My mom has moved back to Chico...YAY!! I'm glad she's here. Lot's of new things happening for me, but I can't say what just yet. Let's suffice it to say that I'm super excited about life in general right now.
I'm waaaaay ahead of schedule with my writing. I'm nearly done with my snow flake for my Djinn novel. I'm not going to call it Djinn: A Love Story anymore. As of yet, it is untitled. But I'll find one. Never fret. Anyway, I didn't expect to start snowflaking this novel until May first. Right now, there's no reason to think I won't be done snowflaking it by May First. That means I can start writing the novel a month ahead of schedule.
I recently finished reading She Wakes by Jack Ketchum. Great book for those of you who haven't had the pleasure. Lot's of nudity, sex, glistening pubic hair (yes, he uses this description a lot in this book), zombies, psychologically derranged people, gods and goddesses, oh, and did I mention sex and nudity? A lot of the characters are naked throughout the book. It's great! Oh, and the plot and characters are pretty awesome! I really enjoyed this book. Jack Ketchum is definitely a writer I'll be visiting again.
I'm currently reading a book by a new novelist, Kevin Dunn. It's called The Necromancer. I like it. It is based around the Salem Witch trials. I'm about halfway through it and so far I don't know what's coming. The book is keeping me guessing the whole way. Dunn has done a great job with this first book. I hope he keeps writing. Once I finish it, I'll do a better review here.
After reading She Wakes, I watched The Girl Next Door, which is based off of another of Jack Ketchum's books. In the start of the movie, he describes something that happened to a character in She Wakes. Now, for the moment, it is unclear to me as to whether or not he is refering to the same person or if he is simply reusing an event. This got me thinking, though, that Ketchum may have known someone who experienced this thing or he may have experienced it himself. He goes into great detail about it. I started thinking about how writers often use real life to make their stories more palpable. I know I do it. There are certain things I always describe the same and now I'm thinking that I could potentially turn something into a cliche in my own work simply by not thinking of a different way to describe it, even if it is the first time the thing has been described in this way. Or if I use the same event to illustrate a point.
Anyway, this thought is going off on a tangent that doesn't make much sense. I'm going to stop here. My puppy is nudging my arm and it's making it really difficult to write.
I'll post more when I