Novel Watch #27: +4 pages [26.5/62 revised, 71.5 total]
I had a busy day with friends today — not as productive as it could have been, but I had a lot of fun. I’m down to pretty much one scene before I have to add some new content, and I’m really looking forward to that. I want to be done with this revision so I can move on.
After I add this bit, the rest is mostly just an issue of patching things together in the right place. That’s good, because it means I can kind of skim a little as I go, and hopefully wrap up revision of part one by the end of next week (or earlier! That would be nice).
Just how do you deal with a sentient, evil tongue, anyway?
“It’s a tongue,†Adrianna said.
The sorcerer nodded. “Aye, that it be.â€
“How hard can it be to destroy a tongue?â€
“As thou hast seen, ’tis a tongue with a wrathful will. ’Twould not succumb lightly to harm, nor any magic I might devise.†He looked down at the bread in his left hand. He’d crushed it into a solid lump. “As much I might desire to end its life, ’tis not an easy task.â€
September 15th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
“…At which point he whipped out a fork, stabbed the tongue, breaded it, fried it, and enjoyed its delicious, aromatic flavors (a touch of nutmeg with a hint of rosemary) with a glass of fine red wine.”
September 16th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Jacob: Trust me, you don’t want that tongue in your mouth, be it fried and in pieces or no.
September 16th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Ooh. Is it a Michigan fan? There would be nothing worse.
September 17th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Are we talking sports? I’m confused.
[strangely, the idea of stabbing a fork into a tongue gives me the willies. serious willies. like I just shivered while thinking what it would feel like.]
It’s funny getting bits and pieces of the story as it gets written. Little *tiny* bits and pieces. It’s like trying to guess what a puzzle is going to be when you only have 1 puzzle piece from each square foot.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:01 am
c1: Sports? I think maybe?
And yeah, I have the same reaction when I think about eating tongue — even though it wouldn’t be human tongue. Yeeegh.
I’m glad you like the tiny puzzle pieces. Hopefully the story will make a lot more sense when it’s whole!
September 17th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Sports, you think maybe? Heh!
I am, of course, a Buckeye — naturally, this means I have a sort of hatred of Michigan. Why? It’s just the history of our competition. The football rivalry between the schools has been ranked as the #1 North American sports rivalry.
So kind of a sports things.