When I started drafting Nevermore, I knew that there would be sex in the story. And that freaked me out just a little. If you've ever read any book with a sex scene in it, it usually stands jarringly apart from the tone/pace/language/you name it of the rest of the book. Even in erotica, sex is cheesy, which is why romance novels and their ilk are so frequently mocked. You can have cheesy sex, silly sex, boring sex, grotesque sex, or obscure, abstract, and uninteresting sex. Very rarely have I found stories where the love scenes don't make me giggle or wince.*
So I went into these scenes with a great deal of trepidation. I can barely write coherently at the best of times. How am I supposed to deal with something which trips up even the best authors? I still don't have a clue. But I've been spending a lot of time going over romance novels, erotica, and other fiction that has sex scenes in them. I've been trying to figure out some rules for what NOT to do. If I can't figure out how to make it work, I can try find out work makes it fail. The process of elimination is a good a method as any. I've already got a small list of things to avoid.
1. No dialogue during sex. It always sounds dumb and often interrupts an otherwise good moment.
2. Euphemisms for sex organs, like her 'lady petals' or his 'pride,' do not make it more romantic. It just makes you look like a bloody idiot. It's a vagina and a penis, commonly referred to as a pussy and a dick respectively. I mean, unless you're trying to be funny.
3. Describing what you're going to do to a person right before you 'do it' unvaryingly sounds ridiculous and makes you sound like a tool. (Refer to Rule 1. No talking)
4. Be consistent with the appearances of your partners. This applies to all parts of all books, but it's really distracting when a thin, kind of emo guy is suddenly buff once he takes his shirt off, and a pudgy woman is suddenly Venus. I know authors are thinking of how we appear in the heat of the moment, but you're missing a step somewhere and the inconsistency is annoying.
5. On another note of consistency, don't have a couple fucking on a bed and in the next sentence they're up against a wall, or bent over a table. CONSISTENCY! You can do it!
6. Believability is always key. If your characters aren't the type to normally throw caution to the wind and sleep with someone they barely knew, don't make them do it in your story JUST because you want them to get there. Be honest to their personalities when they aren't in the sack as you work to get them there. You may think readers are just after the sex, but we really do care about what happens before. Anticipation and all that.
7. Adrenaline rush is not a pass go, collect $200, get out of jail free card when it comes to sex. Yes, it is documented that in situations that trigger adrenaline, even if they're terrifying, we want to be close to someone. But do we act on those impulses? Not often and even LESS often with people we've only known for a few hours. At least have some sexual tension building up to it if that's how you're gonna roll.
I might update this as I as read/watch more, and notice more things that don't work.
Now, you might be asking yourself, "Maria, why does your book have to have sex in it at all? Isn't the market saturated with books with sex and romance as it is? Stand strong and keep your story free of icky, boy-girl smut." Okay, no one asks this except maybe the voices in my head, and they're notorious killjoys.
Originally it was just one scene to get a character into place and to justify my main characters reaction. But as the plot has come more into focus, my main characters sex life and escapades have become a larger part of the book and her growth. The acts themselves reflect Fin's (main character) mental state and her many changes. Sex, along with art, is the barometer by which Fin's mental and spiritual health is measured. And the comparison of sex acts between Fin and her many partners expresses the growing depths of her psychological issues.
So, yeah. Sex is kind of important to this book. This research is going to be very weird.
Avert your eyes! It's -
Maria D
*These rare exceptions are Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice, and sometimes Nora Roberts.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Fin Tells A Story
My story isn’t a ghost story exactly. But it’s creepy. I heard back when I lived in New Mexico. I’d been in an accident and this old guy had found me and talked to me while we waited for help. He told me all sorts of stuff, but this one stuck with me.
Long before whitey came to this continent, before our history remembers, a great catastrophe fell upon the land. No one knows what this catastrophe was, but it was big and bad and people were desperate to avoid it.
To get away from whatever was happening, the whole of the world came together to hide in these caves in the desert. The caves went deep down, all the way to the heart of the world, and everyone who’d once lived separately above ground now lived together beneath it.
After many years had passed – maybe ten, maybe a hundred – the catastrophe passed. It was safe for people to go live under the sky again. So for three years, the people toiled to make a ladder that would reach all the way from the heart of the earth to the skin. Once the ladder was finished, people started climbing it. Everyone was excited as the people who’d climbed first and reached the surface sent word back down of how bright the sky was. Soon more and more people reached the top.
