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[cleolinda]

Rrrr. Tired. But it's a good tired.

The chapter book is coming along well--I love the characters, and the plot is... well... the plot is... it's on its way. I promise. It's a mystery story, and I'm struggling to figure out what actually needs to happen. I really, really wish I could talk it over with you guys here, but... I'm paranoid. (Hmm... I wonder if a "trusted reader" filter would make me feel any better...) Seriously, it's not like anyone's ever stolen my stuff before; I have no idea why I'm such a freakshow about this.

Back to the story, which has no title yet. I need to read some children's mysteries, I think. I've had Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart trilogy since Christmas and not read it, so I pulled out The Ruby in the Smoke today, thinking that might help. Wonder upon wonders, it's 1) a mystery and 2) set in the Victorian era, so it's good for two writing projects at once! Huzzah! Unfortunately... it is so not a children's book. I'd have to say it's young adult, like Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and Harry Potter and all that. It's a fine line, but I was able to tell by the fact that the sentence structure is much more complex. Oh, and that four people have died grisly deaths so far. Also that.

Had some good freewriting prompts to build characters in workshop tonight; I'll have to post them later. Think I'll go to bed now, which is insanely early for me, but all right. Or at least finish The Ruby in the Smoke so I can go back to the second Sarah Bernhardt bio, which is full of juicy gossip and actually quite good.

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[bluestocking7.livejournal.com]

I adore the Sally Lockhart books...But like you said, not children's books really...probably young adult. I loved books like that when I was a kid (I read the Narnia books, Tolkien, Pierce's DARKANGEL series, Jean Karl, etc.) and I would have been ecstatic over His Dark Matters and Harry Potter.

I am a big Victorian Mysteries fanatic...have you read Carole Nelson Douglas or Laurie King?

Let me know what you think of Sally Lockhart...Personally, I wish there were more of them.

[aigooism.livejournal.com]

BTW: This is the girl who runs Cineblog (http://aigoo-chamna.net/cineblog) ^_^;;

Anyways, yeah I don't blame you for being paranoid with your writing. I would to. That's why sometimes I hesitate posting my fic ideas online. But hell, they are FIC ideas. If it was an actual story idea for me to want to write that's original, then I'll keep it to myself.

[edda.livejournal.com]

Paranoia is what kept our ancestors alive when saber-toothed tigers stalked the mighty prehistoric jungles, unsheathing their claws and stealing our manuscripts. You wonder why cats like sleeping on top of newpapers? It has nothing to do with that reflective-heat business. They're looking for ideas.

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy was brilliant and scared the royal snot out of me at several junctures (Gobblers, anyone?). I don't totally go for the theology (anti-theology?) behind the story, but it's well-thought-out and gaspingly well-written and just good good good to read.

Pardon me, I have just contracted the dreaded Hyperbola Virus. Your instestines unravel and you describe it in purple prose.

[edda.livejournal.com]

Confluent with the Dumbass Syndrome, which is characterized by an inability to correctly tag things.

Is there a way to edit comments in here? I've never tried.

[cellardoor28.livejournal.com]

who is this 'pullman' you speak of? :p

ive got the sally lockhart books, but havent got round to them yet (been distracted by the lovely bones). really should tho.

by the way, the platform last night was good. nice to hear intelligent conversation between people about religion for once! pullman is such a good speaker.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You should! I knocked it out in a few hours, it's much shorter than, say, The Golden Compass. It's not a children's chapter book, but I still say it's on the young end of young adult.