November has rushed into my life like a leopard after prey. Today was day one of the new project and I’ve logged 2,551 words with NaNoWriMo. A great first day.
The book title is called Do Diligence. It’s a play on due diligence and is Book I in the Deadly Virtue/Heavenly Sin series.
Here are some of those words that poured forth today.
A Description of the Virtue Diligence in 2011 (to give time reference for his hairdo)
Any that met his gaze, for he was very much a physical creature himself, would instantly have a plethora of thoughts on how to better achieve something, would have the ambition to go do it, and usually, accomplish it before a full day had passed. After all, he was the physical avatar of good, hard work unfettered by all other desires and facets of Humanity, staring into his eyes was almost like glimpsing a brief corner of the blueprint for the universe, the Human universe because, after all, that is where Diligence had been born.
For those who did not stare into his eyes but simply laid eyes upon him would see a well-trimmed, fit man in homespun clothing of rather fine quality all the way down to his shoes. His hair was well groomed and parted on the right side and combed across to the left in a fashion that had been mostly out of style for almost 50 years. However, for Diligence, it was part of a time when hard work was far more prevalent than it was in this 21st Century as the Humans called it. He maintained short sideburns and no other facial hair because he believed that it detracted from other diligent work that needed to be done. For those who might actually bump into him while walking with their face buried in their smartphone or other portable computing device, which Diligence was quite proud of having had a hand in, they would notice that his outfit was actually made of finely woven silk.