A Twist of Things to Come

Or in bed. *shrug* Naughty Muse. Anyway, had a bit of a brainstorm today about the nearly-completed first draft. It means I will have to re-write the first part of the climax, but it will increase the relevance of a certain character who started off as a throw-away and became so much more. That's two novels in which that has happened. I start to write in someone who has a very specific function for a brief moment in the story and he becomes fairly central to the entire remainder of the novel. In Boyhouse, it was Laniel. I'm sure I had no freaking clue how important he would be when I first wrote him, because I still have the scribbled on scrap paper draft of his first scene. Oy. In the shape-shifter novel, it's the military guy I first named Richard because I thought it was funny to have someone call him "Dick." I kept trying to write him out and he kept coming back. Now, at long last, I know why.

My brain, she is a scary place.

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I've decided to call my muse Marve. Or Marva, sometimes. I think my muse is situationally transsexual. The only thing I know for certain is that he/she usually visits when I'm naked. ;)

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On an unrelated but still creative note, I have a new drawing in the hopper besides the other two drawings in progress I have not yet completed. I'm going to put some time in on them over the next few days and see where that goes. They are all figures and all, more or less, illustrations. Every one is a challenge, though, so this should be interesting.

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One final note. Do Virginity Pledges Work? Not surprising, really, but still interesting. No statistically significant difference in the rates of premarital sex for pledgers and non-pledgers, but the purity crowd were significantly less likely to protect themselves from disease and unwanted pregnancy. *facepalm*