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![[info]](http://www.commiejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nebris |
| 2008-10-11 12:06 |
| "Prelude on The Evening of a Harlequin" [unfinished] |
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~This is a novella I started a few years ago that has since stalled. It is only in the last few weeks that I realized why it did so.
Like almost everyone in this culture, I am an Individual, First and Foremost.
E pointed out that as I am functionally an Only Child [ten and half years older than the nearest sibling], largely grew up among adults, and lived in books and fantasy worlds for most of my childhood, I am even more an Individual than most.
But the society of these women is based upon The Trikona, the 'bond group' of three Sisters first made in childhood and replicated throughout all important relationships.
That is my challenge as a writer, to reset my mind and feelings toward the Trikona, to show how it permeates everything in their lives. And also how they are each still individuals while being so deeply bonded to their Sisters.
I finally realized that “Prelude” is based upon an Individualistic view of the world and therefore fails to truly represent this society, so I am setting it aside.
However, it does have a lot of good material to work with and, while it is now 'on the shelf', it has been an important laboratory in experimenting with this universe. ( So, here is what I had done with it so far... )
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| nebris |
| 2008-10-10 10:36 |
| Five From McClatchy This Morning |
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American heartland is suffering from Wall Street's woes
While all eyes are on Wall Street's plunge, the snowballing financial crisis is sending an already weak Main Street economy into decline. Dispatches from McClatchy newspapers in 30 U.S. cities make it clear that Main Street America is suffering from the deteriorating health of Wall Street. Banks are unable or unwilling to lend amid the growing crisis, and that's deepening the downturn.[Read All]
China's sitting on piles of money. Why won't it help?
China sits on a huge pile of money, and its policymakers crave global assets. So why doesn't China spend a little and save the world from global financial meltdown? Economists give a number of reasons why China prefers to sit on the sidelines of the global turmoil, focusing instead on protecting its economy and maintaining growth powered by consumers at home.[Read All]
For legions of lawyers, bad markets are good business
As the corporate victims continue to pile up in Wall Street's great financial collapse, that flapping noise coming from the skies over Manhattan isn't the pigeons circling, it's the vultures. With personal fortunes, retirement savings and institutional assets evaporating each day, swarms of attorneys from some of the nation's most prestigious firms are positioning themselves to cash in on the escalating misery.[Read All]
Struggling KC area food pantries issue plea for help
If hard times have found you, you're likely to find they've hit area food pantries too. An Excelsior Springs pantry is completely out of cereal. A midtown Kansas City pantry no longer gives out snacks or juice. Another has no hygiene products. Many pantries are in a double bind: More people are coming for help, but donations are down.[Read All]
Sacramento voters displaced by foreclosure can still vote
After the bank took Amanda Moore-Stevens' Sacramento home last year and her husband died of a heart attack, changing her voter registration to her new address was not a priority. "It wasn't something I was thinking about," said Moore-Stevens.[Read All]
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