As things float by
Jan. 23rd, 2008 01:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonThere are three things floating through the ol' creative noggin these days, things that are playing with my mind as I play with them.
The first is the one I've been playing with for at least a month now: the partially finished Dos Lunas novel which needs a makeover. I've been doing research reading for that for quite some time and have many new ideas.
The other is the rewrite of the novel I just finished. (Wow, in September. Has it really been that long? But that's the date on the most current file. Gosh, time flies when you're...too busy to breathe.) Actually, I'm thinking about the other novels in the series as well, thinking I need to do a formal outline of the larger story arc to set it straight in my mind. That would also help with the rewrite of A Rain of Angels. (For those brave souls who read the first draft, you should know that I'm well aware it needs a heap o' fixin'. I think overall it's a decent piece of work, but it was a first draft and has many flaws.)
The third thing, or rather, person, that's been tickling my mind is Sabina, the self-described "unrepentant Once and Future Whore" from my vampire novel, Shivery Bones. She's talking sequel, one centering on her, of course. She gave me a really good idea for one, too. She's something of a villain, completely self-centered, defiant, ruthless, cruel, down and dirty...and I love her so. Not everyone who read Shivery Bones feels the same. She's always wanted her own book. She tried to take over Shivery Bones, and I've been fighting to excise her tentacles in it ever since.
On the crud front: I continue to crud, though I'm feeling marginally better today. I still don't stray far from my easy chair and my bed, but I do feel better.
The first is the one I've been playing with for at least a month now: the partially finished Dos Lunas novel which needs a makeover. I've been doing research reading for that for quite some time and have many new ideas.
The other is the rewrite of the novel I just finished. (Wow, in September. Has it really been that long? But that's the date on the most current file. Gosh, time flies when you're...too busy to breathe.) Actually, I'm thinking about the other novels in the series as well, thinking I need to do a formal outline of the larger story arc to set it straight in my mind. That would also help with the rewrite of A Rain of Angels. (For those brave souls who read the first draft, you should know that I'm well aware it needs a heap o' fixin'. I think overall it's a decent piece of work, but it was a first draft and has many flaws.)
The third thing, or rather, person, that's been tickling my mind is Sabina, the self-described "unrepentant Once and Future Whore" from my vampire novel, Shivery Bones. She's talking sequel, one centering on her, of course. She gave me a really good idea for one, too. She's something of a villain, completely self-centered, defiant, ruthless, cruel, down and dirty...and I love her so. Not everyone who read Shivery Bones feels the same. She's always wanted her own book. She tried to take over Shivery Bones, and I've been fighting to excise her tentacles in it ever since.
On the crud front: I continue to crud, though I'm feeling marginally better today. I still don't stray far from my easy chair and my bed, but I do feel better.
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Date: 2008-01-23 09:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-01-23 10:41 pm (UTC)And you already know how I feel about the Dos Lunas one :-)
I'm glad the crud has relented somewhat, if not entirely.
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Date: 2008-01-24 12:29 am (UTC)I'm glad the crud has relented somewhat, if not entirely.
It's a relative thing. I would have welcomed death yesterday; today I want to live. Probably still won't go to work tomorrow because I feel so crappy and I really hate wasting all those sick days so early in the year, but...
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Date: 2008-01-24 01:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-24 02:12 am (UTC)