I thought I would take a moment this week to detail some of my writing endeavors, in an effort to better acquaint you with what I have on my desk at this hour. I am currently working on two projects, though one has monopolized most of my attention. The two works are Bleodsian and An Unbinding Tie. The former is a novella, the first I have written, and the latter a short work I scribbled out some days ago.
Bleodsian, which is old English for sprinkling blood, is a story about Richard Cacciare and his quest for life. He suffers from a very rare blood disorder and is dying; with the aid of a “voice” which seems to control him at times, he embarks on a rather unusual -to put it mildly- means of procuring a rejuvenation of energy. The novella is approximately 90 pages, and is the first one I have written. I have to say, after writing the work in that format, I enjoy the length of the novella, but still the shortness of the entire work. It is not too cumbersome, like a novel, but still expandable enough to give ample description and character development. I have been editing Bleodsian for the past few days, and so far I am very pleased with the editions. I read the document first, then my little editor, my wife, applied her brilliant editorial skill to the text, and read through it also. It was certainly a “rough draft,” but it is coming along nicely. I feel confident by the third revision the text will be spotless and ready for sale.
The other work, An Unbinding Tie, is a short story about a favorite topic of mine: the dead! In the story, the narrator loses his lover, and acquires the lover’s dog at her request. The animal never really takes to the man, but when a new girl comes along, the dog begins to exhibit bizarre behavior. First, the dog leaves messy tracks through the house, then, after some time, leaves bloodied tracks instead. The story ultimately deals with the idea of the dead not truly being dead, but still interacting with the living through various means. It is a theme taking from Poe’s works, in which the dead were never truly dead. I have, however, added a bit of free-lance interpretation to it; the dead are never truly dead, and when they return, they are pissed! Without giving away the ending, such is the case with An Unbinding Tie. We have both read through it, but the novella is controlling my time now. Once it is out of the way, I can commit some time to its structure.
Aside from the stories, I am doing a little bit of research and working out some ideas for future projects. You may remember the idea notebook I spoke of in an earlier post; I am getting some ideas ready for submission into its hallowed pages. It is a busy time now, but it is nothing more than usual. For a workload this is rather light compared to other times.
I rather dislike editing; it is time-consuming and not near as much fun as writing. I sometimes have to force myself to edit. With the novella, I am about half finished with it. Only two more reads and it will be finished. Needless to say, we have only begun. You should have seen me when I was editing the 232 page novel!
That is all for now. I hope everyone had a good week. As always, good luck writing!
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