I am reading "The Golden Bough," by Sir James Frazier. Good gosh, there's just oodles of ideas for scenes of magic and myth and Slayer/Watchery things in this book. I think I've found the source of the plots of about five fantasy novels so far.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
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Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2003 3:03:44 pm PDT #5813 of 10000
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victor infante - Jul 19, 2003 3:58:27 pm PDT #5814 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Grrrr.
Sorry, but there are no words for how exhausted I've been lately. Trust me, it'll all be better if I'm awake when I write it. (:
I am reading "The Golden Bough," by Sir James Frazier. Good gosh, there's just oodles of ideas for scenes of magic and myth and Slayer/Watchery things in this book. I think I've found the source of the plots of about five fantasy novels so far.
I read that in colelge. Well, read through it. And you're right, there's tons in there. It really should be essential reading for anyone writing fantasy fiction.
Lee - Jul 19, 2003 4:04:39 pm PDT #5815 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sorry, but there are no words for how exhausted I've been lately. Trust me, it'll all be better if I'm awake when I write it.
My bad, Victor, since I've gotten a sense of how hard you work, and totally understand how draining it can be. That was just a knee jerk Grrr.
victor infante - Jul 19, 2003 4:07:12 pm PDT #5816 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
My bad, Victor, since I've gotten a sense of how hard you work, and totally understand how draining it can be. That was just a knee jerk Grrr.
No worries. I started in on part two when I was on Day Two of the insomnia, and man, that sucked ass. No, I mean really. Not just unpublishable, it was unbearable. Got sleep last night, but am at work now, and need to be at the in-laws' at 10 a.m. So writing is unlikely.
Lee - Jul 19, 2003 4:44:58 pm PDT #5817 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ah, insomnia AND too much work. That makes life even more fun, doesn't it?
P.M. Marc - Jul 19, 2003 7:16:12 pm PDT #5818 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I need to replace my old copy of TGB.
Hmm. And perhaps reclaim my Irish Folk Tales book from my SiL.
Anne W. - Jul 20, 2003 6:15:15 am PDT #5819 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I've got a question that may or may not have been raised before. What do you all think of the practice of putting something like "WARNING: Character Death" in the summary of a fic? I'm of two minds on this, personally. Sometimes, I don't want to read something that's going to depress me. Other times, the shock of a character's death adds to the HSQ of the fic, and I know I would have enjoyed the story more if I hadn't been spoiled.
amych - Jul 20, 2003 6:30:05 am PDT #5820 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ooh, I hate plot warnings of all kinds. It's the equivalent of putting "and at the end you find out that the ex-boyfriend did it" on the back cover of a mystery, and I rarely read stories that have them.
esse - Jul 20, 2003 6:33:13 am PDT #5821 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm weird about it. I'd rather the warning not be there--I'd rather get into the story and see what happens, accept that the death is a part of the story. But if there is a warning? More often than not I'll pass it by. It's not that I mind character death. I just usually don't want to be depressed as hell over a fic.
amych - Jul 20, 2003 6:39:33 am PDT #5822 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
See, I'm not skipping those stories because I don't want to be depressed over the character death. I'm skipping them because there's a warning.