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I finished watching Twin Peaks and all I can say is... What the ever-loving fuck!? :s
HOW'S ANNIE!!?? *smashes head against mirror* HOW'S ANNIE!! HAHAHAH!! *smash head again*
I'm told that Fire: Walk With Me (the film sequel / prequel for Twin Peaks) tries to explain some of it. But... fuck! It's weird. But it's good weird. I would recommend it to others, so it can't be that bad. XD
My brother is telling me to watch Eraserhead... Should I do this?
I'm putting some finishing touches to The Dinosaur Prince before I send it off to my editor this weekend. Meep! I hope it's still okay, given the changes I've made since last time he read it. The Writer's Workshop are being very supportive and seem quite confident about it - they've given me a reduced price on the re-read and are waving the printing costs - usually 10p a page, but with a 450 page manuscript that's still a bit of a cost. Also, my editor mentioned in our last conversation that he might be okay with a digital copy anyway. We'll see what happens.
If anyone has any last minute notes to give me before Saturday, let me know!
Having a bit of trouble with book three at the moment. It has a slow start and I'm not sure how to fix it. Adding random peril for the sake of peril is never good. Philip, being without companionship, is a difficult character to write at the moment. He's also being angsty which gets old fast (you'll understand why when I've finished The Ocean's Eye). But he does have one super cool scene that I need to write an outline for pretty soon. Until that happens, though, he has no goal and so he's kind of meandering which is painful to write.
Also, book three is the first time we get Rob having his own POV chapters. This is why I want to explore his back story a bit more and get a feel for his 'tortured soul' angle because it's a major theme in books 3 and 4. He's almost like Adonia's incarnation of the Eternal Champion - a powerful hero and leader of warriors, but a cursed and tortured psyche. I want to explore some of this aspect of him because he goes to visit a pseudo-Buddhist culture in an attempt to release his mental anguish. (This is partly why I've been reading so much Buddhist literature recently). There will be hints at his mother's wishes to make him a healer, not a fighter and why she did this. Her reasons were not entirely honourable.
It's just occurred to me that everyone is really depressed at the start of book 3. Maybe I should fix that. :\ But given how book 2 ends, it's kind of understandable... Ah well...
I got that fantastic and wonderful Doctor Who story 'The Mutants' the other day. Woot! It's not boring or ridiculous at all! XD
HOW'S ANNIE!!?? *smashes head against mirror* HOW'S ANNIE!! HAHAHAH!! *smash head again*
I'm told that Fire: Walk With Me (the film sequel / prequel for Twin Peaks) tries to explain some of it. But... fuck! It's weird. But it's good weird. I would recommend it to others, so it can't be that bad. XD
My brother is telling me to watch Eraserhead... Should I do this?
I'm putting some finishing touches to The Dinosaur Prince before I send it off to my editor this weekend. Meep! I hope it's still okay, given the changes I've made since last time he read it. The Writer's Workshop are being very supportive and seem quite confident about it - they've given me a reduced price on the re-read and are waving the printing costs - usually 10p a page, but with a 450 page manuscript that's still a bit of a cost. Also, my editor mentioned in our last conversation that he might be okay with a digital copy anyway. We'll see what happens.
If anyone has any last minute notes to give me before Saturday, let me know!
Having a bit of trouble with book three at the moment. It has a slow start and I'm not sure how to fix it. Adding random peril for the sake of peril is never good. Philip, being without companionship, is a difficult character to write at the moment. He's also being angsty which gets old fast (you'll understand why when I've finished The Ocean's Eye). But he does have one super cool scene that I need to write an outline for pretty soon. Until that happens, though, he has no goal and so he's kind of meandering which is painful to write.
Also, book three is the first time we get Rob having his own POV chapters. This is why I want to explore his back story a bit more and get a feel for his 'tortured soul' angle because it's a major theme in books 3 and 4. He's almost like Adonia's incarnation of the Eternal Champion - a powerful hero and leader of warriors, but a cursed and tortured psyche. I want to explore some of this aspect of him because he goes to visit a pseudo-Buddhist culture in an attempt to release his mental anguish. (This is partly why I've been reading so much Buddhist literature recently). There will be hints at his mother's wishes to make him a healer, not a fighter and why she did this. Her reasons were not entirely honourable.
It's just occurred to me that everyone is really depressed at the start of book 3. Maybe I should fix that. :\ But given how book 2 ends, it's kind of understandable... Ah well...
I got that fantastic and wonderful Doctor Who story 'The Mutants' the other day. Woot! It's not boring or ridiculous at all! XD