But once one third of all the people in the world had reached the surface, they moved a mountain over the opening, so that the people below could never reach the surface and get revenge. Now, whenever the earth quakes or the mountains spout fire, it’s the spirits of the people below. Some of them are pushing against the mountain, trying to move it and escape to heaven. Others are setting fires beneath the earth that will reach the surface, hoping to burn the children of the people who killed them.
But some say that not everyone trapped died. Instead they…adapted. They became monsters, killing and feeding on the others. And they grew used to the perpetual dark and the cold and the taste of human flesh. Sometimes, at those times when the earth trembles from their efforts, these descendants escape. Sometimes people like us see them. I’ve heard that some of them look like lizards, with scales and slit eyes on humanish bodies. Others are like bats; shadowy people with bat wings and eyes that glow. Then there are the ones who’ve grown huge and hairy. They have to be big to fight off the others, and the hair keeps them warm in the cave.
But there are the truly frightening ones as well. The shadow people. There are two theories about them. The first is that they’re descendants who stayed smart. While the others became like animals, these descendants retained human intellect but forgot everything else, like how to be human, how to feel. The second theory, the one no one likes to think about, is that the spirits of the dead found new bodies and have come to the surface for revenge.
It’s always made me wonder, if maybe we aren’t the monsters. I mean, if something like that were true, how horrible would we be? We’d be the descendants of people who’d killed the rest of the world for no reason. They created monsters, Moth Men and Big Foots, never mind earthquakes and volcanoes.
We accuse people who make two-headed dogs and put kittens in ovens of being monsters. We avoid their families for fear that that sort of evil is contagious, or it’s a trait passed from generation to generation. Our ancestors were, like, Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde and, and, and every serial killer you can think of rolled into one and spread out over everyone who would be the parents and grandparents and great grandparents of everyone who ever existed. And we’d be left over from that genetic line. What would that make us?
Long before whitey came to this continent, before our history remembers, a great catastrophe fell upon the land. No one knows what this catastrophe was, but it was big and bad and people were desperate to avoid it.
To get away from whatever was happening, the whole of the world came together to hide in these caves in the desert. The caves went deep down, all the way to the heart of the world, and everyone who’d once lived separately above ground now lived together beneath it.
After many years had passed – maybe ten, maybe a hundred – the catastrophe passed. It was safe for people to go live under the sky again. So for three years, the people toiled to make a ladder that would reach all the way from the heart of the earth to the skin. Once the ladder was finished, people started climbing it. Everyone was excited as the people who’d climbed first and reached the surface sent word back down of how bright the sky was. Soon more and more people reached the top.
But once one third of all the people in the world had reached the surface, they moved a mountain over the opening, so that the people below could never reach the surface and get revenge. Now, whenever the earth quakes or the mountains spout fire, it’s the spirits of the people below. Some of them are pushing against the mountain, trying to move it and escape to heaven. Others are setting fires beneath the earth that will reach the surface, hoping to burn the children of the people who killed them.
But some say that not everyone trapped died. Instead they…adapted. They became monsters, killing and feeding on the others. And they grew used to the perpetual dark and the cold and the taste of human flesh. Sometimes, at those times when the earth trembles from their efforts, these descendants escape. Sometimes people like us see them. I’ve heard that some of them look like lizards, with scales and slit eyes on humanish bodies. Others are like bats; shadowy people with bat wings and eyes that glow. Then there are the ones who’ve grown huge and hairy. They have to be big to fight off the others, and the hair keeps them warm in the cave.
But there are the truly frightening ones as well. The shadow people. There are two theories about them. The first is that they’re descendants who stayed smart. While the others became like animals, these descendants retained human intellect but forgot everything else, like how to be human, how to feel. The second theory, the one no one likes to think about, is that the spirits of the dead found new bodies and have come to the surface for revenge.
It’s always made me wonder, if maybe we aren’t the monsters. I mean, if something like that were true, how horrible would we be? We’d be the descendants of people who’d killed the rest of the world for no reason. They created monsters, Moth Men and Big Foots, never mind earthquakes and volcanoes.
