An Attempt To Restore My Sanity

[sylent_violet]

I can't work on my third scene right now.  Long story, check my journal for more.  So, I'm blogging insanely trying to calm my shattered nerves and relax a bit.  In doing so, I thought I'd share a little about the story I'm working on

Comments

[rchevalier]

I've been trying to focus some especially annoying shorts right now. There's so many tangents, on about organized religion, then a commentary on de rigeur, bit of dissociation in the rain, and... GAH.

*stalks off*

[puertoricanjane]

Urban fantasy? That sounds insanely cool. Urban=good, fantasy=good, urban+fantasy=better? I haven't written any fantasy in YEARS. I keep telling myself I'm sick of it, but I get a sneaking suspicion that I'm just not creative enough.

I'm writing about New York City gangs in the 1920's. I have a slew of characters, but I think I will end up focusing on Frank Lupo, a somewhat clueless bookie and part-time hitman. He carries out a routine assassination of a kid he knows, then overnight, the gangland murder rate in Midtown quadruples. Coincidence? Fat chance. Uptown, meanwhile, an aging femme fatale with unlikely alias starts poking her nose in the Syndicate's affairs... Much confusion ensues, not least on the part of the author. Someday, I'll figure out where the heck I'm going with all this, but it won't be for a long, long time.

[coyotecult]

Oh man, I love urban fantasy! Neil Gaiman and China Meilville are secksy.

[sylent_violet]

There's the sly Coyote. I was starting to think you disappeared. Nice to have you back.

[coyotecult]

Oh, man, my thesis is trying to drown me, that's all. And all last week I was in Wyoming, with spotty intarnets access! But I was a good 'yote and did all of write_away's tagging today.