{"id":617,"date":"2019-11-04T10:38:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2019-11-04T10:41:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T16:41:39","slug":"the-state-of-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/04\/the-state-of-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of the state"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Honestly, as weekends in November go, this one wasn’t bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got a scene finished in Chapter 3 of The Lantern Tower<\/em> and started another. I’m introducing two new POV characters in this book, one of whom had a throwaway mention in Ryswyck <\/em>which interested me enough to pull his thread, so now he’s in the story. I haven’t got round to the other one yet, but I’ve got lots of dialogue sketches socked away for when he appears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not, as I may have mentioned, my optimum time of year, either creatively or mood-wise, so having produced two and a half chapters so far is rather a cause for cheer. Also, we’re off Daylight Saving Time, so getting into the last trough of time toward winter solstice is progress, of a sort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the new season has opened at the symphony, and I went on Saturday night with the usual suspects — three of us are coincidentally former senior wardens of our church, and perhaps less coincidentally, we have dinner beforehand at some place where we can drink well. I had a house Manhattan that was chalked up on their blackboard as “ABV = a lot” — so I only needed one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And <\/em>on the program this weekend was Bruckner’s Seventh. After Erica’s friend mentioned it<\/a> as the background to her enjoyment of Ryswyck<\/em>, I was curious to be in the same room with the piece. I think my main takeaways are: 1) yes, it’s long 2) if I am going to be hearing an extended restatement of several themes, I’m not sorry it’s these ones 3) Bruckner may have adulated Wagner but I know who I like better 4) it’s all still Very German, which is confusing to my Very Yorkshire genes 5) the program notes said that the third movement was based on the laendler <\/em>and I was like, I don’t remember the Captain and Maria dancing to anything like this, are you sure? 6) I kind of like Wagner tubas however 7) the piece afforded some awesome opportunities for sections to play in a rich unison, showing off how well they blend, which means that 8) the KCS played it very well indeed. Someone yelled “BRA-VO” before the reverb of the last note cleared, and one of the violas bounced in her chair at the end, obviously having fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, clearly I owe N. a Belfry Manhattan (ABV = a lot), not just for adding enjoyment to my musical calendar, but also for reccing Ryswyck <\/em>in multiple venues. She’s responsible for more of my recent sales than I am, I’d judge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tune in next time for…I don’t know what. Probably I should wrap up the Alter series before the year ends. We’ll see how many brain cells I can scare up before solstice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honestly, as weekends in November go, this one wasn’t bad. I got a scene finished in Chapter 3 of The Lantern Tower and started another. I’m introducing two new POV characters in this book, one of whom had a throwaway mention in Ryswyck which interested me enough to pull his thread, so now he’s in<\/p>\n

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