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It's moving slowly, but that's how I know Project #3 will be even better than my first two novels. I am quite pleased with the first chapter.
I also realized something....and maybe this won't be true for all of my works...but no matter how much outlining and planning I do, the story always takes on a life of its own. I know now, having written the first chapter, that all the big plans I had for this novel will be thrown out of the window. The plot will be simple and the storytelling plainspoken (as I believe is my trademark).
I'm just REALLY happy with this so far. I am developing characters that I am enjoying immensely.
On a Lazarus note, I will be lingering around the Woodley neighborhood this weekend (well, starting on Thursday) doing some guerilla marketing at this conference thingy. I don't want to say too much about it since I am technically crashing it. But with a face like this, how can I be denied? lol. But seriously, I would have registered for this thing when my resources got freed up -- but by that time, they closed registration and aren't offering any on-site registration. *le sigh*
I have a couple of ideas brewing in my head for after my Lazarus related novels wrap up. I'm really interested in "mashing up" two different genres in ways that they aren't traditionally brought together. Octavia Butler does this by combining science fiction with multicultural themes. I love that about her. If I had unlimited resources, I could probably come out with a new novel a year for fifteen years. That's how much I love to write.
At any rate, it's going to be a slow Sunday, I think. Which is fine with me because I'll be "on" for three days at the end of this week, so I need to save my energy.
And I THINK I feel a poem coming on....I'll try to work that out...
Posted by Rashid on July 17, 2005 11:23 AM
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Glad it's flowing for you frat. Keep up the creativity. And as far as the conference goes, you gotta do what you gotta do. Say to the conference managers "I am Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated and sell Lazarus." Damn, I love that Star Trek line. Shem hotep & '06.
Commented by fratman1906 on July 17, 2005 12:33 PM