Armageddon The Poodle And Other Shit I Changed In Angelbound
1. Armageddon started off as a small pink poodle
No, I am not kidding. I actually thought it would be awesome to have the King of Hell be a small pink poodle that talked. You know, the ‘last demon that you would have expected’ type thing? And yes, it was funny. But no, it totally didn’t work. That said, I loved the name. This poster was one of the inspirations for the revised Armageddon:
Feel the chill in your bones, eh?
2. Lincoln started off as a run-of-the-mill new world thrax
New world thrax are demon hunters who embrace technology and live cloud-side in the US. Lincoln was part of an East Coast thrax community that was divided—and he was working to unify things—so that’s how the name Lincoln fitted in. But the more I kept writing, the more Lincoln kept having lots to do with the old world thrax, who were arguably cooler since they lived underground and were stuck in the middle ages. So finally, I gave in to the inevitable and moved him to the old world. After that, he was so cool and spicy-hawt, I felt like he wouldn’t just be some run-of-the-mill thrax, but one of the guys running the show. High Prince Lincoln was born. Let’s look at him again….ahhhhhhh:-)
Lincoln & Myla – Angelbound
3. Myla was originally named Monica
And the book was titled Demonica (har har har). Unfortunately, there’s a restaurant in Boston’s North End called Monica’s, and we lived near said restaurant for about ten years. I kept trying to write Myla as a badass fighter, and I kept seeing the Monica’s logo in my mind:
Needless to say, she got renamed Myla.
4. Walker was originally an agoraphobic fairy with a foul mouth
God DAMN, but I loved that foul-mouthed fairy. She did not belong in Myla’s story, but I kept her in there for the longest time anyway. Then, when I was rewriting the first chapter for the millionth time, Walker literally appeared. He wasn’t in my outline, but his portal materialized in the kitchen and out stepped my favorite ghoul. I haven’t given up on the potty-mouthed pixie, however. She’s slated for a future book in the Angelbound series.
So there you have it. Four colossally bad moves (except for Monica, which was more of a word-association issue). I’ll post more embarrassing-but-true almost-missteps as I think of them. TTFN!
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