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Had to share
Oct. 3rd, 2008 08:17 pmCanum is rarely snarky; he's serious and so full of his sense of urgency that funny doesn't occur to him. And yet, he's capable of comments that stop me in my tracks for pure situational hilarity. Given what other people think of my own sense of humor, I doubt the following will really be funny to anyone else - especially out of (much) context, but I had to share this one he dropped on me today:
[he's just been insinuated to have been so dangerous as a youth that his family/brother locked him up...an allegation that is, like the best rumors, at least partly true]
[A's] smile was pinched at the edges. “You deny these accusations of instability?”
“My brother’s paranoia is not at issue."
If Kale had heard that exchange, he'd have frothed at the mouth. *g*
***
Once upon a time, back when I'd just started seriously considering the rewrite of this third Canum novel (Break), I despaired. The book topped out at about 275 pages, whereas the first and second books were each right around 375. Today, while continuing my slow-motion push through the (all but white paper) rewrite, I hit page 218 and am firmly in the middle of the book. In other words, Break has grown about 100 pages since I started this process.
::whew::
***
There's been some research, more desultory than serious; there are times at the day job when I really lack the brain to do any serious work but I can't really just close my eyes and recharge. Knowing what is in store at the end of this book, I've been googling PTSD. I need some more serious research reading on this subject, however, because what I'm finding addresses the recovery and I'm more interested in the wreckage that precedes said recovery. If anyone reading this has a favorite source for those sorts of anecdotes/info, relating preferably to physical torture, I'd love to hear about them.
Not that I'm mean to my characters or anything.
::grins with teeth::
[he's just been insinuated to have been so dangerous as a youth that his family/brother locked him up...an allegation that is, like the best rumors, at least partly true]
[A's] smile was pinched at the edges. “You deny these accusations of instability?”
“My brother’s paranoia is not at issue."
If Kale had heard that exchange, he'd have frothed at the mouth. *g*
***
Once upon a time, back when I'd just started seriously considering the rewrite of this third Canum novel (Break), I despaired. The book topped out at about 275 pages, whereas the first and second books were each right around 375. Today, while continuing my slow-motion push through the (all but white paper) rewrite, I hit page 218 and am firmly in the middle of the book. In other words, Break has grown about 100 pages since I started this process.
::whew::
***
There's been some research, more desultory than serious; there are times at the day job when I really lack the brain to do any serious work but I can't really just close my eyes and recharge. Knowing what is in store at the end of this book, I've been googling PTSD. I need some more serious research reading on this subject, however, because what I'm finding addresses the recovery and I'm more interested in the wreckage that precedes said recovery. If anyone reading this has a favorite source for those sorts of anecdotes/info, relating preferably to physical torture, I'd love to hear about them.
Not that I'm mean to my characters or anything.
::grins with teeth::
