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Thu 21 Oct 2010

Full of sound, some fury

Posted by PJ under carmilla, novels, sympathetic magic, writing
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And so I’m off again on what appears to be yet another novel. I got close to 14k on the other one, Sympathetic Magic, before I realized it just wasn’t coming together. Inside me, mostly. I wasn’t seeing and feeling it like I should and it stopped going.

So I’m letting it rest now and I’ve got this other thing that’s been obsessing me. Since I have no deadlines, as a wise friend pointed out, I might as well take advantage of that luxury to work on something that’s really speaking to me. I hope this one takes.

This character, Carmilla, will be a challenge to bring off. She isn’t particularly sympathetic, although I hope she finds redemption by the end of things. She’s holding her cards close to the vest, though, and not showing me. She’d better give me a glimpse soon. I think she just wants to play with me for a while longer. She does have a cruel streak.

Here’s the opening—still very rough and new.

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Thu 21 Oct 2010

“I’m you, except with bigger &%^$”

Posted by PJ under video, witches
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Ah, Elvira, I loves ya so…

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Thu 21 Oct 2010

Liminal

Posted by PJ under books, paranormal, quote of the day, review, tricksters
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Random quote of the day:

“Boundaries must be blurred for the trickster to be seen.”

—George P. Hansen, The Trickster and the Paranormal

This is a fascinating book. You can read my review of it here.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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