Hopefully, sometime in autumn I'll start a novel I've been wanting to write for most of the year, but decided on writing something else, something I'm hugely proud of so far. Haven't edited it yet, editing starts this Friday, but I want to properly finish 'ACICH' by early autumn and get to work on this next project. I certainly won't rush the editing, but I dawdled on my last novel because I kept putting off the tedious jobs. No more! Procrastination is the enemy. Although, I'm working long shifts for three weeks, my editing time will be sawed in half I reckon, but on those days off I'll pick up the pieces. Time waits for no man. Isn't that how the phrase goes?
Nostalgia
Without giving too much away before I've even started, 'RO' is going to be set purely in a fictional English college where a strange supernatural event has campus in a choke-hold. The setting is very much like the college I went to and since those memories are so persistent, I can't unlearn how it looks. I've mapped out the layout and the aim is to make campus feel like a character in its own right. Ben Aaronovitch's London setting is so characterful, it made me realize that settings can say so much about a story. The thing is, I struggle to move on and college was a time of my life where I found out loads of new things about myself. Mostly bad, but still, character development and all that, right? I spent three years there with the same crowd every day and that sort of thing stays with you. Earlier this year I tried to write this book, but I didn't because I wasn't finished with something else and I was writing blind. Now, I know I can do it and with all these nostalgic thoughts floating around, why not do something with it? And throw in the supernatural while you're at it too?
Like humans in general, all sorts of things trigger an emotional response and during the last few days, I've gotten back into 'In Flames', a band I discovered a couple of weeks before my first day at college. Also, we're almost halfway through August and this month always reminds me of the beginning of college. Summer is dying and the leaves will turn to autumn and that beautiful scene reminds me of a beautiful time, most of it anyway. It's like certain songs remind me of video games and vice-versa, certain films remind me of times and books remind me as well. It's hard to explain, but I've got the college blues I guess and I want to do something about it instead of sadly thinking about a time of my life I never knew I'd miss this much. Nostalgia sucks.
Like humans in general, all sorts of things trigger an emotional response and during the last few days, I've gotten back into 'In Flames', a band I discovered a couple of weeks before my first day at college. Also, we're almost halfway through August and this month always reminds me of the beginning of college. Summer is dying and the leaves will turn to autumn and that beautiful scene reminds me of a beautiful time, most of it anyway. It's like certain songs remind me of video games and vice-versa, certain films remind me of times and books remind me as well. It's hard to explain, but I've got the college blues I guess and I want to do something about it instead of sadly thinking about a time of my life I never knew I'd miss this much. Nostalgia sucks.
Life Isn't Like This
Memories often serve for landing pads for stories, I know it does for me, but I always twist them around with make-belief. In this case, the supernatural of some kind. I've no idea what exactly is going to happen in this college, but I've got a general idea and I know who the characters are. I always like doing something different after each writing project and I'm bloody keen on getting stuck into this story. 'ACICH' has a lot of university about it, in fact, university is the main antagonist and the main character is somebody who always tries to hold on to the past and hates change. Change is only good if it makes things better, and annoyingly, it doesn't come around as often as it should. Dr House understands the ugly truth of life more than most. University isn't something I think about that much, I hated it whereas college was a blast and not just because of the people. The work (the reason for going) was fun too. University ruined everything.
Winter is on the way and with it comes a host of nostalgia. I love the cold so much, more than I can explain and nothing beats it. Chances are, this new novel will be near completion just after Christmas and I can't think of anything cooler (writing wise) than writing/editing a new book during the winter season.
Please let it snow.
Songs of the Week:
Winter is on the way and with it comes a host of nostalgia. I love the cold so much, more than I can explain and nothing beats it. Chances are, this new novel will be near completion just after Christmas and I can't think of anything cooler (writing wise) than writing/editing a new book during the winter season.
Please let it snow.
Songs of the Week:
- 'Ready to Fall' by Rise Against
- 'People Live Here' by Rise Against
- 'Jesus of Suburbia' by Green Day
- 'Homecoming' by Green Day
- 'Our Infinite Struggle' by In Flames
- 'Come Clarity' by In Flames
- 'In Search for I' by In Flames
- 'My Sweet Shadow' by In Flames
- 'Lose You' by Pete Yorn
- 'The Funeral' by Band of Horses
- 'If You' by Skrux
- 'Another World' by No Limits
- 'Serenity' by Fracx
- 'Innocence' by Avril Lavigne