Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 338
February 27, 2018
This question might seem a little strange, but something has always nagged at the back of my mind about the Underworld - you've written that it's on an opposite schedule from the world above. Does the sun rise fully when it's daytime for Aidoneus and Perse
Do you know that light that comes after sunset when there are large clouds in the sky? Not the pink kind from low clouds, but that brilliant half light that reflects off the clouds and down onto the land? And there are no shadows, just diffuse low light coming from everywhere? That’s about how I imagine the Underworld looks as it reflects up from the River Styx.
The sun never “rises”, but the diffuse light dawns and wanes like it would through fog. I picture that sort of light cast across wide expanses and dark surfaces, making the world no brighter than a cloudy day in the middle of winter. Mist hangs above constantly, forming a “sky” of sorts, or at least something besides the encroaching blackness of Erebus when you look up. The low light desaturates everything, and the natural browns and reds look even darker.
The ground itself is all basalt rock, regolithic rubble, and obsidian flecks. Pebbles in dark shades of black, gray and brown, and sticking up through that unforgiving surface are stalks of asphodel, everywhere. There is no wind, and no movement in the poplar trees to make their leaves shimmer between black and white. So they’re dark from a distance and look lighter when you’re right under them. Except for the poplar tree with the golden boughs right outside the palace.
The River itself is a muted blue, light enough to light up the mists above and blue enough so that it looks like the sky. The blueness picks up the color of the cypresses, making them look even darker, it sharpens the color of the asphodel flowers, making them contrast even more with the red veins on each petal.
That’s how I imagine the Underworld.
Do you think a 10 year old with the maturity of a 13 year old can read Recevier of Many ?
I don’t think a 10 year old OR a 13 year old should be reading my books. At all.
February 26, 2018
February 23, 2018
So are you working solely on the show bible and not the good counselor at the moment?
Yeah, mostly because I have to.
BUT….
The great thing about having to write my book series in summary form from the perspective of the 65-70 named characters in my books is that it gives me a lot of clarity for detail how The Good Counselor will turn out. IOW, I mapped out the full detail synopsis for TGC last night and am eager to start writing the book once this last show bible week is over.
violentwavesofemotion:
“They’re only little tears, darling, let them spill.” — Nick Cave & the...
“They’re only little tears, darling, let them spill.”— Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, from The Boatman’s Call; “Are You The One That I’ve Been Waiting For?”
prokopetz:
Art Historian: To modern audiences, this 5000-year-old stone sculpture may appear...
Art Historian: To modern audiences, this 5000-year-old stone sculpture may appear grotesque, even disturbing, but we must always bear in mind that ancient cultures had very different aesthetic sensibilities; to its contemporaries, this object was likely regarded as beautiful.
Stone-Carver From 3000 BC: I’m gonna make this thing creepy as hell.
February 21, 2018
February 13, 2018
spanishskulduggery:
Do you ever find things you wrote when you were little and just really want to...
Do you ever find things you wrote when you were little and just really want to die a little?
