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Orange Brownies

12/14/2015

Ingredients:
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, divided
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 orange
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 Tablespoon orange liqueur (I used Cointreau)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
2/3 cup cup coarsely chopped roasted hazelnuts
5 slices candied orange peel, cut into pieces (recipe to follow)

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NaNoWriMo 2015 - Result

12/1/2015

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NaNoWriMo 2015 is over. Did I reach 50,000 words? I know everyone is just dying to know. The answer is no. I only reached a little over 43,000. Only. The more important question is, did I reach my goal? If the question is, did I find my narrator's voice, then I think the answer is most definitely yes. And I think I finally figured out the story's structure as well.

I was trying to write a story with a narrator and a main character who wasn't the narrator. But the main character wasn't really the one I wanted to write about. I wanted to write about the narrator. The cat. He was also the one everyone else seemed to be interested in hearing about. Not the main character, a princess. It turns out I really wanted to write about cats and fairies, and not humans quite so much. So, that's what I did. The humans have taken a backstage to cats, fairies, a leprechaun, and lots of gloved hands. That last bit is hard to explain without a lot of backstory, which I'm not going to do, so take my word on it.

I'm moving through the new version of the story with pace and sliding into the final third of my manuscript. It's all working nicely. I'm pleased with it. I think it's a good story. I consider NaNoWriMo 2015 a success. Even without 50,000 completed words.

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