A break in the block
I took almost a month off from writing Judas Remaining. I'm mildly pissed off with myself for doing so, but I felt like I had lost direction on the novel and was floundering, and it was much, much better to write Arthurian drabbles and accomplish whatever small thing those were (maybe I'll post some later) than bat around at an unfinished 80k and possibly spiral it into an unfixable mess.
At least, that's what I'm telling myself.
I finally got a brain storm today, for tying his conversation with Leia into more than simply his continued humanity (evident in the fact that he's still interested in, say, sex) and into other things--- such as the concept of naming oneself, which is present in the story and really needs to be brought out in subsequent drafts (Judas obviously chose another name to go by, Marty goes by the masculine nickname), and that Jude, Judas's pseudonym, in addition to being the diminutive of his given name and a Beatles' song, is the patron saint of lost causes (something Judas arguably is). Apparently Leia's Catholic. Who knew?
Also, whilst playing around with my archangels I discovered that Raphael, the patron of healers, is also considered the patron of the priory of Seattle. I wish I could honestly say I planned that. I'm using it anyway, but that's really just happy coincidence.
So, yeah, I'm hopefully writing again. God, that feels good just to think.
Cheers!
At least, that's what I'm telling myself.
I finally got a brain storm today, for tying his conversation with Leia into more than simply his continued humanity (evident in the fact that he's still interested in, say, sex) and into other things--- such as the concept of naming oneself, which is present in the story and really needs to be brought out in subsequent drafts (Judas obviously chose another name to go by, Marty goes by the masculine nickname), and that Jude, Judas's pseudonym, in addition to being the diminutive of his given name and a Beatles' song, is the patron saint of lost causes (something Judas arguably is). Apparently Leia's Catholic. Who knew?
Also, whilst playing around with my archangels I discovered that Raphael, the patron of healers, is also considered the patron of the priory of Seattle. I wish I could honestly say I planned that. I'm using it anyway, but that's really just happy coincidence.
So, yeah, I'm hopefully writing again. God, that feels good just to think.
Cheers!