Saturday, October 22, 2005
I'm reading Laura Kinsale's For My Lady's Heart.
Why am I announcing it like it's the most important thing in the world? Because this is my first Kinsale, after being afraid to read Kinsale because a) the hype b) the angst. See, I'm afraid of angst. Even though I do like writing painful character growth and romances, I am afraid to read them for fear of becoming emotionally drained at the end. Chalk it up to my accidental forays into the sagas from the 80s and 70s. So it's taken me a while to gather up the courage to read her. But so far so good, I especially like the Middle English because it forces me to really pay attention to the book.
I also added more books to my Victoria Holt collection. I love that woman's works.
On the writing front, I'm moving along with the plotting. For a moment I experienced a moment of hesitation because the structure and the plot of this WIP is unconventional. I've got the hero's POV and the heroine's POV, yadda yadda yadda, but there are some twists and turns that might be uncomfortable for some readers. But I'm sticking to it because I really, really, really like these characters and their story and I've found myself with the ability to seamlessly draw my knowledge of the setting into the story, as opposed to previously when I dumped everything in because I wanted the setting to really stand out and show that "hey, I did my research!". But I know I did it, so there's no need for me to constantly prove it--that's when the book becomes a history lesson. *g*
i can be. anything.
22.10.05
