Melissa Maples

Seven

2007-11-16T21:44:14Z

Lucas rode his bike fast and hard, breaking traffic rules and running red lights when he thought he could get away with it. He needed to get to his aunt's house before lunchtime, because in the afternoons she always left the house, always had hu...

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Six

2007-11-16T13:33:07Z

Terra sat on the sofa and wondered for the thousandth time where her missing time had gone. It sounded ridiculous to even think of it that way, but no matter how you looked at it there were ten days of her life she couldn't account for, time tha...

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Five

2007-11-11T11:27:41Z

Shut up, Casper. Lucas Ditryk turned over in bed and groaned. The sun was already pushing its way over the houses of the Chicago suburbs and through his bedroom blinds, and as usual it was unrelenting in its insistence that the day should procee...

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Four

2007-11-09T14:48:40Z

Okay, there's an explanation for this, Terra thought. I'm just... there's something I'm not remembering, or my clock was wrong or... something. She turned on the light in the sun room. The plastic chairs they had used for orientation were stac...

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Three

2007-11-04T09:57:17Z

Back in the sun room, things seemed a lot more cheery than they had previously. The presence of the hippies really livened things up, and despite the fact that she suspected she wouldn't want to be friends with a single one of them in real life,...

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Two

2007-11-02T18:35:42Z

Terra stood for a minute and wondered why a hotel on the sea would be named after the Spanish word for river. But she had noticed strange hotel names all up and down this stretch of coast and had learned not to think much of it. One nautical-ra...

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One

2007-11-02T11:33:01Z

The week that changed everything started with a long bus ride. In fact, Terra Kaneko noticed that nearly everything that happened in this country, life-changing or otherwise, started with a bus ride. This particular journey had been uneventful,...

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Prologue

2007-11-02T11:20:09Z

This was it, this was the decision from which there would be no return. The two friends looked directly into each other's eyes, managing not to squint despite the intense midday sun. Everyone who was acquainted with them had very strong ideas a...

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You so crazy

2007-11-02T10:24:54Z

Okay, due to popular demand (apparently you guys have a love for bad writing), I'm going to post my 2007 NaNoWriMo here. I'll upload the first chapter (which I just finished!) now and see how it goes, and we'll take it from there.

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Welcome!

2006-11-27T13:57:24Z

Hello and welcome - my real blog is here: melissamaples.com. Come join me.

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