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Talk about mixed blessings…I get this monster down to a reasonable length, and then someone says “Yes, but…” and I start working on that, and boom! comes a plotbomb that explodes all over the scenery, showering it with many-many words. Plot-bomb: good thing. Many-many words: means some other words (wonderful 24k gold words studded with rubies and emeralds, of course. Do I ever write any other kind? Don’t answer that!) have to come out. I dare not look at that side of it now. Must keep looking only at the target chapters and see if this is what they need.
I knew there was a walloping good argument between C1 and C2…after all, there’s foreshadowing up front and in fact C2 has made serious blunders. But I didn’t know there was a row before the row. Yes, indeedy-do there’s a row. However (mild worry about plot-bomb) right now it’s between C1 and C2a (a being a minion of C2, who’s in the scene, as compared with C2, who is somewhere else and that’s the problem.
What I need at this point is a dissident faction. Just thought of that. Hmmm. Is C2′s party capable of developing a dissident faction? I would say “Of course–any group can develop a dissident faction,” but I’m not sure in this case. Different universe, different people with all sorts of backgrounds unlike ours…
If you see more glows and sparkles, and hear booms, think plotbombs landing on my work.
Comment by paul tar jr — December 17, 2009 @ 8:57 pm
Could see an apprentice (underling?) be the dissident faction, where he’s seeing his boss differently (through ‘adult’ eyes) for the first time…or see him (or her) do something that pops their bubble of him (and send him to his enemies?)
Comment by elizabeth — December 18, 2009 @ 9:40 am
Er…no. I know what’s going on, but I can’t tell you yet…you need to arrive at the knowledge having gone through the other stuff.
Comment by Adam Baker — December 18, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
Oh goodie, I like fireworks, haha.
*rubs hands together* I cant wait to see what happens next…
Comment by paul tar jr — December 18, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
I’ve been trying to keep up with everything on the board, but I’ll have to wait until everything is in hard copy (since I am not an editor).
*laughs heartily*. I hope I wasn’t being misunderstood (aka trying to weasel information) but just throwing a random thought up.
By the way, was (is) there any updates on possible audiobooks of the Paks (or beyond) books?
-Paul
Comment by elizabeth — December 18, 2009 @ 10:30 pm
There will be audio books of the original Paks books, but I don’t know the release date or any more information. When I know, I’ll post it.