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Or a reasonable facsimile thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been rather busy chez moi, as my work has just concluded their fall conference here in town. A lot of rolling out of bed at Oh My God It’s Early, putting on actualfax makeup, and tooling downtown in my nice work clothes in the pre-dawn, then dragging back to trip over the kitty at sundown. It’s a lot of work, but it is fun to see our members at these things. One conference down, one more to go before the year’s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, I decided to move on from storyboarding to actual work on the sequel to Ryswyck<\/em>, which I’m calling The Lantern Tower<\/em>. I have the first chapter finished and the second chapter started. When I’m working on a project, there’s sort of a breathing rhythm between my efforts to nail down an outline of the plot with lists of scenes and sketches of dialogue, and points at which I have to just start writing to draw down the pressure and provoke more insight. I’ll probably write until I hit a sticking place, let it percolate, and turn back to editing Household Lights<\/em>, which I hope to get out next spring. It’s not really multitasking; it’s sequence tasking. I loathe multitasking both as a concept and as a requirement: I mean, does anybody really<\/em> thrive on doing five things at once with equal quality? Don’t tell me if you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, some things about The Lantern Tower<\/em>. I’ll be introducing two new viewpoint characters and changing POVs on a couple of others. I’ve already got some scenes sketched, and have organized the movements into roughly five short acts. And boy am I glad I siphoned off the opening sequence for Household Lights<\/em> — that first chapter was a hell of a lot easier to write without dragging that weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’ll be fencing, both literal and metaphorical, court intrigue, spycraft, love, hate, kissing, fightin’ words, secrets, reluctant partnerships, a dash of hurt\/comfort, and of course beloved enemies. I wouldn’t tell myself a story without that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that’s the state of the state. Now, I must sally forth to get some goodies for the concert my church is hosting. Carry on, as you were, &c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or a reasonable facsimile thereof. It’s been rather busy chez moi, as my work has just concluded their fall conference here in town. A lot of rolling out of bed at Oh My God It’s Early, putting on actualfax makeup, and tooling downtown in my nice work clothes in the pre-dawn, then dragging back to<\/p>\n

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