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Tag: Darla
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Darla’s Diversion
Summer Garden
Clay soil, stubborn weeds
The mantis watches askance
Roots finally yield~
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Thursday Thirteen
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Keeping the Faith
I recently finished reading an m/m book from the “Heaven Sent” series by Jet Mykles. I really enjoyed “Faith”, the story of Heaven Sent drummer Darien and his burgeoning relationship with the lawyer who finalized his divorce. Attorney Chris Faith is not only every bit as likeable as members of the band, his believable flaws make him very approachable to the reader. My kudos to Ms. Mykles.
For his realism, the character actually inspired this blog post with what I consider an interesting dimension. In short, Ms. Mykles created Mr. Faith as a rather stuffy but consummate lawyer with a passion for acting. The Englishman went so far as to have Shakespearian training! This understandably impresses Darien, who wonders what it would be like to watch his new lover on stage. Alas, he seems to keep this admission to himself.Meanwhile, the lawyer’s reason for staying out of the limelight as legal counsel to actors and musicians stems from a dislike of auditions. His career puts him in touch with people he admires without the potential risks inherent in artistic performance. That sounds exactly like fear sabotaging Chris Faith’s inner creativity.
In my humble opinion, Chris Faith has lost faith in himself. He needs to follow at least one course in Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way”. I’m even half tempted to contact Jet Mykles to ask that she evolve this character into a man living his artistic potential. Do you think she’d be amused or think I’m crazy? Maybe I should just keep this fan girl notion to myself. What do you think?
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Thursday Thirteen
It’s Thursday again, when we like to share lists of thirteen random things…
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – My NaNoWriMo Revisit
The year is half over and I just realized that I never went back and revisited my National Novel Writing Month project from November. It’s hard to believe so much time has passed! So this past weekend seemed the perfect time to look at that material and consider revisions.The interesting part about this NaNoWriMo product is that I changed both point of view and gender of the main character from an older, shorter piece. Fellow writers can probably imagine what a difference those alterations caused. Like trying to recall a dream, I don’t really remember what I’d written, which makes this whole reading experience all the more interesting.
A part of me knows that I should just do a quick read through and then go back and consider changes. However, resisting rewrites just isn’t happening. I’ve decided not to worry about my irresistible temptation as long as the inner critic doesn’t rear its ugly head.
What about you? Did you participate in NaNoWriMo or have another project collecting dust? I’ll hope you’ll join me in rediscovering a rough gem. Happy writing!
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Thursday Thirteen
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