Sunday, July 4, 2010

Inspired by Kara

Here's the post that got me to blog again. :)

Sorry the blog has gone all dusty and whatnot. To be honest, I was flailing there for a period of two weeks. I did not make 50K last month, for the first time since I have found my new writing philosophy (ie: no excuses, 2k a day, time's a wastin' philosophy born NaNoWriMo of 2009). But I've pushed the count up to 53,696 for the Unicorn Hunter. I'm on track to finish this month. I have yet to do any more subbing, something I really need to do! I've come this far....

Right now, I am writing a story with unicorns. I won't say its about unicorns, but they are there and an important part of the story. My first novel was heavy, heavy on the unicorns and the pegasusususes. I love them. I can't get enough of them. Same with castles and princesseseses (I enjoy the buttkicking variety) and elves and prophesy and the dark space under the trees where danger lurks, and the long trek across the countryside from danger into darker danger, the wisdom of old men, the apple-red cheek of a country girl, the sword of limitless power, the crone that foretells destiny, the castle that isn't what it appears to be, the warlord that has an epiphany, the girl that does what she shouldn't despite the danger to her reputation, the mage that risks burning themselves out to develop their power, the knight that fights for his lady, the king that sacrifices himself for his kingdom, the queen that risks the kingdom itself to vanquish evil.

I have yet to get enough of any of it. Some people had imaginary friends growing up. I had a cast of thousands. Guess it was only a precursor for my love of epic fantasy.

10 comments:

  1. I love unicorns and pegasuses too. And I had the same precursor for a love of fantasy.

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  2. I love fantasy. In fact, I think fantasy and science fiction is the genre I read the most of, the former more than the latter. Elves, unicorns, fairies, magic, ghosts, kingdoms, knights...

    I can't get enough of it either.

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  3. Hey you gotta love epic fantasy, cos it's epic :D

    I'm with you girl. Now get writing!

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  4. Just checking out your post through your link on AW :) I used to be a strictly high-fantasy girl, and as time went on and I started working on my current project (which is *gasp* contemporary, don't worry it baffled me as much as anyone when I started writing it) I thought those days were in my past. I just want to say that this post made me remember my love, because I, too, cannot get enough of all the things you listed. Classic! I was feeling discouraged today but this cheered me up :)

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  5. Great Blog post Bettie!! You made my day, I can't believe I inspired you! I think you're incredible, you know this, but it was nice to get to know you a little more! I like fantasy, but I'm the butt-kicking princess variety kind myself too, and I'm more of a "celtic" fantasy girl, I do tend to stick closer to horror and darker things, but I can settle comfortably in fantasy on most occasions!

    Hugs to you lady!

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  6. aw shucks, Thanks for chiming in everyone. Eyes are nearly dried to prunes (dried prunes) in my face from looking for new agents to query. Thanks so much for the feedback - glad I'm not alone!!

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  7. Everything you write is stuff I'd love to read! I LOVE unicorns. Have you seen the movie "Legend"? Great unicorns in there.

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  8. yes! I had the calendar that was nothing but the two unicorns from the movie - but it was weird, it didn't say it was them, but it was!!

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  9. omg... what happened to my post?! I thanked you all most kindly for the inputs.... and it are gone!

    But I thank you all for your inputs, and of course, de Hinny for inspiring meh. :)

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  10. Hey. There it is again. Weird.

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