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Nov 14, 2014 10:47AM
Got it, Frank. Thanks!
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Would love to hear about the new writing project!
Hey, Candi. It's all very exciting. I actually have two projects that I'm working on, but one is fiction and one is poetry, so I'm torn. I also have a collection of essays that I need to work on as well. My wife got me a new desk for the new place and, as soon as we get all of these boxes unpacked and put away, I'm going to have to choose one project and focus on that until its done :) But that's really all I know for sure right now. I always feel like the "project" doesn't become a potential "book" until I have at least 10,000 words. And even then, they can still die. But I will definitely let you know. I can't wait to get writing again. I hope all is well with you.
I vote for the poetry and essays, but that's my focus for 2015, so I'm biased. :-)BTW, for 2015, I'm going to do a pairing read of The Canterbury Tales and your The Brubury Tales. Please let me know if you have any tips for me as I read.
Cleo, that is so cool. I love that. There are so many "easter eggs" and references in the book that's it's impossible to even list them all. The story of the pilgrims and order of the tales follows very closely with the original -- I'll say that. The main difference (other than Chaucer's vastly superior skills) is that in Chaucer's day, everyone's occupation and status were apparent in the clothes they wore: a knight, a priest, a cook, etc. In the Brubury Tales, the storytellers are security guards and they all wear a uniform. That's why race, gender, religion, education etc become the "standards" for this group. Leo = the knight, The Feet = The Miller, Rolla = the Wife of Bath, etc. I could go on forever :)
If you have any questions about the book or anything you want to talk about just let me know. It's so cool that you'll be reading them together.
Oh, one more thing. In Canterbury Tales, a character named Chaucer shows up and tells a story and Chaucer kind of makes fun of himself. So, in my book, a character named Frank Mundo shows up, a supervisor, who I make fun of -- not to be confused with J.T. Glass, the narrator and my alter ego in my other books and stories.
Thanks for the guidance, Frank. Afterwards, you can tell me what I missed. ;-)I think I have a Portable Chaucer somewhere to aid me along as well.
I'll be getting a post up on my blog up at some point when I emerge from being buried under these courses (now why did I want to write "corpses"?) :-d
