going to be a Steampunk/Apocalypt-y setting for this story instead of being set in modern times for two reasons: 1. When I discovered the joys of Steampunk, I couldn’t get it out of my head and 2. It’s just awesome.

So, with that all said, wish me luck. My NaNoWriMo profile page is here, and I will actually be posting the chapters here. I’ll be tweeting from CherryPop’s world and the twitter accounts can be found in the sidebar over there –> and if you should want to, you can fan CherryPop McGee on Facebook too

Okay, back to it! See you tomorrow

And the other day something happened that got me really excited about the story again. Something that required some big changes. The story’s being re-imagined into a slightly different genre. When I thought about this, everything came together like the Monty Python cartoon God appearing in the clouds above Graham Chapman and telling me I’m on the right path.

NaNoWriMo begins on November 1st and I’ve been hard at work on getting this ready to attempt it. I haven’t decided if I’ll be putting the story here or excerpts. I’m still working out the best way to manage this website. Whatever happens, it will be a fun time I’ve changed up the look a little and I kinda dig it

As for the story born from the ficlet series, those will always be out there and I’m immensely grateful to Ficly (and it’s first-gen site ‘Ficlets’) for inspiring CherryPop and her world.

Stay tuned!