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jhetleyWe have sun, we have warmer temperatures. We also have a high wind warning, so maybe I won't try to sneak a bike ride past the weather gods. For those of you who do not pedal, wind on a bike is not a great amount of fun.
Put in another few hundred words on SIGNATURES this morning. I'm beginning to get a handle on the main character and the setting. Haven't invented all the rocks I'm going to throw at him yet, but I do know the big one at the end.
(Writer's shorthand. One famous author said that what he does, he tries to create a sympathetic character and then drops him down a deep hole and throws rocks at him while he tries to climb out.)
This story will, as requested, end up somewhat different than past published work. I'm using first-person narrative, starting in present tense and then going to past in an oral tale format, and I'm aiming at a cross-genre contemporary detective fantasy. Location will be intentionally obscure, with the narrator saying right up front that some of the story is deliberate lies. He has secrets to keep.
I just hope he doesn't keep them from me. I hate it when that happens.
Put in another few hundred words on SIGNATURES this morning. I'm beginning to get a handle on the main character and the setting. Haven't invented all the rocks I'm going to throw at him yet, but I do know the big one at the end.
(Writer's shorthand. One famous author said that what he does, he tries to create a sympathetic character and then drops him down a deep hole and throws rocks at him while he tries to climb out.)
This story will, as requested, end up somewhat different than past published work. I'm using first-person narrative, starting in present tense and then going to past in an oral tale format, and I'm aiming at a cross-genre contemporary detective fantasy. Location will be intentionally obscure, with the narrator saying right up front that some of the story is deliberate lies. He has secrets to keep.
I just hope he doesn't keep them from me. I hate it when that happens.
