MONDAY POST MONARCH WRITERS MEETING - NOVEL WRITING WORK UPDATE - THE SKEIN - SHUNGYOSAI & CRYSTAL - Character Work AND HERE I DREAMT I WAS AN ARCHITECT And here I dreamt I was a soldierAnd I marched the streets of BurkenauAnd I recall in springThe perfume that the air would bringTo the indolent townWhere … Continue reading Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
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Updated the Synopsis of My Novel-In-Progress THE SKEIN
READ THE SYNOPSIS FOR MY CYBERPUNK NOVEL-IN-PROGRESS THE SKEIN HERE FROM CYBERPUNK PHILOSOPHER AND AUTHOR FOLLOW UPDATES OF THE SKEIN READ SYNOPSIS AT THEHAUNTEDTYPEWRITER.COM
THE SKEIN – Novel in Progress – New Chapter – Freshman Orientation Mixer at the Dorm First Week at MIT
She had a short skirt that was all a-rebellion of large pockets. It was earth brown and military green with etched metal buckles. She was going somewhere, looking good, and bringing plenty of supplies. Shungyosai didn’t know if it was the excitement of the first week being away at college, or the loud music. Maybe … Continue reading THE SKEIN – Novel in Progress – New Chapter – Freshman Orientation Mixer at the Dorm First Week at MIT
“A Little Trouble About Those White Corpuscles”
Sitting lifeless in an armchair, my limbs limp, dejected. The days when I realized where I had gotten to. Where I had come from. I had a brush with a magnificent soul, and only now was I able to see the brightness it offered. Of course, after what I myself had offered to connection at … Continue reading “A Little Trouble About Those White Corpuscles”
I Could Smell Your Thoughts and Thought, Do You Want to Touch a Lot Like Me? Too Scared to Say a Thing…
"Do you see those birds?" he asked. "Yeah, they don't even mind us in their midst, huh." "Do you think there's a computer program that controls them? That this whole park, in the larger city, in the larger grid of the universe, is just a simulation? And all their actions, the flocking pattern, is an … Continue reading I Could Smell Your Thoughts and Thought, Do You Want to Touch a Lot Like Me? Too Scared to Say a Thing…
All I Wanted Was a Pepsi
WE'RE NOT THE FIRST, I HOPE WE'RE NOT THE LAST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lH9EV_Urxk Maybe if I talk about it I'll feel a lot better. Nah, I don't want to. It's okay. I'm writing this character. He got dosed with acid at a halloween party. Ended up in the mental hospital. Was he really nuts, or was it … Continue reading All I Wanted Was a Pepsi
‘INTAKE PROCEDURES’ – ‘The Skein’ Novel-In-Progress Scene – Being Taken to the E.R. After Being Dosed With LSD, After a Night of Wandering Through the Woods Alone
‘Ogtrop’‘Yes.’‘Is that a name?’‘Yes.’He looked at me with a downward look, a kids glove type of condescension that expected misunderstanding. I mistook it for a scientific intention to experiment. Innocent, I took flight from the ordinary.‘Dr. Aleks Ogtrop. I’ll be taking care of you for the time being. Now, how are you feeling?’‘I… don’t know…? … Continue reading ‘INTAKE PROCEDURES’ – ‘The Skein’ Novel-In-Progress Scene – Being Taken to the E.R. After Being Dosed With LSD, After a Night of Wandering Through the Woods Alone
One Way to Keep Tone on Writing a Novel is to pick a ‘Theme’ Song – Here’s My Pick for ‘The Skein’ – ‘The Mountain Goats – Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise’
The 'Theme' Song for my novel 'The Skein: Birth of the Manticore' is this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1pEprPvJvg [Verse 1]This is just to say helloAnd to let you know I think of you from time to timeI know I never really knew you, but somehow I miss youAnd wish that you'd stayed in my life [Chorus]Making contact … Continue reading One Way to Keep Tone on Writing a Novel is to pick a ‘Theme’ Song – Here’s My Pick for ‘The Skein’ – ‘The Mountain Goats – Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise’
Synopsis of My Novel In Progress – ‘The Skein: Birth of the Manticore’ first of the Series ‘The Kybernetes Cycle’
THE SKEIN - Three Act Story Structure Outline for Novel ACT I Hook - The Protagonist Adolai Shungyosai has just spent the night with his new girlfriend, and she sleeps over after a brief discussion of the weight of the intentions for their developing relationships. He has class in the morning and meets a new … Continue reading Synopsis of My Novel In Progress – ‘The Skein: Birth of the Manticore’ first of the Series ‘The Kybernetes Cycle’
Longer Novel Excerpt – Group Therapy in the Mental Hospital
An Excerpt from my NOVEL-IN-PROGRESS 'THE SKEIN' Shungyosai, my main character, is in the mental hospital after being dosed with LSD at a Halloween bonfire party. In the hospital he meets a guy he calls the regular, a patient with severe mental health issues who occasionally checks himself in when the real world gets to … Continue reading Longer Novel Excerpt – Group Therapy in the Mental Hospital
