A Lighter Tone

 
So far, just shy of 10K words into Sigils, I've found I'm using a lighter tone than I expected. The blood is still there, the bodies of sacrificial victims are stacking up, and the manifestations of pissed-off, angry demon-things have penciled in their appointments with power-hungry, delusional, megalomaniacs. But I've had some fun hitting lighter notes in the middle of the gore.
 
Didn't see that coming.
 
I don't think I've written anything uproariously funny. I don't think I'm going all Buffy with the dialogue. This is still going to be a dark book. I'm writing more or less straight.
 
I think I'm taking a tone similar to what I used in Demon Candy. Which makes sense, I guess. But I didn't expect to do that when I started writing. The two main characters didn't start off all grim and gritty. They started out like, well, themselves. Almost normal people. And they're not–or weren't–grim and gritty. They aren't dark characters at the beginning. But they're getting there.
 
Maybe it will seem even darker with the little patches of lighter color for contrast. Not sure.
 
So far it feels right to be approaching the book this way. So maybe it's a good idea.
 
-David
 
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