Ahaha, laughing out loud as I read that. You, darling, have a finely tuned sense of humor. I'm really loving it how you're able to find an amusing note between the serious dialogue. Katy is apparently in serious trouble, but she can't resist being her true self. A noble feature most of the contemporary people are seriously lacking - being upright and stoic regardless of the situation they're in. Admirable, indeed. The feature that distinguishes real heroes and heroines from ordinaries.
Thanks! Upright and stoic indeed - although she does have a few advantages which some might call superpowers, although she's limited in her use of them by the rules of galactic diplomacy lol.
I should've mentioned there's a kind of multiverse thing coming along with Katy, as each story sort of sees her in a parallel world, although the trick is she or each version of her, is totally aware of all the other parallel versions, even though the other (human) characters aren't. It's kind of made me realise that in Katy I've sort of created a very postmodern 'anti-' version of all these comic-type superheroes. I think with the next Katy story I write I will have to make an overt reference to that.
I'm really pleased you're enjoying this story - in which case you will really like her other ones - after this one I'll probably leave a few weeks break then publish the second one, which, if you like the humour in this one, you will love even more...
Have you read Katy's McGuffin yet? I think you would love that one - there's lots of funny references to conspiracy theories, especially the lunar landing memes - so you would get all those references I think and enjoy it more than most.
really enjoyable! im grrrrr-ing that im finding it difficult to read all these in the right order and in nice big succulent dollops. it has the feel of something immensely satisfying.
how it fits in your head, Evelyn!
i think ive jsut been gorging and spewing short short stories all year and taken my eye off my three potential part written novel worthy things. you're showing me the sort of discipline and mental rigour that's needed to write something on a grand scale.
How come it’s a difficult to read in the right order? I’m sure my previous-next links are correct. Unless you’re just playing catch-up.
Anyway - you should definitely resume your part-written stuff. The way I tend to write is I do it in my head first. So by the time I sit down to actually write I’m familiar with the whole setting, the characters, and the plot. That way I can still write organically. Other people do this by writing copious notes - I do have a lot of notes, but these also happen after my meditation/contemplation/daydreaming.
When I first started properly writing in more volume, I suppose that was late teens, I did just write organically, but I didn’t really put in any mental preparation at all. So it all came out as a jumbled mess. Each fragment was good in itself, but the only coherence was as a kind of illustration of my brain’s oddball progress, with philosophical trains of thought and such like. There was no coherence of plot or anything.
This is the difference between what I do now - that’s why my more adult stuff actually makes some semblance of sense and continuity (well, almost).
Actually, that word ‘continuity’ is arguably the most important word of all in writing fiction. And it’s a psychological continuity - it applies as much to the characters and the setting as it does to the plot, because all three of those aspects are fundamentally interrelated.
Ooh - getting a bit deep here. We can’t be having that.
"I don't follow the horses".
Ahaha, laughing out loud as I read that. You, darling, have a finely tuned sense of humor. I'm really loving it how you're able to find an amusing note between the serious dialogue. Katy is apparently in serious trouble, but she can't resist being her true self. A noble feature most of the contemporary people are seriously lacking - being upright and stoic regardless of the situation they're in. Admirable, indeed. The feature that distinguishes real heroes and heroines from ordinaries.
Thanks! Upright and stoic indeed - although she does have a few advantages which some might call superpowers, although she's limited in her use of them by the rules of galactic diplomacy lol.
I should've mentioned there's a kind of multiverse thing coming along with Katy, as each story sort of sees her in a parallel world, although the trick is she or each version of her, is totally aware of all the other parallel versions, even though the other (human) characters aren't. It's kind of made me realise that in Katy I've sort of created a very postmodern 'anti-' version of all these comic-type superheroes. I think with the next Katy story I write I will have to make an overt reference to that.
I'm really pleased you're enjoying this story - in which case you will really like her other ones - after this one I'll probably leave a few weeks break then publish the second one, which, if you like the humour in this one, you will love even more...
Have you read Katy's McGuffin yet? I think you would love that one - there's lots of funny references to conspiracy theories, especially the lunar landing memes - so you would get all those references I think and enjoy it more than most.
Cracking soundtrack too, if I say so myself...
the thick plottens!
really enjoyable! im grrrrr-ing that im finding it difficult to read all these in the right order and in nice big succulent dollops. it has the feel of something immensely satisfying.
how it fits in your head, Evelyn!
i think ive jsut been gorging and spewing short short stories all year and taken my eye off my three potential part written novel worthy things. you're showing me the sort of discipline and mental rigour that's needed to write something on a grand scale.
love the themes. all my faves (minus horror)
How come it’s a difficult to read in the right order? I’m sure my previous-next links are correct. Unless you’re just playing catch-up.
Anyway - you should definitely resume your part-written stuff. The way I tend to write is I do it in my head first. So by the time I sit down to actually write I’m familiar with the whole setting, the characters, and the plot. That way I can still write organically. Other people do this by writing copious notes - I do have a lot of notes, but these also happen after my meditation/contemplation/daydreaming.
When I first started properly writing in more volume, I suppose that was late teens, I did just write organically, but I didn’t really put in any mental preparation at all. So it all came out as a jumbled mess. Each fragment was good in itself, but the only coherence was as a kind of illustration of my brain’s oddball progress, with philosophical trains of thought and such like. There was no coherence of plot or anything.
This is the difference between what I do now - that’s why my more adult stuff actually makes some semblance of sense and continuity (well, almost).
Actually, that word ‘continuity’ is arguably the most important word of all in writing fiction. And it’s a psychological continuity - it applies as much to the characters and the setting as it does to the plot, because all three of those aspects are fundamentally interrelated.
Ooh - getting a bit deep here. We can’t be having that.