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| Illustration by M. Kelly |
On Christmas Eve, with very little time, I tried to write a follow-up story with the characters introduced at Halloween of 2015. I had pleasing photos for illustration, showing dolls by artist Sandy Mastroni which had inspired the original piece. I had a blurry idea of the shape I wanted the story to take, elements I wanted to include. After a couple hours it was as weighty as an anchor and all I could do was put it aside until either the story or I managed to lighten up. Still waiting.
On FB today, a friend mentioned the challenge of naming characters in fiction, with useful suggestions added to the comment thread, reminding me I have novel-length work just sitting there. That seems to leave me adding Fiction Reworking to my list of Stuff I Would Like to Turn Into Habit. I've discussed the Chair Yoga, plus working with hand weights, plus Art Every Day or So Help Me. Then there's the fact of a daily nap not being an option but a necessity. All this may require me to become more serious about time, about where the boundaries are. Seeing things blocked out, in my planner, for instance, is not my norm. As with time generally, I tolerate, actually welcome, its fluid aspects as I experience them. But I doubt that sort of relationship gets books written.
So. There IS no reason why there can't be fiction. I assume if there can be little fiction, there might be big fiction. What was unthinkable yesterday becomes a possibility today. The universe as I have come to know it is fluent in encouragement. It rubs its galactic palms together at the thought of surprising us with our own most deeply held desires, seeming to wander, whistling, through the neighborhood as we write an episode here, a chapter there, thinking of them as short-short stories. As we humans tend to be greater than the sum of our parts, perhaps the same is true of building a novel using the model of the Add-A-Pearl necklace.
It is a daunting word, novel. For now, I may speak of my Add-A-Pearl necklace. We will know what I mean.
5 comments:
Yes! Add a pearl . . . to the many pearls already on your string . . . xoxoxo K
Karen - Thank you. So many things, hoping for lots of time. And enough focus. xoxo
I hope you and yours had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and are having a very HAPPY NEW YEAR. May we display your header on our new site directory? As it is now, the site title (linked back to its home page) is listed, and we think displaying the header will attract more attention. In any event, we hope you will come by and see what is going on at SiteHoundSniffs.com.
Jerry - Yes, of course. And thank you for including me in your round-up. Over the past month or so I have noticed a substantial increase in readership, for which I am grateful. Keep up the good work. Happy New Year to you. xo
Thank you so very much for giving permission. You can see your linked header under All, Beliefs and the United States. If you could say something (preferably good) about SiteHoundSniffs.com here and there, we would greatly appreciate it.
P.S.: I don't think we can take any credit for your increased readership lately because you have only been listed for around 10 days or so, but I hope we can help increase it even more. Besides, it is all in our Heavenly Father's hands, anyway.
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