Drood: A Novel by Dan Simmons
It's Drollerie Blog Tour Time, and I'm pleased to present an interview with Du from Meredith Holmes' story Unseelie. For my own character's part, Ted Finch is over at Fraser Sherman's place, in case you want to see what he's up to. He's the "hero" of Sister Night, Sister Moon, my novella that appears in [...]
Since I did a lot of time squandering alternative career building at work today, I will have to concentrate on the tasks at hand tomorrow, among them examining Rosetta Stone, and setting up the English Language Acquisition graduation. So...you get tomorrow's posts tonight! *** First my own stuff. I whacked the second version of the [...]
If you think that I'm writing another journal entry just to procrastinate on some really important things that I need to get done at work...well, okay, you're right, but the thing is that I've been reflecting on this, and I think it might be important to say it. Did you ever get seduced by your [...]
At the gym this morning as Bryon and I circled the track, we brainstormed some titles for the troll book. My favorite un-useables: Rock against Thugs Rocks and Minerals of Eastern Iowa Troll Breaks Scissors For Whom the Bell Trolls And one that might be it, because it sounds like a folktale, although it's a [...]
It's been a busy day for industrious little writers everywhere. First of all, here's the next installment of Blood is Thicker than Water. I've finished the outline of The Troll Story, so now I have some structure. Some things will change as some of these characters develop their personalities, and go places I don't expect, [...]
Today's writing session was about trying to make good gumbo. I worked on some notes about antagonists and character conflicts, and I will probably do that tomorrow. I finished my book on Scandinavian folktales, and I referenced some Norwegian names. By the way, Norwegian names! My favorite note for tonight: BAD TROLL HAG WITCH! I'm [...]
The March book for the Mindbridge Book Group was Tamara Siler Jones' Ghosts in the Snow. Tammy was kind enough to answer questions for our group, and here's the interview. Find out more about Tammy and her writing at her website. 1. How long have you been writing? I've been writing professionally since I sold [...]
More folklore! Tonight, facts about the dead. 1. Evil souls are heavier than good souls. If you're really evil, the horses can't pull your funeral hearse. 2. Dead folks will come back to visit lovers and children, so you have to use rituals to keep these dead folks away, because they can hurt you. 3. [...]
There are a couple of different names for the manifestation of the hug as a visual in Scandinavian Folklore. Your hug can show up to announce your death, or it can show up to tell people you are on your way home. One of the most interesting manifestations is the fylgie. This is the manifestation [...]
First the progress. This looks like a lot, but realize that I imported four troll scenes wholesale from Gossamer and Veridian. However, I *did* ditch the 900-odd words I wrote on Tuesday, and replaced them with 1400, so I haven't exactly rested on past laurels. 5496 / 90000 words. 6% done! *** Today I was [...]
