NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow and I
have character studies on my protagonist and antagonist for the first half of
the book. I have an outline.
There are pictures that guide
some of my choices.
There’s even a map!
For those of you participating,
you may buddy up at NaNoWriMo and look me up as KaliAmanda.
I’ll have updates of my progress
in this space as well as the Amapola Press Google+ page.
Love and
the Android
Author: KaliAmanda
Genre: Women's Fiction
Synopsis
Maya Narayan has lived neglected by her parents and under the
shadow of her sister Rani since the moment she was born.
Step-by-step she asserts her unique identity, and comes into her
own by leaving Earth and taking over the International Space Station (now a
private concern as NASA has moved on to interstellar and intergalactic
pursuits).
On Earth, she finds a voice, and a new confidence as she prepares
to leave the planet by committing her adult life to her work. In space, she
finds love -- manifested and experienced entirely through electronic means and,
finally, through the aid of artificial intelligence.
Love and the Android is a study in loneliness,
empowerment, and sexuality, a compendium on the civil rights of artificial
intelligence, the ethics and consequences of using artificial intelligence as
surrogates, and life in space...