What it SHOULD be is a gorgeous, terrifying tangle of the mythical and the real, the archaic and the modern, the debased and the sublime.
What it IS, is a gangling, half-baked mess that has very little real meat to it -- only random in-depth explanations and descriptive passages. There's some clever dialogue, too, but as it lacks a foundation, it falls pretty flat.
My imagination has truly taken me MUCH further than the actual work I've accomplished -- but I am determined not to let it remain that way! It's just that the realization of having miles to go before I sleep -- and the realization of how MANY miles -- brings me a little low. I feel like a great deal of it is premature, but I will attempt to flesh it out and make something actually HAPPEN. I have this blog to whip up interest in something that doesn't quite exist yet -- but it's here to let you know it WILL. Keep your eyes out for the trilogy. Yes, the series has a name, but the individual books don't yet. But let me tell you: when it's done, and it's out there, it will have a blurb on the back using words like "betrayal" and "passion," and, if I'm really fortunate, maybe even "sweeping" or "epic."
"Mother! Do you realize what you just SAID?"
"Of course. I said 'if.'"
"Oh. IF."
-Walt Disney's Cinderella
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