Extraordinary scenes

[la_marquise]

Much to my astonishment, the Grass King rewrites actually started behaving, finally, and flowing and working. Of course, they waited until 6.45 pm to do so, having played coy all afternoon. But after several hours of type-and-delete, I have 1078 new shiny words, and a conviction that the blasted book is going to end up even longer. Bah. At least, Aude's childhood (as included in the book) is getting longer.
Writing about religion is hard. Why, she asked herself, do I end up in such situations. My characters don't agonise over shoes or even each other (well not that much, anyway), but the nature of faith, or the consequences of private land ownership, or the relationship between power and responsibility. Pages n' pages. That's what I get for being a historian, I guess.

Skirt of the day: jeans, it's still cold.

Comments

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

Well done with the writing.
Funnily, I find skirts warmer than trousers or jeans, I will be wearing a skirt, petticoat and leggings (as hose) to travel tomorrow. I'm wearing a skirt now. I find they trap the layers of air better than trousers. Each to their own though.

FF

[watervole.livejournal.com]

You mean they agonise over things that matter, and are thus far more interesting - to me at any rate.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I'm so looking forward to reading the finished book.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

I sympathize. I'm currently dealing with writing casual, sincere, everyday religion (in an alternate early 19th c. Europe)-- which is pretty hard for an atheist. I'm not sure if it helps or hurts that the religion isn't really the focus of any of the action; it's just the water that they're swimming in.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

It is, however, the measure of a good book (for me, anyway) when the author remembers things like religion as a normal everyday concern in historical contexts.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

but the nature of faith, or the consequences of private land ownership, or the relationship between power and responsibility.


Bring it on!!!!

:)

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

If only more readers were like you! The most common complaint about LWG was that the characters don't do teen wallowing.

[anna-wing.livejournal.com]

How bizarre. They were all grown up! Why should people expect them to wallow?

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

It beats me, but some people seem to like gallons and gallons of angst.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

YAY writing!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you.

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

I can agonize over shoes on my own. I'm looking forward to reading your much more interesting views on other things.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you!

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a book I'm going to enjoy reading!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you!

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

wanna read it!