2009: When She Fell
Zelda Minelli sold her soul to the editor of Roma’s largest news agency, but it hasn’t gotten her as far as she hoped. Three years in the biz and she’s still covering celebrity gossip. When she asks for a more relevant assignment, she’s sent to the boondocks of the Roman Empire… to cover the friend betrayed to get her job.
Getting to her subject is easier said than done. Princess Zoe’s armed bodyguard takes his job very seriously, and province of Germania is preparing to revolt.
Now on the front lines of a colony’s struggle for independence, Zelda gets a crash course in war correspondence–and loyalty.
. . .
Set in a world where the Roman Empire never ended, When She Fell is steampunk without the punk. And more hydraulics.
When She Fell
NaNoWriMo 2009
Table of Contents
Note: Chapters are divided onto several pages, as they are written. The links below will show you all the posts, as one unbroken document. When reading unfinished chapters, check the number of parts available, and you can jump there when you return.
Prologue (added 11/14)
Chapter One – Roma Affiliated Press – Entertainment Division
Chapter Two – Over the Rhine, and Through the Teutoburg
Chapter Three – Let the Story Come to You
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Chapter Four – What a Lady, What a Night
Chapter Five – For The Record
Chapter Six – Early Wake Up Call
Chapter Seven – Burning the Candle at Both Ends
Chapter Eight- Strange Bedfellows in Stranger Beds
Chapter Nine – Percolation
Chapter Ten – The Honor of Your Presence is Requested
Chapter Eleven – Foreplaying With Fire
Chapter Twelve – Have You Lost Your Mind Games?
Chapter Thirteen – Skidding On Ice
Chapter Fourteen – What Do You Think You’re Doing?
Chapter Fifteen – Military Intelligence Is An Oxymoron
Chapter Sixteen – Like a Steel Trap
Chapter Seventeen – Finding Her Way Home
Final count: 81,324
WINNER!
Status Blog
- When She Fell Proof Copy - January 20, 2011
- Wrapping up 2009, Looking to 2010 - September 11, 2010
- Editing, Printing - May 30, 2010
- DONE!!!! - November 30, 2009
- Entering The Final Lap - November 30, 2009
- You Love Me. I Love Me. 70k, baby! - November 29, 2009
- Blasting Ahead - November 27, 2009
- 54,462 - November 24, 2009
- 51,252 - November 23, 2009
- Bad Shenny. - November 20, 2009
- Slogan - November 19, 2009
- Timeline? What timeline? - November 19, 2009
- 40k! BWAHAHA! - November 16, 2009
- 36,215 - November 14, 2009
- 22,989 - November 9, 2009
- Flagging - November 9, 2009
- Behind Again. Not good. - November 8, 2009
- Slovenly, it's just slovenly. - November 7, 2009
- Wordcount Widgets! - November 6, 2009
- JUST made it! - November 6, 2009
- Woah - November 5, 2009
- Logic vs Word - November 5, 2009
- The Electoral Slump? - November 4, 2009
- Research is Distracting - November 3, 2009
- First Typo--and it's not in my novel - November 2, 2009
- So far, ok. - November 1, 2009
- And we're off! - October 31, 2009
- Satisfied. And Still Sick. - October 25, 2009
- Site Still Ugly. - October 22, 2009
- Getting To Know Your Git IV: Revisiting The Past - October 20, 2009
- Widgets 2009 - October 17, 2009
- Migration - October 17, 2009
