tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post6139769882138197395..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: OngysdrailMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-92146035218262452202007-10-07T17:32:00.000-07:002007-10-07T17:32:00.000-07:00Welcome to my world! I am not the master of my hi...Welcome to my world! I am not the master of my hindbrain. I have learned somehow how to ride this horse, but I cannot tell it where to go.<BR/><BR/>I thought briefly that it might be Crow on the bike, but when last seen he'd broken up with Annie and she was in Elizabethan England promoting chastity as a universal way of life. Well . . . dictating, is more like it.<BR/><BR/>You're right, though, that the identity of the rider is central to the enterprise. I was thinking he was male, but I've gotta say your notion of her being female appeals to me. A redhead of course. "Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme." Yes, right, of course. It's got to be Red Molly.<BR/><BR/>This posting is a bit of a dog's breakfast, but welcome to my world. It's full of glimpses and fragments like that. Cool stuff, heroes without quests, worlds without challenges, waterfalls without barrels. But they all sit patiently and wait, and every now and then the thing they need comes along and I finish the story. Sometimes in a day.<BR/><BR/>So. I'll write this one as soon as I can. Might be tomorrow. Might be next year. Might be never. But give me enough slack and it'll get done, I promise.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-34800799374966319322007-10-03T09:55:00.000-07:002007-10-03T09:55:00.000-07:00Yeah, man, go with it! What happens next? Who does...Yeah, man, go with it! What happens next? Who does he meet at the Stump? Why? Who or what is our biker? Is he/she on vacation? A mission? Jeez, my mind is pinging now with what ifs! You'd better finish that story or else! (What you ask? Well, I'll cry or something. That'll show you!)TN-Tanukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911252662784008847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-15483419367629930062007-10-03T08:45:00.000-07:002007-10-03T08:45:00.000-07:00At the risk of being a bit prosaic and glossing ov...At the risk of being a bit prosaic and glossing over the idea of reinventing the mythology of Yggdrasil: I love the idea of a story set entirely on a tree.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a writer, but I like playing with story ideas so I have about 15 different "things" in various stages on my hard drive. I just keep forgetting that they are there.Thamuhachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323995104311605800noreply@blogger.com