Very. My beloved fiance and I went camping the 3rd week in June, and the prior two weeks were taken up by Planning and More Planning and then Shopping. It was a lovely, kick-ass time, got lots of pics, caught 3 fish, actually ate some fresh-cooked perch, and wrote ALOT. Massive…12,000. Yeah. Can hardly believe it myself. If only I could do that daily…
Yeppers, I am officially engaged. The beloved proposed on Wed, June 27th which was a complete and utter surprise. But not a shock. He’d planned on doing it in December but couldn’t wait. Such a wonderful guy I’m marrying! We’ve set a tentative date of June 27, 2009, which will give us enough time to do what we need to do, get me moved in, and not have to rush planning the wedding.
On writing. Been doing mostly character prework for the Pirouette Rewrite of Doom. I’m nearly done with Alisia, and will start on Lucien tonight or tomorrow. I used Holly Lisle’s Create a Character Clinic which I highly recommend. Even if you’re good a character creation, it still can give you some kick-ass insights, stuff you haven’t thought of before. Case in point: Alisia’s dance partner, Adam. From the get-go, they’ve had chemistry, and I (literally) danced around it, not letting it go anywhere because of Lucien (stoopid reasoning, I know). I read the first few scenes today and it dawned on me: Adam should be a factor in this complicated equation of a story. And…using Holly’s cool techniques, I also “discovered” a human lover that apparently my dear Alisia has been keeping under wraps. Oh my. It will be very interesting to see how this works on the page.
Been figuring and re-figuring the magic. Suffice to say that it’s tighter, more logical, and very unique. I have since added things and subtracted others. Added more today in fact.
I’m changing Alisia’s …place…in the world again. She’ll be unique, which was the point, but it will be due to the will of the world. The Otherworld. The secret slayer-society that shows up in Dance of the Obsidian has also changed…although they still slay. And now there’s a sort of Council that polices the otherworldly peoples. Alisia and her arch-nemesis have something in common, having to do with this Council, and that makes them uneasy allies.
All from a book on character creation. I’m telling you, it works.
Oh! And I also found out a bunch of things that Alisia neglected to tell me the first time. *wags finger* Bad girl. Bad, bad girl. She’ll be a tortured soul, but she will rise above it to become something of a legend. Muuahhh.
On other projectos: Requiem in Blue is swimming right along, with some kick-ass revelations while at camp. I wrote 7.5k of that alone while on vacay.
Survivor is going slightly slower, but I can’t say I’m surprised. It’s been tough, but that’s the subject matter– it’s not exactly warm-and-fuzzy material. And this particular scene I am banging my head over is a doozie — it’s just the crux of the ending, is all. No biggie, right?
Wrong.
So that’s in the works.
Indexing: got about half of my practice book indexed. It’s been really interesting, and I can’t wait to see if I totally botched it or if I might be on to something. That’s the only problem with correspondence courses — no real feedback or anything. Just sorta flying blind. But I have Plans. Always. *she says with shifty eyes*
So, I think that’s it. I’ll try to get back more regularly. Just fell into a black hole. I’m out, alive, and I’m damned happy.
Life is good.
Weaver of Words 