Bird of Ill Repute
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Apr
8
2010

Let The Story Bloom

Tired today. Not sure if the coffee will help. I know I’ll sleep well tonight, but that doesn’t really help when I’m longing so hard for just a little more sleep. Maybe the treadmill will shake the cobwebs out of my head.

*time passes*

Yeah, I just started a blog post and wandered away. I’m not firing on all cylinders this morning. Or more precisely, I am, but the story living in my head is taking up about half of the cylinders. I’m in that weird in-between space where a story is germinating. It looks like it’s just laying there, but it’s actually really busy under the surface putting itself together. I can even hear it, like Morlock machinery in the dark.

Selene has changed. I guess a century or so of living on your own and working as a mercenary will do that. It’s nice to see–I could have just about strangled her, before. Poor character, wanting to control her own destiny. Doesn’t she know that’s MY job? *maniacal laugh*

It’s a sunny morning, and I’m a little tired. So I’m just going to take it really easy today and let the story bloom. Some things you just can’t rush. If there’s one useful thing I’ve learned in the past (however many) years of doing this for a living, it’s that feeling or weird breathless rumbling while the subconscious engine puts together the rest of a story, right before the rumble breaks up out of the earth’s crust and downloads itself through your fingers.

Catch you later.

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4 Responses to “Let The Story Bloom”

  1. martianmooncrab Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 11:18 am

    Selene has changed

    oooh, this will be interesting to watch.

  2. Ellique Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 11:35 am

    O…. MG! I cannot wait for more Selene. She may be a high maintenance pain in the arse, but there’s still something I like about the gal and I can’t wait to see how she grows….

  3. Woodbridge Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 11:48 am

    This is too good. I love breathlessly (and w/ butterflies in my tummy) checking the blog for any Selene & Nikolai news and I second the OMG…I can’t wait either!!!

  4. SAM Says:
    April 12th, 2010 at 9:10 am

    Hurray Selene. Any Steel Flower’s Song on the horizon?