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mcshep_match is coming to a close, and I'm actually getting involved (okay, in the voting, not the writing or artwork. Augh, I would die and not be worthy!!) with it?
Pretty godamn excited!!
First artwork was totally gorgeous and reminded me of an old mural. Since I've been getting a lot into my Whittling Wood universe, I'm reading a lot about ancient stories and culture, so this was such a pleasant surprise! The sword I'm featuring in the story has that really pretty Bronze Age leaf shape. Mm, Apa type swords, 17th century BC. Strong, but not brittle. Well balanced, good for thrusting. VERY pretty. *drools*
Ah, Whittling Wood Castle. It was going to be one of those 'looking into the future' stories where it ends in a lull after all the grand adventuring, leaving you to wonder, "Well, if all this exciting stuff has been going on, how will he go back to the boring?"
But then I got a really ticklish idea for a sequel stuck in my head. I said nooo, because the ending of Whittling is supposed to make readers say "damn you, I wanted to know more!" and the story was just supposed to go kaput. That was supposed to be the pretty and futile charm of it. (oh yes, most of my life I've dealt with the pretty and futile)
But apparently, I want to know more too, because now it looks like I'm going to be doing a series of short stories in the Whittling universe about what happens after. All sorts of random things that bring up more questions and give more colour to events in the original story.
Make.
It.
Stop.
I draw the line at the dryad. I completely do. I WANT him in the later short stories, but I'm afraid those stories will take away from the huge original Whittling Wood story that I'm putting a bit of my soul (and quite a bit of research) into right now. It's like a drug, and the dryad is where I go cold turkey.
( Where it all goes beautifully wrong )
mcshep_match is coming to a close, and I'm actually getting involved (okay, in the voting, not the writing or artwork. Augh, I would die and not be worthy!!) with it?Pretty godamn excited!!
First artwork was totally gorgeous and reminded me of an old mural. Since I've been getting a lot into my Whittling Wood universe, I'm reading a lot about ancient stories and culture, so this was such a pleasant surprise! The sword I'm featuring in the story has that really pretty Bronze Age leaf shape. Mm, Apa type swords, 17th century BC. Strong, but not brittle. Well balanced, good for thrusting. VERY pretty. *drools*
Ah, Whittling Wood Castle. It was going to be one of those 'looking into the future' stories where it ends in a lull after all the grand adventuring, leaving you to wonder, "Well, if all this exciting stuff has been going on, how will he go back to the boring?"
But then I got a really ticklish idea for a sequel stuck in my head. I said nooo, because the ending of Whittling is supposed to make readers say "damn you, I wanted to know more!" and the story was just supposed to go kaput. That was supposed to be the pretty and futile charm of it. (oh yes, most of my life I've dealt with the pretty and futile)
But apparently, I want to know more too, because now it looks like I'm going to be doing a series of short stories in the Whittling universe about what happens after. All sorts of random things that bring up more questions and give more colour to events in the original story.
Make.
It.
Stop.
I draw the line at the dryad. I completely do. I WANT him in the later short stories, but I'm afraid those stories will take away from the huge original Whittling Wood story that I'm putting a bit of my soul (and quite a bit of research) into right now. It's like a drug, and the dryad is where I go cold turkey.
( Where it all goes beautifully wrong )
