Here it is. The
first Saturday night of the new year and I once again find myself
doing something that I don’t usually do. Writing not only about
the writing but about the blog. And about my plans for the blog in
2019.
You think that I
plan this stuff out?
TP (giggles):
Silly humans.
If this is your
first visit to my blog let me give you head’s up. In my every day
life, I plan things a lot. Like all the time. Even dinner. Okay I
plan dinner most of the time. I plan it some of the time. I have
been known to plan dinners out in the past.
In my writing
life, any planning that takes place is all up here. (Points to head).
I am a Pantser. I fly by the seat of my pants. I say whatever comes
to mind. Filtering happens during the edit. If you’re lucky.
My plan was to
post the first two installments of the current story beginning next
Saturday night. But here I am, sitting in High Command half asleep
because, hey...it’s Saturday night. I have to say something. I
don’t
want people to think that just because I have been a bit quiet during
the month of December that it’s going to be a permanent thing.
Not
happening man.
I’ve
been here this long. Why stop now?
In
2018, I did mix things up a bit with the blog. Writing other stories
without the usual cast of characters that I have come to know and
love is fun but the truth is after a while a writer’s characters
especially the ones that you write a lot...they become family.
Although I did enjoy
venturing out a bit into other types of fiction I did miss them.
(Looks
around) They’re all here.
With me. In High Command, while I’m writing. Tinkletoes is getting
damn frustrated at this lack of attention. He’s a big man. (That’s
what he says.) His people miss him. A lot.
Dude
relax. We’ve got like...five followers.
“Five?
Are you sure?” Tinkletoes
asks.
Carp
says, “She couldn’t be a writer if she didn’t know how to
read.”
“I
guess not.”
In
2019, I want to tell more stories featuring the characters that I
have missed so much
during
these last months. Writer Lady, Tinkletoes, TP, Carp, Ray, Dobby,
Diomedes, Furnatche, Spots, Smudge, Peter, Dylan, Paige, and
Aunt Purdy. We’ll see who
else turns up. Where did Daemon go anyway?
Dylan
crosses the room and stops next to my chair. I look down at the four
year old. “Where did the old sword go? Does Pirate still have it?”
He asks.
I
shake my head.
Peter
enters and stands behind his younger brother. “No. We got it back.
The queen insisted that it stay with her for now.”
“But
it belongs in Faerie.” The tow-headed boy says.
Writer
Lady looks at me and says, “It’s okay. I’ll explain it to him.”
I
nod.
She
steers Dylan out of High Command quietly explaining that as the
current reigning monarch of England and the Commonwealth the queen
has the final word regarding the custody and protection of Excalibur.
I
listen as Dylan becomes more insistent that the magical sword belongs
in Faerie.
Writer
Lady finally gives up and says, “Fine. When you meet the queen of
England you can discuss it with her.”
Dylan
is packing for England now.
This
should be interesting.
There
may be some new characters and different kinds of stories online in
2019. I have a pair of spies that I am anxious to work with (I was
hoping for a collaboration for that one but I have yet to run into
the right partner for it), I have also been hearing whispers of a
small town where on one Saturday morning all of the introverts ran
wild for one day...it might
have potential.
Remember,
as a writer and a pantser (standing with head held high wearing a
pair of men’s boxers on my
head and holding up a broom like Gandalf with his staff), "I Commit To
Nothing."
TP
and his harem of pixies toast in unison. “Commit To Nothing.”
They fly away laughing at me
and my silliness.
So
now you know what the deal is. Beginning
next Saturday, January 12, 2019, I will use this month to re-post the
beginning of the current story. Then we will pick up where I left
off. It looks like Tinkletoes and House will be going head to
um...crown molding(?) in a battle of wills. She has magic on her
side. Tinkletoes? He has um...um...camo. Lots of camo. And stuff. It
will be fun.
Thanks
for reading. See you next week.
HR
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