My NaNoWriMo Experiment - The Tarot and the Lies They Tell

My novel for NaNoWriMo 2014 is titled Lies the Cards Tell. It's a typical YA fantasy novel, but it's something more than that. Throughout the month of November I'm using the Tarot as a writing prompt to push the direction of the story and help me through the enevitable writer's block that creeps in when you desperately need to hit that word target on a tight 50,000 words in 30 days deadline.

The novel itself revolves around a Tarot them. It explores every aspect of the cards and how they are and were used in various cultures. Despite the modern American stereotype of the TV witch throwing down the cards on the table and foretelling some ominous future, there is more to the Tarot. The cards have a long and rich history dating back centuries into the homes and leisure time of the Italian Renaissance nobility. 

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