Category: TalysMana

  • Finished ‘Interlude: Nate The Lesser Evil’

    Got 452 words, got the scene finished, and it’s posted to the mailing list. This went well, but it also went dark on me. I managed to scare myself a bit, and the new character in the scene, who came about because of some serious Sweet Spot mapping, is giving me nightmares. I have discovered…

  • I GOT MY RESOLUTION!

    All caps… Yes. I’m shouting. You know I wanted to come up with some magnificent challenge for myself to pledge as my New Year’s Resolution, to have going in some beginning fashion before I turn 50 in October of next year. And I was standing in the shower just minutes ago, and thinking about TalysMana…

  • The First TalysMana Artifact Is Now On Sale

    Becky writes: The first piece of Official TalysMana Jewelry is now available – The Taylsmana Viewer. This is the original piece that Kettan receives in the mysterious package at the very beginning of the novel. This is what sets Kettan’s story in motion. I had 30 that I could get shipped and in the mail…

  • Interlude #2 — Nate The Lesser Evil

    As hinted at in the title, this scene is from Nate’s POV, and is introducing more of the WHY of the whole story…along with adding what I hope are some scary promises to fulfill later on. I got 376 words, and am 11K into the story. It’s running longer scenewise than I’d anticipated, so it…

  • Posted the Next TalysMana Scene

    So I got to it. The WHY of TalysMana. Not entirely the how—not yet—though I leaked some of that in this scene. But the WHY is in there…why is this happening at all, why is it happening to Kettan, why does it matter, why does she care. There’s a bigger and deeper why later on…but…

  • The What Is, and the What Could Be

    Gash walks Kettan with the problem that exists in Story…and she discovers to her horror that her beautiful little worlds are endangered in ways she never even dared to imagine. I’m getting into the heart and theme of the story now, and it’s unfolding for me, and surprising me as it does. Got 1045 words…

  • Slog, Slog

    I not only did the Lesson 6 worksheet, but also rewrote and added significantly to Lesson 6 itself, which has taken all day, including the time I would usually spend on TalysMana. And the kid is sick, AND I think I’m catching it. So I’m not going to get fiction words tonight. I am, instead,…

  • Tigers & Otters & Zombies, Oh MY!

    Kettan finds herself in the world she mostly created when she was about fifteen—and discovers that it’s the place she imagined it would be… but that she isn’t the person she thought SHE was. And Fred…well, Fred the Basset Hound presented a new talent. 419 words. I’m going to have to do some work on…

  • The Queen of the World goes hiking

    Kettan crossed paths with Nate. She’s having Viewer issues, and refusing to question her sanity in spite of some trying circumstances. I’m getting a lot of the voice I want with this, though as usual, first draft is coming in pretty thin. However, I finished the scene, and am putting it up over at Talysmana.com…

  • Somewhere, I’m Queen of the World

    Kettan once again sees her alterself in the shadows, this time as a captive in hellish danger. I just did a rough start on the next scene (titled above), and I’m not sure where it’ll end up. I want to get her into Story, but I don’t want to make it easy for her to…