Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
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superhero_musesWhat is your most recent POV character’s most noticeable physical attribute?
Oh, we're back to Kevin Owens just in time! Man, I dunno... seen in the wild in civilian clothes Kevin is a pretty normal schlub, I have to confess. I think he works pretty hard at being unassuming when he's not at work destroying people. Lately it would probably be his arms, I think he's been working out more and he's starting to have pretty muscular arms; if he were wearing something sleeveless I think that would catch the eye.
Writing is slow and painful still! The nonfiction is very involving (I'm writing a history of two wrestlers' career together, which is complicated because it's in part a history the real people and in part a history of their characters' story. Which means the latter half is basically fiction, and someone described it complimentarily as "fan fiction" and I kind of froze up--I think I use a lot of the same tropes and images that appear in my fic about the characters, but I had hoped it wasn't THAT obvious!) but it's still chewing up a lot of energy. I probably need to cut back to once a month instead of every other week, but I want to wait until I finish this part of the history first, which will happen in June if all goes well. I hope things are going smoothly for you too!
Oh, we're back to Kevin Owens just in time! Man, I dunno... seen in the wild in civilian clothes Kevin is a pretty normal schlub, I have to confess. I think he works pretty hard at being unassuming when he's not at work destroying people. Lately it would probably be his arms, I think he's been working out more and he's starting to have pretty muscular arms; if he were wearing something sleeveless I think that would catch the eye.
Writing is slow and painful still! The nonfiction is very involving (I'm writing a history of two wrestlers' career together, which is complicated because it's in part a history the real people and in part a history of their characters' story. Which means the latter half is basically fiction, and someone described it complimentarily as "fan fiction" and I kind of froze up--I think I use a lot of the same tropes and images that appear in my fic about the characters, but I had hoped it wasn't THAT obvious!) but it's still chewing up a lot of energy. I probably need to cut back to once a month instead of every other week, but I want to wait until I finish this part of the history first, which will happen in June if all goes well. I hope things are going smoothly for you too!
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Date: 2018-03-23 04:01 pm (UTC)Sounds like you have an interesting but challenging project. I enjoy reading about how it's going. :)
I am a little excited as I've started a little The Alienist piece. I've really been absorbed by that miniseries. A pity the final episode is next Monday. I read the book by Caleb Carr and consider it superior, but that's usually the case between books and movies, anyway, yet this TV adaptation is very, very good. I'm not crazy about the occasional gore but I try and overlook it because the story is so damned good.
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Date: 2018-03-24 05:21 pm (UTC)Still working (off and on) on the untitled short horror story, so my most recent POV character is Sam. And, well, to be honest, I'm trying to keep away from actually describing them. Since I'm writing this in 2nd POV, I kind of want the reader to put themselves into Sam's shoes and fill in the blanks themselves. (Does that make sense?) The only descriptions that I've given so far is that Sam is shorter than their friend, Nadine, but taller than their unnamed sister. (I just, don't have names for Sam's family yet.)
In other news, I've signed up for Camp NaNo in April. I'm working the novel-turned-novella (well, two novellas, but I'm only working on the first one this upcoming month). My word count goal is 20,000 words, so hopefully I'll be able to reach it. Anyway, I'll have plenty to talk about here in the next month.
Right now, I'm trying to get a buffer for The Museum because I don't want to stick it on hiatus for the next month.
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Date: 2018-03-25 03:43 am (UTC)Writing for me has been going well but not fast enough for my tastes. I want to finish the current book (I'm like 1 1/2 chapters from the end) before my husband and I go on vacation. We'll be in your neck of the woods! We're going to Japan from the 29th to the 9th and spending time in Osaka (with day trips to Kyoto) and then up in Tokyo. Should be a ton of fun even if it looks like we're going to hit the tail end of the cherry blossoms.
And of course I'm going to write another Landslide Romance while I'm there. :D
Good luck on the nonfiction! it sounds really interesting but hard to write. Hope that you manage to get it working!
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Date: 2018-04-02 04:55 am (UTC)Writing has been kind of... Eh the past few weeks. I wrote less in March than I did in February, but I was in a better place emotionally in March than in February. Kind of odd how that happens, but with Camp NaNo here, it's time to kick it into gear!!!
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Date: 2019-01-25 07:40 am (UTC)Haaahaha, I'm surprised you didn't use an icon featuring it prominently! :)
I am done with the hardest semester of my life and trying to get things back in order on the fannish side, do wish me luck! What a shame that The Alienest couldn't last more, it's always so difficult when there's a canon that absorbs you but there's just not a lot to chew on, you know?
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Date: 2019-01-25 01:46 pm (UTC)Small canons are tough, but fanfic writers are like archeologists: we find a fragment in the ruins and spin whole new worlds, LOL! I managed to write dozens of fics for Public Enemies, a two-hour canon. If you find the right fragment, you're off and running! Otherwise you can be stuck searching for the Rosetta Stone.
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Date: 2019-01-28 08:04 am (UTC)It does, and it sounds like a huge writing challenge as well! I hope it worked out great for you and that you didn't have to take too long of a hiatus from the Museum series, either...
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Date: 2019-01-28 08:09 am (UTC)I do agree that "He can look like a wolf" might be a bit of a cheat! :D I always love when shifters have aspects that carry over, like hair coloring, and he sounds lovely.
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Date: 2019-01-31 11:51 am (UTC)Well, that's definitely going to be striking! :)
I wrote less in March than I did in February, but I was in a better place emotionally in March than in February.
It does seem to work that way sometimes! I get so crabby when I can't write that it kind of evens out, though...