An unseasonably chilly randomocity

Let's get this weather thing out of the way--it's chilly and rainy outside. In August. In Georgia. Can you say "Global Climate Change?" I thought you could!

This new idea I mentioned earlier is beginning to sort of catch fire. I keep having ideas about it, making connections, seeing stuff I can do regarding subtext and foreshadowing and all that. I've read over what I've done so far and it's not bad for a first draft. Maybe, just maybe, I'm onto something.

I'm calling it Dreamer's Story, Dreamer being what I call the central character. She's probably going to be the most complicated character I've ever written. I'm actually looking forward to it, instead of dreading it. This is fun. This is why I do this.

At this point I don't even know how long it's going to be. All I can say is it's going to be multiple books, but not an unlimited series--there is an ultimate story arc that will be concluded in the final book.

I hate unlimited series, by the way. Just flat-out hate them. Every idea I've had for anything--comic books, TV shows, novels, whatever--has had a limit to the number of installments.

There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is a story consideration--there are only so many stories that can be told in a given setting, and eventually the whole thing becomes stale and you begin repeating yourself. At some point it has to end. The best place to end it? In a place where the bigger, over-riding issues have been settled, but maybe some other, more minor (from a plot point-of-view) issues may still be unanswered. Let the fans continue the story for themselves at that point. They may grumble about not having every single tiny plot point addressed, but they'll also have a great deal of fun fighting among themselves about what happened after the story ended.

The other reason is economic--being able to purchase the entire thing, from beginning to end, in one boxed set, is very appealing. If you love it you can read/watch/listen to the entire thing from start to finish in one sitting if you are so inclined.

Anyways, that's going to be my weekend. I'm going to be pounding out more words in this thing, and doing some drawing and painting. And laundry. Don't forget laundry.

There's always laundry.