Out of hopeful green stuff woven

[pjthompson]

I avoided one pitfall, only to fall into another. I thought my way out of that one, and pushed on. Oh! the histrionics and Saturday matinee dialogue! Oh! the proliferation of exclamation marks upon the page! Oh! the agonizingly torturous use of twistingly descriptive adverbs! Oh! the frantic search in the thesaurus for synonyms of "pain" and "scream!" Melodrama! But I pushed on!

And that was just for the love scene--ba! da! bing! But seriously, folks...

The 1968 timeline is all finished except for the koda. Now, to tackle the truly gnarly end of the truly gnarly 6th century.

My next novel, I swear by the Allmighty Pledge Taker, will not be dark and moody and have torturous things happening to its characters. I'm going back to writing comedy. I swear!

Which is not to say that won't have melodrama in it...but we live in hope:

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15816

Comments

[jasperh.livejournal.com]

Well if you have done all this, when do I get to read it????? I have been waiting patiently for ages. (mope, sniff)

And I love the moody dark characters. (Grins). You can fire as many of those in my direction as you like. BTW, I thought you would do the Barfing Angel next. I want to see what happens to him.

[pjthompson]

lol--well, I should post another chapter next week.

And I love the moody dark characters. (Grins).

Apparently, so do I. :-) But whether I do the barfing angel or the Dos Lunas novel, I still think they'll be lighter in tone than either Shivery Bones or Night Warrior/Born to Darkness. Venus In Transit (the Dos Lunas one) is pretty much a comedy, and at this stage of the game Charged With Folly (barfing) feels more adventurous than dark. But hey, what do I know? I'm just the writer. I imagine if these characters turn into moody bastards I'll have to go along for the ride.