This book has been in my ideas folder for about five years. It started out being similar to Hunger Games, until I started adding more details in.
There are two factions, Aerus and Bolt. The two are deities who came to Earth and were worshipped by it's people. Those who didn't believe in either god were quickly wiped out. The main character is Reema, a sixteen year old girl who belongs to the faction of Aerus.
Every five years, both gods choose twenty of their followers and transport them to their homeworld. This is so the two factions can fight and one can be declared an overall winner. For the first time, the two deities pick teenagers and their chosen are taken away before anyone can protest.
Aerus allows their faction to use air magic, while Bolt's faction uses lightning magic. Both can pick a familiar before going into the battlefield, where the fighting will start straight away.
Reema chooses a cat and is thrust onto the gods' homeworld, where the bloodshed is already beginning.
I've had this one on the back burner for years as I didn't want to write a Hunger Games knockoff. I wanted something that was it's own thing. I'm quite happy with the way that I've planned the book now and can't wait to start writing it in November.
I haven't found an alternative to NaNoWriMo that I like yet, but hopefully I'll find one before November. I find that it really helps with my motivation to input the words somewhere and see the total go down as I go through. I'm not sure yet if I'll write again in April and July or if I'll pick a different month, but I've got plenty of time to decide that too.
Even with what NaNoWriMo have done, I'm still going to write. This won't stop me from doing my own challenge and figuring it out along the way.
That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading. See you next Sunday!
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