Research, research, research...
Apr. 3rd, 2014 04:14 pmOn the personal side it's been a lot of religious and spiritual text. And on the professional side, it's all about fairy tales and winter-related mythologies and me figuring out how I'm going to tie up the threads left dangling at the end of UNTOUCHABLE. Although, I also read a book on astral projection as research for the FORBIDDEN MAGEIA series, when I'm ready to pick that up again. Read that book this week since it's not my book and I should return it soon...
Tempted to buy my own copy just so I can mark it up with highlights...
But that's much further down the road. The path in front of me is filled with Krampuses, Jack Frost, The Winter Queen and the King of Pohl.
I thought it would be hard to get back into the world of Everwinter, but as I read up on winter lore and reread UNTOUCHABLE, I'm slowly getting more and more excited about revisiting these characters. I still think I'm going to do my best to keep it as a trilogy and not a series, but still. It's nice to know that I won't be completely dreading the process of writing UNBREAKABLE.
Meanwhile, what little writing I have done this week has been primarily on HUNTRESS. I am really loving Selene's story, and some of my personal research has helped me flesh out her world a bit better, which is exciting and sad at the time. Exciting, cause it's creating a much richer world than I could have ever imagined, but sad because I have to start putting Selene on the back burner in order to focus on UNBREAKABLE, especially if I want it to release later this year, which I do...
*sigh*
Some how or the other, I'm going to make this "work on two projects at once" work for me. Or learn how to write faster. Which ever happens first.
Oh, BTW,
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cafenowhere has an EXCELLENT series on her LJ about writing Latin@ characters. It's worth checking out, even if you don't write Latin@ characters because a lot of the info can be applied to writing POC in general. It's worth reading, too, if you are just a reader -- it gives you insight into what you should expect when you read a book featuring a Latin@ or POC character.Now if you'll excuse me, I must unwind with some Netflix marathoning -- I'm currently watching Leverage (with Bagpiper) and Pysch (on my own) as well as doing another rewatch of FarScape. :D
I tell ya, having Netflix on the iPad in the kitchen while I cook/clean is one of my more genius ideas.
