Wednesday, September 13, 2006
News and Work
The Butterfly is still soaring. It's weird, this certainty I had about BD and this contest. I told Sis that it was like taking a college exam and having people ask me later how I thought I did. I either ACED it or FAILED it utterly. Either I absolutely nailed BD or I have no stinking clue about anything. Which is absolutely possible. I once took an exam on Algebraic Theory and thought I did okay. I got a 26/100. I was dumbfounded.
So I was afraid when it looked like BD didn't final. I was afraid it was like Alegbra all over again. What a relief and great joy to find that BD did final as I hoped. As I dreamed.
I swear, before I heard the news, I'd already committed to a new butt crack of dawn schedule to get the second draft finished as quickly as possible. Watch the Dreaming in Rhyme blog for the nitty gritty details if you're interested. The biggest developments are as follows:
1). I think I'm going to change Cleopatra's name to Kleopatra. I saw it spelled this way while researching the ancient capital of Macedonia, and I like it. I also think it might help with the Egyptian Cleopatra confusion. Philip II of Macedonia DID marry a Cleopatra (not Alexander's mother though) and she was assassinated shortly after him.
2). Writing in Kleopatra's POV means I need more worldbuilding on Macedon. I never needed much beyond snippets in Hades' POV. Placing scenes IN Macedon requires a whole nother level of detail, though. While looking for the historical capitals and cities of Macedonia, I found an interesting tidbit about the Vergina Sun. What a cool coincidence. That gave me so much it's not even funny. Now I have 16 Houses on Macedon, all in constant conflict to vie for the throne.
3). Xerxes is coming to life too, a necessity as he is the primary conflict that Kleopatra is facing. I need urgency on her part. After 5 years, why would she dare try to take Philip again? Ah. I know now.
I'm hoping to add about 10K words in this draft. I don't know that this is even possible by the end of the month, or with my list of revision ideas. Adding Kleopatra's POV will help, obviously, as well as enrich the story with new worldbuilding details. Cool stuff.
Rip off the wings of the Butterfly.
So I was afraid when it looked like BD didn't final. I was afraid it was like Alegbra all over again. What a relief and great joy to find that BD did final as I hoped. As I dreamed.
I swear, before I heard the news, I'd already committed to a new butt crack of dawn schedule to get the second draft finished as quickly as possible. Watch the Dreaming in Rhyme blog for the nitty gritty details if you're interested. The biggest developments are as follows:
1). I think I'm going to change Cleopatra's name to Kleopatra. I saw it spelled this way while researching the ancient capital of Macedonia, and I like it. I also think it might help with the Egyptian Cleopatra confusion. Philip II of Macedonia DID marry a Cleopatra (not Alexander's mother though) and she was assassinated shortly after him.
2). Writing in Kleopatra's POV means I need more worldbuilding on Macedon. I never needed much beyond snippets in Hades' POV. Placing scenes IN Macedon requires a whole nother level of detail, though. While looking for the historical capitals and cities of Macedonia, I found an interesting tidbit about the Vergina Sun. What a cool coincidence. That gave me so much it's not even funny. Now I have 16 Houses on Macedon, all in constant conflict to vie for the throne.
3). Xerxes is coming to life too, a necessity as he is the primary conflict that Kleopatra is facing. I need urgency on her part. After 5 years, why would she dare try to take Philip again? Ah. I know now.
I'm hoping to add about 10K words in this draft. I don't know that this is even possible by the end of the month, or with my list of revision ideas. Adding Kleopatra's POV will help, obviously, as well as enrich the story with new worldbuilding details. Cool stuff.
Rip off the wings of the Butterfly.
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Dude! The Vergina Sun was found in my birth year!
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Okay, that means nothing, but it's always cool to find out that fun stuff happened the same year you were born. The unearthing of the Vergina Sun. The opening of Star Wars. You know, stuff like that.
*grin*
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Okay, that means nothing, but it's always cool to find out that fun stuff happened the same year you were born. The unearthing of the Vergina Sun. The opening of Star Wars. You know, stuff like that.
*grin*
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