NOTDs: Inspired by my novels

(Barielle polishes sent for review)

Hello!

Today I'm doing something a little different, and I hope you'll bear with me...This month's theme in the Nail Challenge Collaborative is 'Inspired by a book'. I did two manicures based on Pillars of the Earth and Time Traveler's Wife, and then I had a thought for something a little different...

Some of you know that I'm a writer, and I am in various stages of finishing three novels (you can read more about these and my other writing on my writing blog, The Michelle/Mishka Project.). My first, Hazel-Green is one final edit away from being sent out to agents in January (I hope, anyway!). My second, MMORPG, is currently being revised like crazy. And during National Novel Writing Month this month, I started my third, called Accidental Divination.

So I thought, I should do my last two manis based on my own novels!

 Since Hazel-Green is about to go out and brave the world of publishing, let's start with that. Here's the tag line for what it's about:

"A 17th-century woman's tragedy sets in motion a legacy of secrets and lies that compounds through the generations to modern day, where her descendant must pick up the pieces in order to break the family cycle of dysfunction for herself and  her daughter. "

As you can tell, it's an historical novel that follows a family from the 17th century to modern day. The family immigrates from France to the Americas, first to what is modern-day Canada, and then to Massachusetts; it's primarily a story about mother-daughter relationships. So here's the manicure I made for it:

Manicure inspired by Hazel-Green

Manicure inspired by Hazel-Green

There are two colors that play an important role in the book, red and hazel-green, so for the base of the manicure, I chose to do a skittle with an olive green (China Glaze Tribe And True) and red (Zoya Oswin), along with one nail in an off-setting brown (Julep Chloe).

For the stamping, I put a fleur de lis on the pinky, a map of North America on the ring finger, and stars on the thumb to represent the immigration from France to Canada to the US.  On the middle finger I stamped eyes; the name 'Hazel-Green' refers to the eye color of the characters, that's passed from one generation to the next. Finally on the index finger, I stamped a mother and child image to represent the mother-daughter relationships that are central to the book. I stamped with Barielle Kiss Me Kate and Gondola Ride, using the following plates: MoYou London Scholar 07, MoYou London Artist 02, Mash 35, Bundle Monster H25, and Shany SH16


For the second mani, I couldn't resist making a manicure inspired by MMORPG, which is a thriller about a serial killer who finds his victims in online games:

Manicure inspired by MMORPG

Manicure inspired by MMORPG

The binary code and the circuit board make reference to the computer, which is the killer's hunting ground; he kills his victims by strangling them with his tie, so I stamped a body and ties to represent that. :)

The base colors here are Barielle Kiss Me Kate and Zoya Envy; I stamped with Konad White, Konad Black, and Barry M Silver Foil, using MoYou London Comics 03, Sci-Fi 05 and Sci-Fi 06, along with Cheeky 55.

Hope you enjoyed hearing a little bit about my novels, and I hope you enjoyed the manis!

Hugs,
M.

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