All fingers and thumbs

Shanhaijing Now, prepping for a novel

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to plan my NaNoWriMo novel in October before writing it in November. An ambitious plan this year. Especially since I haven't done much writing, not even in my blog.

But I want to be prepared.

Last year I just wrote a novel in 30 days flying by the seat of my pants, this year I want to do more research in advance. I am very curious about what that will bring me. Which take will work the best for me?

I've got a working title: Shanhaijing Now. Reference to a very famous Asian book from decades ago. The Shanhaijing, The Book of Mountains and Seas may be more than 2,000 years old. It's an extraordinary encyclopedia containing strange and terrifying creatures that the Ancient Chinese believed existed on Earth. (The Mythology Bible by Sarah Bartlett, p. 292-293}
https://karkadann.fandom.com/wiki/Classic_of_Mountains_and_Seas

Why this title?

It just sounds good.

I don't know. I may change it during these two months.

It can be an action novel, a cultural and mysterious story. That's all I got so far.

worldbuilding template  

"Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragons intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon." ― G.K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles