Notes and Things

Intermission

Just a little warning I will be taking a break from Spirits & Angels. I feel like it's a good point between sections and instead will be posting a short story I've been working on. The Short story is going to be less 20,000 words and when it is done I'll get back to S & A.

Since the short story is almost done and I'll just be posting 3-4K chapters plus aprologue and epilogue. This will give me time to devolve further into the world of S&A.

After that I'm seriously considering early retirement from writing, but more on that later.


Chapter 13

Rambling
Thank you for the feedback on chapter 13, I was unsure about putting it up together but there was no good breaking point. Chapter 13 was tough because I had written up a new outline, originally Sofia wasn't going to leave but it felt like the right direction.

I think the two are going to start learning more about their relationship to each other. I will admit I did "lie" because I knew how Sofia really got pregnant, it was important for her to be in complete denial because waaay back in New Angel people think that all foster kids use drugs. . .

Shawna
I know I stole Winston but I really wanted the name of a place in North Carolina

Background
This chapter was different in that I heard "Why Georgia Why" and wanted to write a chapter for it way back since chapter 4. I knew it would involve someone on an empty highway (which is no where near what the song is about) with a destination.

I also hesitated with the back-and-forth but I loved the way SH did it that I thought I'd give it a try. Also I didn't want it to come off too linear.

Music
As, 'Perri' mentioned I used a lot of country music and that was intentional. Like I said I considered writing Sofia's time in NC by itself and wanted to use all country music to set a tone but It just didn't work out that way.

Miranda Lambert - I like her voice and recently saw her on a Wal Mart commerical.

Sober by Kelly Clarkson - That section was also written for this particular song. It worked well because the chapter takes place over 3 months.

Retrospective & Numerals
In my last post I mentioned I did something rather tricky and it was in IV. I was afraid of overdoing the retrospective. Here is how it went

1. Sofia is presently in the car with Tomas flashing back to Washington Square park
2. Sofia is in Washington Square park flashing back to arriving at Severine's that morning where she is flashing back to 2 months ago. Then it all folds up to her leaving Severine's and going back to the beginning of IV where she is in the park.

Did that make sense ?

As far as Numerals go, I threw them in there last minute to differentiate the past from the present.

Pictures
Sofia's first outfit is based on this picture (via Life Magazine) of Jackie O that is also the picture for XIII that was distorted, in another version (I don't have) you can see that she is barefoot.

Also I found this website where I may from time to time post picture of the chapter's outfits. Here are some things I could see Sofia wearing in this chapter.


What to expect . . .

I really have ta sense of what I want from the characters in this and the following chapters, Sometimes I feel like I introduce so many secondary characters but it's just an example of how I feel my life has been.

I think I have put a little more of myself and life in these next two chapters.

Thanks

- LL

A Little Gift

here is a link for my new project !

" I will say that it will reflect on some of my interest as a teenager including science fiction, horror, paranormal and whimsical fantasy fairytale"