My Camp NaNoWrimo Novel April 2018: The Mystery of The Body Thief

Hi everyone,
I hope you are having an awesome April... I have some exciting news! I finished my Camp NaNoWrimo word count goal! :)  (However, I am still working on my novel.)

Synopsis 

Horatio wakes up from being in a coma, but he doesn't remember anything that happened before he fell into unconsciousness. All that he remembers is a name, "Annabelle!" 

Also... Detective Inspector Time finds himself having to solve a case without Lady Annabelle.
Murders have been happening throughout many different kingdoms, and no one knows who exactly is behind it all. 

Characters

In this novel there are quite a few characters. I won't list all of them, I'll just mention the main characters.

Horatio- A servant boy who woke up from a coma, he doesn't remember anything except a name "Annabelle."

Lady Annabelle- She and Horatio fell into a coma at the same time, except unlike him she hasn't woken up.

Detective Inspector Time- An elvish detective, who is trying to figure out who could be behind the recent murders of royalty.

Phillip- The Captain of the Guards, who is a dwarf.

Veronica- Annabelle's Lady in Waiting, who is a fairy.

Marigold- Time's adopted daughter, who is working with her father on the case.

Ophelia- The castle nurse, though she is a nurse she dislikes blood, and well anything medical.
Some people in the castle wonder why she became a nurse in the first place.

Austen- The new coroner, who is also helping Time solve the case.


Excerpt

He opened his eyes, his head felt incredibly dizzy and memories flashed in front of him for no  particular reason, and voices calling a name: 

“Annabelle, Annabelle!” 

the name felt like it had a meaning for some reason but he could not place it. Suddenly he felt a hand on his wrist. 
“Sir” said a stern voice, that sounded as deep as a bass. “You suffered from severe trauma to the head and were in a coma for 24 hours.” 

Story music 

This is kind of a sneak peek at the story soundtrack I am working on for the story soundtracks page...

                                               Sleeping Beauty by Traci Hines 

You can also listen to it on YouTube Here

This is the theme song of my book.

All I want by Eurielle 

                                                      You can listen to it on YouTube Here 
                                    This song reminds me of a scene from my book.

                           Discombobulate by Hans Zimmer 

                                          You can also listen it on youtube Here 
                                                 This is a song that I often listen to when I write mysteries. 

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                     How was your Camp NaNoWrimo? 

                      Love, 
                      Quinley

                             

The Mystery of the Stolen Crown (My Novel so far...)

Hi everyone,
It's November Novel Writing Month, and I thought it would be a perfect time to tell you a little bit about my novel. Here it is:

Short synopsis: 
It all started when the king's crown was stolen, no one knows where it went or who did it. 
But that isn't the only thing that happens! Suddenly on the day of the feast the king mysteriously dies, and all clues point to Murder!

Main detectives: 
Since the story is taking place somewhere other than Dragonspire court, Detective Inspector Time and Philip are not in this book (but will be in the next book). 

Lady Annabelle-

 A Half elf Half human with a little bit of fairy, she is the main detective.
She is independent, brave, and notices things that most people wouldn't normally, and she is heir to the throne of Dragonspire court.

Veronica- 

Veronica is Annabelle's Lady in Waiting. She often thinks that being a detective is as easy as it looks in books, though often Veronica forgets how dangerous being a detective can be and plunges into danger.  One of her favorite detective characters is Lord Watson a famous fictional detective (which is like Sherlock Holmes).

James-

(James's name will probably be changed later.) A foot-man who works at Dragonspire Court (and came with Annabelle to the neighboring kingdom), he is fascinated with detectives and wants to be one. He is also a good actor, and is skilled at the arts.



                 


            Excerpt: 

"Annabelle!?” 

Annabelle whirled around with the ink still in her hands, it was dripping on her dress now… and as she twirled around it got onto her father’s robe. 

“Yes??” she said.

Her father sighed…looking at his robe which had been ruined by ink, the black spots marring the finery of it. 

“Well, I have some very important news, and please just put that ink and pen down.”

              Inspiration for the story: 

One of my inspirations for this book was a painting (A painting by John William Waterhouse inspired a scene in the first book as well.):

(Image from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Archer_(artist)#/media/File:The_Death_of_King_Arthur_by_James_Archer_(1860).jpg)

This painting was the inspiration for a few characters in the story and for a scene in the story. The person off to the side holding the goblet became a character in the story a fairy who works at the court. And the girl near the tree (who is most likely Queen Guinevere in the original painting), reminded me of Annabelle. This picture also became part of a poster for the story (which I will put on the novels page once I find the sources for the images).


                                           Inspirational music: 
                                        Even though I don't have a whole story soundtrack for this story yet... 
                                         I have some music that helped me write: 

Puzzles by Robert Carli 

You can also watch it on YouTube here

                                           
                                      I can always picture this song playing in the background
                                      When Annabelle (or any of my other detectives) talks to the suspects.

Helping Hand from Sofia the First

You can also watch it on YouTube here

Even though none of my characters burst into songs in a musical manner (they do sing ballads every once in a while) or voice their evil plots out loud

and there are no stewards in my story (that I know of). 

 This song was inspiring probably because it sounds a little like it could be part of a mystery.

                                                 How does a moment last forever? 

You can also watch it on YouTube here

This song for some reason is Annabelle's theme song. I don't know why, but it suits her. 

Opening theme by Robert Carli 

                                                 You can also watch it on YouTube Here
                                              This is One of my favorite mystery music pieces,
                                          and I often listen to it when I am writing this story.
                                         

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I hope you enjoyed reading about my novel!:)

Do you have any music that inspired a scene or character in your story? And how is your novel going? 

                                            Love, 
                                          -Quinley