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[Fic] "The Sun and the Moon" -- original
Dec. 18th, 2006 02:02 pmThis is a fairy tale set in the world of The Moon's Daughter, though it has nothing to do with either the Isles or the witches of Immish. Instead, this is a love story, of sorts.
ETA, 9/10/08: minor word flow tweaks, so it reads better aloud.
ETA, 12/19/08: elaboration on the gift-giving section, to make the moon less passive and the sun slightly less of a creepy stalker
( The Sun and the Moon )
Other stuff:
1) I'm slowly plugging away at "Undertow," which is a loose sequel to "Tides," and have firmly outlined the final scene of "Secrets" chapter 11 -- it was being a pain because I had no effective cut-off point, but the scene had no purpose either, beyond filling space. Then I realized that if I yanked one key realization out of the penultimate scene, and let Ginny and Neville have a particular conversation in the final scene, things would work much better. So that's what I'm doing.
I like Neville. Also, Ginny-Neville interaction is good because it lays groundwork for them being friends of sorts in GoF, when he asks her to the Yule Ball and she agrees.
2) I mailed two Christmas presents today. I really should have done that last week, but I forgot and only got them wrapped on Sunday. Then I had the fun of trying to find ReadyMail packages and/or envelopes that fit my gifts. I ended up sending the coffee table book in a bubble wrap envelope, and the four bars of cold-kettle organic scented soap in a video cassette box. Hey, if it fits, it fits! (And I remembered to bring my aunt and uncle's address with me! My day-to-day memory is a sieve, but I can be taught. Sometimes.)
3) I need to buy electrical tape, because the wires on my hairdryer are totally stripped and the copper strands have nearly separated. I'm not sure when this happened, but I nearly burned my hand on bare wiring this morning, and I need that fixed before the weather turns cold again. I walk everywhere -- I have no car -- and walking around in typical winter weather with wet hair is not on my list of favorite activities!
ETA, 9/10/08: minor word flow tweaks, so it reads better aloud.
ETA, 12/19/08: elaboration on the gift-giving section, to make the moon less passive and the sun slightly less of a creepy stalker
( The Sun and the Moon )Other stuff:
1) I'm slowly plugging away at "Undertow," which is a loose sequel to "Tides," and have firmly outlined the final scene of "Secrets" chapter 11 -- it was being a pain because I had no effective cut-off point, but the scene had no purpose either, beyond filling space. Then I realized that if I yanked one key realization out of the penultimate scene, and let Ginny and Neville have a particular conversation in the final scene, things would work much better. So that's what I'm doing.
I like Neville. Also, Ginny-Neville interaction is good because it lays groundwork for them being friends of sorts in GoF, when he asks her to the Yule Ball and she agrees.
2) I mailed two Christmas presents today. I really should have done that last week, but I forgot and only got them wrapped on Sunday. Then I had the fun of trying to find ReadyMail packages and/or envelopes that fit my gifts. I ended up sending the coffee table book in a bubble wrap envelope, and the four bars of cold-kettle organic scented soap in a video cassette box. Hey, if it fits, it fits! (And I remembered to bring my aunt and uncle's address with me! My day-to-day memory is a sieve, but I can be taught. Sometimes.)
3) I need to buy electrical tape, because the wires on my hairdryer are totally stripped and the copper strands have nearly separated. I'm not sure when this happened, but I nearly burned my hand on bare wiring this morning, and I need that fixed before the weather turns cold again. I walk everywhere -- I have no car -- and walking around in typical winter weather with wet hair is not on my list of favorite activities!
