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Not writing because... I'm Writing!
I haven't updated the blog here on GoodReads lately because I have spent most of my free writing time working on the sequel to Evil is Always Human .
So far, so good. The current rough rough rough draft is over sixty thousand words. The story is not finished. I have another one-forth to go, if my estimate is correct.
The tale is not in chronological order this time. It starts in 1951, jumps back to 1930ish, moves forward a few years and then - well. The plan is for it to jump as far forward as the 1970s before ending in 1952 or so.
My hero now has a name, though I may change it, and will be addressed by the name throughout. It was easy enough NOT to name him the first time around, but now I need to name him. He's a grown man, after all.
The story deviates greatly from the family tales that drove the first one. This one really incorporates some true-life stories along with some totally fictional ones.
I am writing this on Thursday, February 28, as I prepare to go to Winterville to do a presentation on "Urban Folklore." That comes to mind because urban folklore is a mix of beliefs and storytelling that yield fiction that people would rather fight for than deny. In writing this sequel, I have said some pretty negative things about humanity. Although I wouldn't fight anyone who disagreed with my cynicism - I'm a coward - shooting someone in the back is not beyond me.
At least not in a fictional setting.
So far, so good. The current rough rough rough draft is over sixty thousand words. The story is not finished. I have another one-forth to go, if my estimate is correct.
The tale is not in chronological order this time. It starts in 1951, jumps back to 1930ish, moves forward a few years and then - well. The plan is for it to jump as far forward as the 1970s before ending in 1952 or so.
My hero now has a name, though I may change it, and will be addressed by the name throughout. It was easy enough NOT to name him the first time around, but now I need to name him. He's a grown man, after all.
The story deviates greatly from the family tales that drove the first one. This one really incorporates some true-life stories along with some totally fictional ones.
I am writing this on Thursday, February 28, as I prepare to go to Winterville to do a presentation on "Urban Folklore." That comes to mind because urban folklore is a mix of beliefs and storytelling that yield fiction that people would rather fight for than deny. In writing this sequel, I have said some pretty negative things about humanity. Although I wouldn't fight anyone who disagreed with my cynicism - I'm a coward - shooting someone in the back is not beyond me.
At least not in a fictional setting.
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