We accuse people who make two-headed dogs and put kittens in ovens of being monsters. We avoid their families for fear that that sort of evil is contagious, or it’s a trait passed from generation to generation. Our ancestors were, like, Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde and, and, and every serial killer you can think of rolled into one and spread out over everyone who would be the parents and grandparents and great grandparents of everyone who ever existed. And we’d be left over from that genetic line. What would that make us?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Nevermore Character Stats: Renata Dunn
Renata
Eyes: dark brown
Hair: long, mahogany brown, straight, she keeps it braided most of the time.
Height: 5'9"
Abilities: powerful psychic, second sight, can hunt down any Dunkin Donuts and Taco Bell within a 6 mile radius. Professional exorcist; is a living legend in the Baltimore Necropolis.
Renata was possessed by a demon when she was twelve. This event has, understandably, affected her outlook on life quite a bit. After spending almost a year hidden in a corner of her captive mind, planning escape, Renata managed to reassert her will in an epic battle royal, absorbing the demon into herself, imbuing her with powers of Hell. Then there was the older demon to deal with, who had caused all the initial trouble and created the demon that possessed Renata. Accounts of the following differ depending on who's telling the story, but it is clear that Renata, thirteen and powered by Hell, bitch slapped a millennium old demon into being her man-whore/servant.
Over the past three years, Renata has become a staple of the Baltimore Necropolis. If you don't know her and claim to be part of the spiritual and psychic scene along the East coast, you're a damn liar and everyone knows it.
Renata has the unique and terrifying ability to cross from the land of the living to everywhere else. There are a series of interconnected worlds which overlap and intersect with our reality but which humans - with a few rare exceptions - can't enter while alive or conscious. Renata refers to these other realities as the Never Worlds and she is the only human who can enter them without leaving her body.
Among her many occupations, Renata is first and foremost an exorcist. She tracks down others who may be victimized like she was and helps them. But when she's not doing that, she has a long list of other projects which demand her attention.
Her two largest projects involved mapping the Never Worlds and where they connect with our reality, and rating how dangerous they are. Some points of connection, sometimes called portals or vortexes, are relatively harmless and can be left alone with only some small wards to keep anything malevolent from entering or exiting them. Others require sealing, as they lead to dangerous, unpleasant, or downright evil realities/worlds/etc. There is no strict dichotomy with portals and the Never Worlds. They function within a continuum of danger and deadliness. Even if a vortex doesn't need to be sealed, many still need to be monitored, and Renata has routine road trips during which she checks on her known vortexes.
The second project is similar but involves locating and listing all the haunted spots in Maryland and rating the severity of the haunting. She keeps track of these location on her blog, Renata's Guide to Haunted Maryland.
Renata has been home schooled since she entered high school, enabling her to have time to do all these jobs. And she has a (pet)demon on standby to help her with her homework. And though she doesn't consider it her job, Renata also finds and mentors young psychics like Raven Jenkins, and most recently Fin Constantine.
Renata can be found holding down the cashiers station and chit-chatting with customers of dubious humanity at Red Emma's bookstore and coffee house in Mt. Vernon, Baltimore.
Eyes: dark brown
Hair: long, mahogany brown, straight, she keeps it braided most of the time.
Height: 5'9"
Abilities: powerful psychic, second sight, can hunt down any Dunkin Donuts and Taco Bell within a 6 mile radius. Professional exorcist; is a living legend in the Baltimore Necropolis.
Renata was possessed by a demon when she was twelve. This event has, understandably, affected her outlook on life quite a bit. After spending almost a year hidden in a corner of her captive mind, planning escape, Renata managed to reassert her will in an epic battle royal, absorbing the demon into herself, imbuing her with powers of Hell. Then there was the older demon to deal with, who had caused all the initial trouble and created the demon that possessed Renata. Accounts of the following differ depending on who's telling the story, but it is clear that Renata, thirteen and powered by Hell, bitch slapped a millennium old demon into being her man-whore/servant.
Over the past three years, Renata has become a staple of the Baltimore Necropolis. If you don't know her and claim to be part of the spiritual and psychic scene along the East coast, you're a damn liar and everyone knows it.
Renata has the unique and terrifying ability to cross from the land of the living to everywhere else. There are a series of interconnected worlds which overlap and intersect with our reality but which humans - with a few rare exceptions - can't enter while alive or conscious. Renata refers to these other realities as the Never Worlds and she is the only human who can enter them without leaving her body.
