I'm working on a new short
story…kind of a "prequel" to Bleeding Hearts. I don't have any intention
of turning it into a novel, though. This is one short story that is going to stay short.
*grin*
It's funny…I feel a bit like Doctor Who when I'm writing
in the Demimonde series--that's because I don't just try to imagine where the
story is going. I also have to figure out where it's been.
Where did Sophie come from? What shaped her current
mindset and emotional health? I know many of those answers because the story is
told from her point of view. She tells us a lot about herself in those
books.
But what about the other characters?
For me, this is the best part about writing a series. I
don't just write the stories--I also write the history books that brought them
all to the doorstep of the very first book. Like Doctor Who, I see the past, the
present, and the future--all at the same time. Many people might assume that
writing a series
entails following a string of events with the strict progression of cause to
effect but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like
a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey...
stuff.
And, considering the longevity of my demivampires, that means there
is potential for a lot of backstories. (Knowing my inability to keep short stories on the short side, I have been compiling notes on a true prequel, but that's another story altogether.)
This Demimonde short story "The Scent of Hope" will be
available in a sneak peek in a future newsletter. You can be one of the first
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And because I am now thoroughly stuck in Doctor Who mode, I might just have to go watch one of my favorite clips of the Doctor and Donna...em, I mean Mr. Logan and Lauren Cooper. (You're welcome *mwah*)
