A Break

I might be taking a break from The Augury of Gideon today. I opened up the manuscript and felt no urge whatsoever to add to it. But after almost 10,000 words written in the past two days, I don't feel guilty about not writing today. If I force myself, it'll be crap and we don't want crap, boys and girls. I may just read through some of what I've already written and do a few touch ups here and there and let that be that.

One thing I want to do is blog...a lot. I miss the multiple entries each day. But I don't want to repeat myself, nor do I want to blab constantly about writing. People get tire of the same old thing. I know I do. Why would I want to saddle any readers with crap I wouldn't read myself? So I keep my piehole shut if I don't have anything new to write about.

Brian Tyler's soundtrack for The Children of Dune has been something I've been listening to with relish. It's all I've been listening to for the past two days and is definitely a part of The Augury of Gideon now, so much so, I think him in the acknowledgments now. That music breathes a certain life into what I'm writing and, for that, I'm extremely grateful. I know why I've connected this music to Augury ~ Kallum. His anchor is James McAvoy and James was the star of Children of Dune. But it's not just that. The music is incredibly beautiful, lyrical, and stirring. And I contend to this day, seven years after Children of Dune came out, that "Inama Nushif" is the most beautiful song ever recorded. Period. If you don't have it, get it. I promise you won't regret it.

Sophie and Amy are having problems with the art. They're needing a higher resolution version of the Cadmus w/Chalice art that m0usegrrl drew ages ago. If m0usegrrl can't comply and the rendered version Amy is working with is even a mite blurry, we'll have to go with a different image, which torques me no end. I've got my fingers crossed that the version they have works out okay because I really want m0usegrrl's name out there. I may ask her if she could throw together the image we discussed a few weeks ago, but I know her days are full of this and that, and she may not have the time. I just want her name on the book.

Images of Cadmus

Here's the art I want used for the book. It's breathtakingly beautiful and something I could never have done. Kudos to m0usegrrl for her inimitable talent!

( Chalice image )

If things don't go as planned, I may see about their using this image as the cover for the book. I dunno. I mean it reeks of Cadmus, but using an image of my own just seems over the top to me. We'll see.

( another Chalice image )

I was hoping that luvthyjoker would do the cover for The Blood Crown, but I doubt that is going to happen. If this works out with Stacy, I'm betting I could get her to do the covers for both Crown and Augury. At least a consistency in imagery would be had, and that's always a good thing.

I like to move it move it!

Some nice soul bought me a lemur and now I have that Sacha Baron Cohen song in my head. Grooveh! Thank you, anonymous lemur giver!

Compulsion

After saying I wouldn't write today, I ended up writing 3030 words. The manuscript is now up to 53,439 words. The characters are on their way to France to the Canopy Ruins. There the magick of the three Relics will be revealed and one of the group will go on the run, a wholly changed individual.

The narrative will end in Asheville, because that's the way I want it. Everything that matter, that will transpire, will happen in Asheville.

The Will to Care

When I was younger, I had many causes, mainly having to do with animals. I was a paying member of the ASPCA, PETA, and WWF, among others. I had adopted a humpback whale name Nile. Lots of my money went to trying to make the world a better place for all living things. I agonised over situations like the Exxon oil spill. To this day I won't buy Exxon gas.

But, as I've gotten older, my passions and zeal have slowly petered out. I can't afford to support the groups that keep asking for my help and I have turned against PETA for their extreme outlook and outrageous behaviour. I've just become a curmudgeon really. I figure people aren't gonna change so the Earth will do what she has to, to get rid of us. Fine by me. It doesn't matter what I do or how much money I give out, people are going to be assholes and fuck everything up. I may not be actively trying to waylay the stupidity, but at least I'm not adding to it.

I'm just tired of it all, really. This recent oil disaster just got me to thinking about the whole thing. Maybe if Todd were closer, we would bitch together and try to figure out what we could do to help. But he's not. We barely talk, if at all. So that outlet is gone. There's no one but Aunt Tudi to talk about this disaster and I don't want to stress Aunt Tudi about it. I still care about the atrocities we visit upon this planet, but I seriously believe that the planet will eventually make it to where our kind will be unable to subsist. I may not picket, or write letters anymore, but I am still secretly rooting for Mother Earth and the day She says ENOUGH.

That's the extent of my caring these days.