Among her many occupations, Renata is first and foremost an exorcist. She tracks down others who may be victimized like she was and helps them. But when she's not doing that, she has a long list of other projects which demand her attention.
Her two largest projects involved mapping the Never Worlds and where they connect with our reality, and rating how dangerous they are. Some points of connection, sometimes called portals or vortexes, are relatively harmless and can be left alone with only some small wards to keep anything malevolent from entering or exiting them. Others require sealing, as they lead to dangerous, unpleasant, or downright evil realities/worlds/etc. There is no strict dichotomy with portals and the Never Worlds. They function within a continuum of danger and deadliness. Even if a vortex doesn't need to be sealed, many still need to be monitored, and Renata has routine road trips during which she checks on her known vortexes.
The second project is similar but involves locating and listing all the haunted spots in Maryland and rating the severity of the haunting. She keeps track of these location on her blog, Renata's Guide to Haunted Maryland.
Renata has been home schooled since she entered high school, enabling her to have time to do all these jobs. And she has a (pet)demon on standby to help her with her homework. And though she doesn't consider it her job, Renata also finds and mentors young psychics like Raven Jenkins, and most recently Fin Constantine.
Renata can be found holding down the cashiers station and chit-chatting with customers of dubious humanity at Red Emma's bookstore and coffee house in Mt. Vernon, Baltimore.
Nevermore Character Stats - the Constantine Twins
Artemis Constantine
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde, wavy
Height: 5'9"-5'10", very slender and willowy
Abilities: powerful empathic talents and a trance medium, also has second sight. Natural witch
Artemis is the older twin and the eldest of the Constantine sisters, children of Michael Constantine. Her empathic abilities have always made interpersonal relationships difficult. It's hard to put on a friendly face for the sake of politeness and convention when you know what the person you're with feels about you and it's not always good. However, while she's reclusive and somewhat cold in her interactions outside her family, at home she's loud, eccentric, and extremely silly, and is very close with her siblings and some friends. Her sense of humor is translated fully in Bitter Irony along with her personal tastes in media, entertainment, and education. As a result, those who work with and under Artemis in Bitter Irony grow to have the best relationships with her and know her best. They see the hard shell she presents to the world as well as the thought process and wackiness that's part of her creative process and are able to understand her coldness as a defense mechanism more than anything personal against them.
By the end of high school though, Artemis has managed to successfully merge her Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personalities, turning her into a well loved employer and artist, and a fearsome businesswoman. Artemis takes no prisoners and either she gets her way, or no one does. At the beginning of Nevermore, she's shuttling between coasts and New Orleans, negotiating syndication contracts with multiple TV networks and other interested parties. Artemis is the brains and drive of the Constantine sisters.
Holly Constantine
Eyes: Green with hints of Hazel
Hair: Brunette, curly with natural blonde highlights
Height: 5'8 1/2", curvaceous, long legs with a proportionately shorted torso, beautiful body type in everyone else's opinion but the proportional discrepancy bothers her.
Abilities: second sight, some precognition, Santeria priestess, natural witch.
Holly is the younger twin and the middle child. Either because of this or in spite of it, she's the most outgoing and personable of the sisters. Holly is invariably where the party's at. Holly managed to cope with her abilities fairly early in life, mostly because her first experiences with ghosts were with deceased family, so there was no big scare or drama until she was older. Also, Holly's abilities started off slowly and grew in power as she aged, so she had time to adapt to them. Holly's focus has always been on performance and dance. Aiding Artemis in Bitter Irony was always considered to be a means to an end; it let her perform.
Holly is never consciously conniving, she just sees things she wants, sees ways to get them, and goes after it. As soon as it comes to her attention that someone has been hurt in her quest for attention, she's immediately remorseful. Altruism is a personality trait of both twins, but it's more apparent in Holly. Since she's so outgoing and personable, Holly works as the unofficial PR person for Bitter Irony. She's also one of the official 'faces' of Bitter Irony. As the show expands to become a grassroots network with multiple shows, Holly has a role in almost all of them. The screen time has the desired result: after high school, she's approached by a dance company in New York to perform in one of their shows on Broadway. At the start of Nevermore, she's been there two years and is quickly becoming Broadway's rising star. Holly is the sister closest to Fin and comes to visit her in Baltimore every other week.
Holly is unlucky in love and completely unconcerned about it. She jumps from man to man, always certain it's true love, and always bored after a few weeks. Amazingly, hardly ever are her relationships ended on bad terms and she still keeps in contact with many of her old flames. However, she can't get off Scott free forever.
