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truepennyI need a conversation about politics. My characters insist on talking about eschatology.
::facepalm::
It's time for that thar meme again. First lines of works in progress.
The Doctrine of Labyrinths
The Mirador
So to begin with, General Mercator was dead.
Summerdown
That my sister Isobel feared, I could feel in her hands, hear in her voice, harsh like my memory of our mother's.
The Second Son
On the twenty-fourth of April, Medraut dreamed of Loheris again.
The White Devil
Since I was a little girl, I've always told my father my dreams. Except for one.
illegitimate sf
The Constancy of Angels/Unfallen
Nephis cannot remember Heaven.
Schrödinger's Parable of the Cat
The heat in Hylant Station was like nothing Tanasestefeth had ever imagined.
The Marriage of True Minds
The greatest danger was that he wanted to trust.
The Aftermath of the Glastalvon Rebellion
Cuthbert Swetenham, who had been the ninth Earl of Glastalvon, rose to his feet as the transparent fourth wall of his cell vanished.
The Ghoul Hunters
"Louise de Winter"
The Renault case refused to break.
"The Bride of Nyarlathotep"
It was any BPI agent's least favorite job.
"Under Babylon"
Mick Sharpton's howl of outrage--"oh fuck no!"--was clearly audible in the junior agents' office.
Kyle Murchison Booth
"Thirdhop Scarp"
It was an open question in the Parrington Museum which of Samuel Mather Parrington's two daughters was more to be feared.
"To Die for Moonlight"
I cut off her head before I buried her.
Artist's Challenges
"Somewhere Beneath Those Waves Was Her Home"
The selkie stands at the window, staring out at the sea.
Dark Sister (AC for Spider's Rose)
Long ago, in a world none of them can remember, the vampires were taught to dance.
The Emperor of the Elflands (AC for Engineering for Elves)
An urgent voice, a hand shaking roughly at his shoulder.
"The Queen of Liverpool"
The Mistral freighter D35-692N-C, Queen of Liverpool, had been grounded for thirty years.
titles in search of stories
"The Log of the Lavinia Whately"
"The Queen in Winter" (something about bees)
"Sidhe Tigers" (Elvish baseball)
::facepalm::
It's time for that thar meme again. First lines of works in progress.
The Doctrine of Labyrinths
The Mirador
So to begin with, General Mercator was dead.
Summerdown
That my sister Isobel feared, I could feel in her hands, hear in her voice, harsh like my memory of our mother's.
The Second Son
On the twenty-fourth of April, Medraut dreamed of Loheris again.
The White Devil
Since I was a little girl, I've always told my father my dreams. Except for one.
illegitimate sf
The Constancy of Angels/Unfallen
Nephis cannot remember Heaven.
Schrödinger's Parable of the Cat
The heat in Hylant Station was like nothing Tanasestefeth had ever imagined.
The Marriage of True Minds
The greatest danger was that he wanted to trust.
The Aftermath of the Glastalvon Rebellion
Cuthbert Swetenham, who had been the ninth Earl of Glastalvon, rose to his feet as the transparent fourth wall of his cell vanished.
The Ghoul Hunters
"Louise de Winter"
The Renault case refused to break.
"The Bride of Nyarlathotep"
It was any BPI agent's least favorite job.
"Under Babylon"
Mick Sharpton's howl of outrage--"oh fuck no!"--was clearly audible in the junior agents' office.
Kyle Murchison Booth
"Thirdhop Scarp"
It was an open question in the Parrington Museum which of Samuel Mather Parrington's two daughters was more to be feared.
"To Die for Moonlight"
I cut off her head before I buried her.
Artist's Challenges
"Somewhere Beneath Those Waves Was Her Home"
The selkie stands at the window, staring out at the sea.
Dark Sister (AC for Spider's Rose)
Long ago, in a world none of them can remember, the vampires were taught to dance.
The Emperor of the Elflands (AC for Engineering for Elves)
An urgent voice, a hand shaking roughly at his shoulder.
"The Queen of Liverpool"
The Mistral freighter D35-692N-C, Queen of Liverpool, had been grounded for thirty years.
titles in search of stories
"The Log of the Lavinia Whately"
"The Queen in Winter" (something about bees)
"Sidhe Tigers" (Elvish baseball)
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Date: 2006-05-21 05:52 pm (UTC)I would read this for the title alone... how pathetic does that make me? ^_~
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Date: 2006-05-22 03:46 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 2006-05-22 09:13 pm (UTC)I suspect that if you had cooperative characters it's likely they'd have wandered in from someone else's book.
In this case, it may be because the political situation is so bad it's making them think a review of eschatological theories may be in order Just In Case. Then again, it may be like Magical Realism: We'll talk about this, because it's ever so much safer than talking about politics, because that could get us killed. Of course, it could be that they've sussed out your recent efforts to sort things, and are Getting Even, because they're contrary bastards.