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Rachel
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Sep 05, 2013 06:58PM
That's what I'm trying to figure out as well-even trying to figure out if maybe the attorney is connected to the statue/curse thing. IDK. I need to get it pounded out though so I can start moving ahead again. Thank you!
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If not, then there are other ways to look at this. Maybe the statue is actually a relative, and she gets together with the businessman, or she thinks she might end up with the businessman but realizes she loves the statue more. Or, eh, something like that.
Whatever it is, would you let me know when your ebook is done? I'd like to get it on my kindle.
It will have to get bought first, but trust me, ya'll will know! Really great ideas! I kind of feel like I don't have enough space in a short story format for a love triangle.
Right now I'm thinking that maybe he is tied to the statue personally, like it is him? But how to do that is bugging me now. I was toying with the idea that she kind of somehow falls for both, the statue in her dreams that is only stone during the day, and the attorney who keeps coming by and finds out they are somehow one in the same...corny? LOL
I"VE GOT IT!Maybe, but seriously, a bit of feedback and I'm back on track I think.
So-attorney she meets at the beginning of her trip ends up being the statue who comes to her at night in her dreams. She doesn't realize this because he looks different and begins to fall for both. Ultimately she will have to make a choice between the two.
He thinks his attraction and any she may feel for him is bad because the only way to break the curse is to choose the man in her dreams that she thinks can't be real, and turn him away.
he has been down this road a few times in the last say-100-200 years- and they always choose the man over the one in their dreams and then he has to leave them because he is immortal until the curse is lifted which is why only he handles the estates documents.
Whatcha think?
That's pretty good. Roll with it. ;)@Kyra: You read Twilight?
That's interesting! I'd ask why does he present himself in person (and presumably act normally) to her, instead of sending an assistant, say, to avoid being chosen... I think it's a question the reader will ask themselves.
It sounds like a really interesting story, Rachel. I must confess I'm far more intrigued by the idea of the statue than I am with the man on the flight, but maybe he could turn out to have a sinister motive or something like that, and be weaved into the story that way. But the statue idea was the one that made me sit up and take notice. It excited my imagination immediately, so that's the idea I'd go forward with if I were you. I think it has potential.
Perhaps the attorney is an incubus, and guardian of the statue. (The statue is inspiring ideas! :))
Have you heard the norse tale about the isbjorn? Your idea reminds me of that.
The idea that he might be an incubus guarding the statue is really interesting- Lynne-did you see the idea to weave the two men together? Treasure Ducky-I have not heard that story but will be looking into it. Goodness-I wonder if I can do this in a short story! LOL Seriously thanks-this is exciting and I am SO glad I found you guys!
Treasure Ducky-I can't find anything about that norse story...=/
I think making it longer might be a good idea. There would be loads of options for taking it in different directions.
Um... *racks brain* What's it called?Oh! It's East of the Sun, West of the Moon. That's a bit like what your tale reminds me of. I don't know why, it just does.
This is going to sound super lame Lynn, but this is my first go 'round and I'm trying to start small. Of course who knows, the story may just take over.Treasure Ducky-thanks! I will look it up!
With any luck, it will, Rachel. Just do what you can and let the story take its course.
That's my plan! I feel really good now that I have a full and working outline. Since it's the weekend I won't get ay writing done with the kids around, but I'm looking forward to getting back at it on Monday! =)
I need some advice please. I started writing this book a few years ago, and I got to over 50,000 words (which took a long time to do) and realized that it wasn't really going anywhere, and if it was, it was going really slowly. I posted it on GR for a while, but I deleted it a while ago because I want to completely rewrite it...if possible. The plot was taking a lot longer to get where I wanted it to go than I thought it would. I wrote this as the summary/book blurb type thing that goes on the back of a book (I always forget what it's called);
Abigail O’Conner is a girl with a lot of death in her life. Now her father’s dead and she and her younger sister, Annie, are being forced into foster care. Abigail will do anything to keep her and her sister together, including snooping in her father’s study. Here she finds her answer, an aunt nobody knew existed. Soon she and her sister are living in beautiful PEI with their Aunt Cecelia, the town outcast, who thinks she is being haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter.
Her new friends keep giving her strange glances and act like they’re keeping something important from her. Jasper, a strange boy whom she meets at the pier, keeps his past, and present, a mystery. Her sweet, innocent sister starts having rapid mood swings which Abigail fears may turn dangerous. A strange man in a cloak seems to be stalking her, and, to top it off, Abigail starts believing that her aunt really is being haunted by her dead daughter, when she starts seeing her too.
Something dangerous is stirring on the East Coast and, with the help of her friends; Abigail is determined to stop it.
Danger, suspense and romance meet Abigail as she is thrown into the world of the supernatural and one question rises above all others; will she make it out alive?
Would any of you read that? Basically she's an extremely powerful necromancer--unknowingly--and after her dad's killed she's shipped off to live with her 'crazy' aunt in PEI so she doesn't get split up from her sister in foster care. There she meets a bunch of new friends, all supernaturals who recognize her as a necromancer. I want the main problem to be this other, bad, necromancer is trying to make an army of the undead and she has to stop him, but at 50,000 words she didn't even know about the graves turning up empty yet. I've finally decided on what the beginning will be, which introduces it a little, but I can't tell if it's going to go anywhere.
I have considered introducing the problem at the end, and having a cliff hanger, so that it can be the focus of the second book (it was always supposed to be a series, something that had to be solved over multiple books), but I couldn't decide if I had enough plot for the first book to make people want to go on with the series. This also goes better with the plot blurb thing though.
So, basically I'm wondering if you guys think it's worth redoing the plot, if the general idea sounds good enough, and what do you think about the first/second book thing?
It sounds interesting, and would be a book that would pique my interest and I would look at reviews to see if I wanted to read. That's the long way of saying I like the idea. Maybe start rereading through and see if you want to make changes or have new ideas as you go along with a fresh perspective. Have you ever read the Amelia Blake Vampire hunter books? It seems like you could take it really dark and creepy like that..
Jane, it does sound like something that would create interest. The 'blurb' (that is what it's called when you're talking about the thing on the back of the book!) probably needs a little editing to make it more succinct, but it sounds like there's a good story in there.
