This is the National Novel Writing Month Blog of deartra d. Boone. It is a story about God's love, deliverance, and restoration. A coquette goes to church on Resurrection Sunday to "meet" the new pastor, but meets Jesus instead. Many other lives are changed at the service, including the pastor's. Come join us for Resurrection Sunday.

10/24/2007

Settings

Main Settings

New Tabernacle of Praise Baptist Church
New Tabernacle of Praise Baptist Church is a small church filled with God's love and power. It is where the main focus of the story happens. You oughta stop by the church sometimes.

Jouette, Maddocha
Jouette is a family friendly city that is very welcoming with its vast manicured parks and elegant malls. It is the city where the story takes place.

Orchard Park Mall
Orchard Park Mall is an upscale mall with all the stores that anyone would ever want to visit. A large part of the story takes place in the mall. Many of the invitations to the Resurrection services of the New Tabernacle of Praise Baptist Church take place in this mall.

Lovely Ladies Salon
Lovely Ladies Salon is where many ladies' lives are changed. Women go in one way and leave another. Precious and Alexia get their hair done at this shop.

Other Settings

RayRay's Men's Store
RayRay's is a store that is owned by Ray Johnson. It is where the men in the story go to get a Sunday-Go-To-Meeting suit for the Sunday service.

Udetta's
Udetta's is a store owned by Udetta Johnson. It is where the women in the story go to get a Sunday-Go-To-Meeting suit for the Sunday service.

Labels: 2007, Settings

posted by Lady Boone @ 7:25 PM

10/16/2007

NaNo Novel Work

I have been so wrapped up in Prewriting that I haven't done much work on my novel. Plus, I have been suffering with allergies, most of the time I just come home and try to relax. I haven't had much time to concentrate on my stuff with everything that is going on around me. I have got to get myself together before the 28th. That is when I want to be finalizing my pre-NaNo activities.

I do have character names:
Main Characters:
Precious Devereux - This is the Coquette in the story. She is the one trying to get the pastor.
Pastor Brock Van Duren - This is the pastor of the church.
Alexia Trudeau - This is Precious' aunt.
Boyd Lee Allen - This is Brock's best friend.

I have the places settled on:
Church - New Tabernacle of Praise Baptist Church. My brother had suggested New Tabernacle Baptist Church, but I searched the church name on Google and there quite a few churches with that name. I searched New Tabernacle of Praise Baptist Church and there weren't any churches with that name, so that is the name I will be using.

City - Jouette. Of course I am using the name of a city from the state of Maddocha.

Mall - Orchard Park Mall - I am still looking for a name for the mall. I want something more than just Jouette Mall or Mall of Jouette.

Beauty Salon - Lovely Ladies Salon - This is where Precious & Alexa get their hair and nails done.

I have a timeline of events for the story. The story starts on Thursday afternoon and ends on Sunday afternoon. I have what events should happen on what day.

I guess I haven't been goofing off as much as I thought I had.

Labels: 2007, Characters, NaNo, Settings