Chapter-Pics

I wrote a children's story called: The magical Unicornherb (Das magische Einhornkraut).
Unfortunatly still unpublished. But I had fun drawing some pictures for the chapters.

The story is about the eleven-year-old twins Lara and Lukas. As they are forced to move into a new home because their dad has a new job far away, the discover a wood behind the big garden. There they find an injured unicorn, which is hunted by wolves. They help him to escape and hide him in the shed. Karfunkel he is called.
But Karfunkel doesnt get better. A woodfairy comes to help them and find this magical herb that can cure unicorns. They don't only have to fight with wolves and jumping through time, but also with their mum who wants them to feel at home and find a nice school.

Chapter one: The move (Der Umzug)
Chapter two: The wood behind the garden (Der Wald hinterm Garten)

Chapter three: Karfunkel

Chapter four: Nighttime visit (Nächtlicher Besuch)

Chapter five: Heinrich

Chapter six: The mission (Der Auftrag)

Chapter seven: Castle Catrock (?) (Burg Katzenstein)

Chapter eight: The unicornherb (Das Einhornkraut)

Chapter nine: In the shed! (Im Schuppen!)

Chapter ten: Recovery (Genesung)

Chapter eleven: The herd (Die Herde)

If there are any news about getting published I will let you know!

Small Book Fair

For the third year in row there was the small book fair in Neckarsteinach, a small town in Germany, near Heidelberg. Unlike the big book fairs this one is only on two days, there are about 30 small publishing houses who show and sell their books.

We from the "LeseZeit" were no publishing house. We are a group of authors who have published books or stories in a wide variety of publishings. What connects us is only the written word and the fun of attending readings.

It was the second time I was there and it was fun! The lovely banner with our name is my idea. It's not perfect but I think I catched a good idea.

NaNoWriMo-Resume

The november has ended and so has the NaNo. I have managed nearly 18.000 words, that is about 57 pages à 1.800 characters. (In Germany it is more common to count in chars, not in words)

I am way away from the actual goal. But I am very happy! I have written a good 57 pages, my story has got a face and I will continue writing it as soon as I have time.

NaNo beginns...

*Phew*
It did take some time to get back into writing! But it is also great fun and I see that I have missed it very much...

On the first day I wrote down the first sentence! Great! I can make it! This is going to be awsome! Now I only need some more to keep going...
Hey, thats an interesting spot on TV, I got to watch it. No, better go on writing. Hmm, I haven't checked my emails yet, and suddenly I am back surfing around on sites that aren't really interesting at the moment, but to do everything instead of writing.

Ok, I ended it there. In the evening I finally managed to come onto 1,406 words. That wasn't too bad!

The second day was even worse. I'm at a total of 1,745 words now. But the story is going forward and I think the further I go the more easy it will be!

I always knew I need some goal ahead to write! Here it is! Here I'm coming, watch out!

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The NationalNovelWritingMonth

The NaNoWriMo starts on November 1.
In this month all over the world you might meet people hastily scribbling down notes or working until late at night on the computer. Writing. Writing all month. Because there is a goal. If you manage to write 50.000 words until November 30., you get a reward.

Well, it is a very idialistic competition. A good chance for people who always say: "One day I will write a novel." This is the posibility to push yourself forward and to really sit down and write. Of course you can cheat, of course nobody controls what rubbish you may write down. But winning like that wouldn't be winning for yourself.

I am taking part because I haven't written much over the last few months. I want to get back to my old condition. So I am taking my chance and start writing a novel in November which has been in the back of my head for quite a while now.
I don't necessarily want to reach the goal of 50.000 words, but no matter how far I come it will be a good start! I am optimistic!