Archives: April 2008

The Faire, Ophelia, and Ranulf

I wrote this about a year ago with an entirely different starting intent — I keep trying to write a librarian story, and the idea in my head keeps morphing into something else the moment I start typing.  This time it turned into an insane fantasy/chick lit/Arthurian pastiche that was so far from the rather dark, serious, non-Arthurian idealet I started with, I have no idea how this even happened. But I think it’s kind of fun.  Happy Pixel-Stained Technopeasant [...]

This is not a wordcount

I’ve cleared 10K tonight on SanClare Scarlet, take 2.03. I’d write more but I have company coming tomorrow, and I’m already up two hours later than I’d planned.  This is good. I think this is good. I think I’ve found the threads that will weave this story together at last. I hate feeling like I’ve said that over and over, but I’ve been here before, slashing through the underbrush with my dull machete. Eventually I find the trail.