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<b>Lyghts by Lyvie Hallman Taylor </b><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/589274">Read more here!</a><br/>
<b>Lyghts by Lyvie Hallman Taylor </b><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/589274">Read more here!</a><br/>
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The human body contains billions of miles of DNA. The human heart beats three billion times in a lifetime. This DNA, these beating hearts, what really controls us; is it science or love that drives us? An overly sympathetic scientist wished to combine the two, to efface boundaries between what must be and what can be. She finds hope in LYGHT: specific DNA codes that enhance everything from physical attraction to touches that are able to physically and emotionally heal a partner. But her two prized experiments grow up to be disobedient. They try some “experiments”- Lyl in aesthetic body modifications, and Michael in self-inflicted scars. Mutating their appearance to the point where physical attraction is out of the question, the two are branded failures, they are left to rot in a city as lonely and grungy as they are. While disgusted by each other when they first meet, they can’t help but feel a connection. The almost-catalysts protect each other. DNA sequences go on. Hearts continue to beat. Lights turn on.
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The human body contains billions of miles of DNA. The human heart beats measure three billion in a lifetime. This DNA, these beating hearts, what really controls us; is it science or love that drives us? An overly sympathetic scientist wished to combine the two, to efface boundaries between what must be and what can be, to unite frigid logic and warm embrace. She finds hope in LYGHT: specific DNA codes that enhance everything from physical attraction to touches that are able to physically and emotionally heal a partner. Using these codes, she creates the beginnings of a couple truly meant to be. But her two prized experiments grow up to be disobedient. They try some “experiments” themselves- Lyl in aesthetic body modifications, and Michael in self-inflicted scars. Mutilating their appearances to the point where physical attraction is out of the question, the two are branded failures, they are left to rot in a city as lonely and grungy as they are. While disgusted by each other when they first meet, they can’t help but feel a connection. The almost-catalysts protect each other. DNA sequences go on. Hearts continue to beat. Lights turn on.</p>
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NaNoWriMo



National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.

As participants spend November writing, they can draw comfort from the fact that, all around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants are going through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel. Wrimos meet throughout the month to offer encouragement, commiseration, and—when the thing is done—the kind of raucous celebrations that tend to frighten animals and small children.

In 2009, NaNoWriMo had 167,150 participants. 32,178 of them crossed the 50k finish line by the midnight deadline, entering into the annals of NaNoWriMo superstardom forever. They started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work actors, and middle school English teachers. They walked away novelists.