#25 Sanaz's Story a novel

While Sanaz lies in a D.C. hospital after her husband Meher’s attempted murder-suicide, Sanaz reassesses her life from the moment she meets him until the time she is finally able to forgive him. In Sanaz’s Story we enter the paradoxical world of a young girl in pre-revolutionary Iran, where mini-skirted women with college degrees face arranged marriages. Her sexual curiosity leads her to break with societal taboos and family tradition, resulting in marriage to an abusive man. With his death, Sanaz comes of age again.

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/19492

#27

Comedic fantasy:
'How I Became a Vampire' (109,000 words)

Susan lived her life cloaked in fantasy with dreams of becoming immortal.  She was white-knuckling it through her fifties with a desperation that gave the stockholders of companies manufacturing CoverGirl, Max Factor, Maybelline, and Revlon something to smile about.

After an incident in a public restroom, and her becoming the real thing, she finds herself surrounded by the very vain women in her family, all wanting a piece of the action.

Follow the Stech family's fanged escapades as they use fiction to guide them in zany romp, full of immortals hell bent on their destruction.

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/24771

Last edited by Susan Stec (02-04-2009 16:12:26)

# 29 Windows to the Heart (working title)

In Celia Reynolds eyes, life is perfect. She has a wonderful loving family including a sister that is her best friend. Her career is skyrocketing and she has more male admirers than she can keep up with. Then, her world is shattered when her sister Gabi takes her own life. As she questions her sister’s suicide and peels back the layers of her ideal life, she realizes that life is not perfect nor is it meant to be. Her journey of self discovery takes her from an elegant 20th floor apartment in New York City to Washington, DC and the Islands of South Carolina. Along the way she learns a family secret that forces her to see her self and her sister in a different light - all with help from some unlikely sources - an orangutan named Nikkee and a Voodoo Priestess named Mira.

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/19717

Hokey-Dinah! I've been waiting to say the following for a long time...

#31: I just finished the final chapter of The Language of Thunder. Woohoo! Here's the synopsis:

Sam Tabor is a bright child with a promising future, but when her alcoholic mother gets a new boyfriend, her world starts to fall apart piece by piece. Sam hits the streets and stumbles into the Mercury Diner, where she’s told by a kind waitress to seek out a man by the name of Bruno, who can be found in the Jungle. After years in the Jungle, Bruno’s business partner calls in a debt. Sam’s world crumbles again, but a man with multiple identities intercedes on her behalf, believing the young girl will be safeguarded in a maximum security prison. Out of jail, Sam is offered a safe place to live, but is she really freed from her past and danger?

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/22117

This is a young adult novel. It has been edited and reposted once already. I'll be starting round two of edits in March. I always appreciate people's suggestions for improvement.

Take care,
Mish

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                                                 Marc Delalangue

                   The Life of Jean-François--a Novelistic Enquiry into Writing Well

A struggling, would-be novelist wrestles with his own strengths and weaknesses as he thinks through the question of what it means to write well.

As always, all input is welcomed.

Marc

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … /toc/28394

Last edited by Marc Delalangue (03-31-2009 07:35:44)

#35 I Know Everything But I Forget Some Things Sometimes

Did Noah’s Ark Cause Global Warming? What are the Psychological Effects of Playground Tag on Preteens?  I KNOW EVERYTHING BUT I FORGET SOME THINGS SOMETIMES will take you on a satirical journey exploring the absurdities of everyday life.

Welcome to Wiggy's colorful and demented view of life. Parenthood, pets, religion and travel…nothing is sacred.  Delve into the centuries-old mystery that is the depths of a woman’s handbag.  Relish the cerebral misfirings as you are shown the Darwinistic perils of the daily commute and a workday spent alongside people who have no business operating dangerous machinery.

I KNOW EVERYTHING irresponsibly demystifies the feminine half of the human race based upon decades of personal observation and misunderstanding.  Learn why “Cute is a Four Letter Word"  and how to master secret relationship-saving techniques such as “Mindreading"  and “Muteness."

Not since Shakespeare has the English language been so mangled.  If laughter is the best medicine, this book is the suppository.

Last edited by wiggy (05-22-2009 07:33:52)

#37 Cassie (Any suggestions on a better title would be appreciated)

Cassie is an air traffic controller working at SeaTac airport. One night while she is working she stops an aircraft from departing when she notices something unusual. She ends up averting a potential disaster. The pilot and first officer come up to meet her and thank her. She and the pilot become involved. Cassie doesn't have a lot of self esteem after her marriage and divorce and John has to work hard to convince her that they can make things work. I am currently rewriting the novel in first person. I have rewritten the first four chapters but all of the chapters are up.

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/30287

Last edited by Isabel IV (05-22-2009 16:54:43)

#41 Journeys, Two-up. (51,000 words)

Probably some revisions to make in the last couple chapters, but otherwise it's complete.

This story describes two journeys I made in the last half of 2008: a 9,000-mile motorcycle trek across the United States followed by a three-week tour of ancient Egypt and Jordan. It is a travelogue of small adventures, fascinating people, and majestic sights encountered in two venues worlds apart. They are of the same cloth: a single pilgrimage taken in an attempt to cope with the death of my wife after her long battle with cancer. Thus, this book is also a memoir of another, very personal journey.

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/26048

Last edited by Folio (05-26-2009 15:08:21)

#43 Destiny: The Guardian
Genre: Fantasy/Urban Fantasy

Two strange stars shine in the night sky. Two warriors summoned to fight until death. Two destinies intertwined forever. A heroine bound by her past. A villain tormented by his future. Both must live or both, must die.

#45
Sensing Passion: Travels of a Fifty-Five Year Old Divorcee 71,000 words
Lynn is a slightly paranoid woman who stabs her husband (accidentally) when he demands a divorce. The ghost of her dead lover is the lifeline she grasps to pull herself out of her depression and travel the country in search of the ability to survive alone.

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/users/index.html

Last edited by Christy Cumberlander Walker (06-16-2009 18:34:27)

Hey all,
I have another novel to add here.

THE ACCIDENTAL THERAPIST.

A janitor hijacks his doctors thriving Psychiatry practice. With the help of a odd ball lawyer and a hooker they take on the world of psychobabble by storm. The three are catapulted permanantly in to stardom when Dr Fink hits on an idea to have a drive through therapy business. Eight years and thousands of offices later, Fink is named Time Magazines Person of the Year for his innovative contributions to the world of Psychiatry.

At present time an LA screen writer and a producer are reviewing first three chapters. Keep you fingers and toes crossed.

Lost Soul

#50  My Son, My Prophet


Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Mystery/Thriller
Complete at 113,000 words (give or take a few edits)

My Son, My Prophet foreshadows the path our nation faces in the aftermath of the Middle Eastern War.  With a nuclear holocaust on Arab soil already in the history books, the remaining descendants bide together and attack the United States from the inside, with a deadly virus disguised as the cure for AIDS.  Only a mysterious man who has been given a glimpse into the future can save our world--but at what cost?  Follow Dixon Lummis as he sets a timer to the end of the world--or something more unbelievable.





Novel link here: http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/28458

Last edited by casper pearl (07-28-2009 18:21:14)

I have three novels on the site that are complete:

1. "A Common Virtue" - set during the Vietnam war, the story traces the life of a young Marine during the chaos of a bitter war - it provides military action, romance, coming of age, and an inside look at the complexities of the  1968 Tet Offensive - written from actual experience.

2. "The Eagles - The Wolf of Gaul" - Set in 58BC, amidst Caesar's conquest of Gaul, two soldiers, one, a patrician and the son of Romes most tyrannical dictator and the other a plebeian and former member of the Roman mob - go behind the lines to save Caesar from destruction

3. "White Swan" - as a Vietnam vet, I got tired of hearing how we lost the war - so I wrote a story in which we win it - this is a novel of conflict, both on the political arena and the battlefield - it attempts to show that wars can be won by stealth and intelligence instead of violence - this includes the violence of battle, but strategy and cunning are the driving engines.

I hope you will read and enjoy - I'd love to receive your feedback.
Aloha,
JHawk