Of the sisters, Holly is not exactly the heart, but she is the face they show the world collectively; proof that their aren't as weird and insane as their art and actions may lead viewers to believe.
Seraphim Constantine
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: a shade shy of Black, some natural highlights, dead straight
Height: 5'4", thin but very buxom
Abilities: psychic, second sight and projection, energy manipulation. Sorceress and alchemist.
Nickname Fin, Seraphim is the youngest of the sisters, three years their junior and child of another mother. Fin is the most introverted and unusual of the sisters, though it's hard to tell if this is because she's psychic or unrelated to her abilities since she had no perception of them until her teens. Fin is quiet, driven, and something of a genius. She finds her niche early on in life in arts and crafts and chemistry. When Artemis starts Bitter Irony, Fin almost immediately establishes herself in the position of Prop Mistress, scavenging for toys or whatever is necessary for the scene and building what she couldn't find.
It's doubtful that Fin would've discovered or used her natural artistic talent if Artemis hadn't pushed her into it. Fin displays very little drive to accomplish anything on her own or for herself. This changes a little as she ages, but she still requires a push or some form of motivation. The only thing she started looking into on her own was chemistry, specifically biochemistry and the study of venom's and neurotoxins. Which has led to it's own disasters.
Fin is difficult for people to be friends with. There's nothing really wrong with her that anyone can see, but something in her demeanor is off-putting. However, while this makes her difficult to deal with on a person to person basis, it makes her fantastic to watch in her cameos on Bitter Irony shows and a great muse to the writers and other artists she knows. Her sarcasm, inapproachable attitude, bizarre humor, and attractiveness all work together on screen to make her a fan favorite.
Fin considers herself primarily an artist with a focus in metal work. She's gained a reputation for the quality of her work and has her own studio and students to help her deal with commissions and work load.
*I will probably expand these later, but for the moment this should give you an idea of who you're reading about.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde, wavy
Height: 5'9"-5'10", very slender and willowy
Abilities: powerful empathic talents and a trance medium, also has second sight. Natural witch
Artemis is the older twin and the eldest of the Constantine sisters, children of Michael Constantine. Her empathic abilities have always made interpersonal relationships difficult. It's hard to put on a friendly face for the sake of politeness and convention when you know what the person you're with feels about you and it's not always good. However, while she's reclusive and somewhat cold in her interactions outside her family, at home she's loud, eccentric, and extremely silly, and is very close with her siblings and some friends. Her sense of humor is translated fully in Bitter Irony along with her personal tastes in media, entertainment, and education. As a result, those who work with and under Artemis in Bitter Irony grow to have the best relationships with her and know her best. They see the hard shell she presents to the world as well as the thought process and wackiness that's part of her creative process and are able to understand her coldness as a defense mechanism more than anything personal against them.
By the end of high school though, Artemis has managed to successfully merge her Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personalities, turning her into a well loved employer and artist, and a fearsome businesswoman. Artemis takes no prisoners and either she gets her way, or no one does. At the beginning of Nevermore, she's shuttling between coasts and New Orleans, negotiating syndication contracts with multiple TV networks and other interested parties. Artemis is the brains and drive of the Constantine sisters.
Holly Constantine
Eyes: Green with hints of Hazel
Hair: Brunette, curly with natural blonde highlights
Height: 5'8 1/2", curvaceous, long legs with a proportionately shorted torso, beautiful body type in everyone else's opinion but the proportional discrepancy bothers her.
Abilities: second sight, some precognition, Santeria priestess, natural witch.
Holly is the younger twin and the middle child. Either because of this or in spite of it, she's the most outgoing and personable of the sisters. Holly is invariably where the party's at. Holly managed to cope with her abilities fairly early in life, mostly because her first experiences with ghosts were with deceased family, so there was no big scare or drama until she was older. Also, Holly's abilities started off slowly and grew in power as she aged, so she had time to adapt to them. Holly's focus has always been on performance and dance. Aiding Artemis in Bitter Irony was always considered to be a means to an end; it let her perform.
Holly is never consciously conniving, she just sees things she wants, sees ways to get them, and goes after it. As soon as it comes to her attention that someone has been hurt in her quest for attention, she's immediately remorseful. Altruism is a personality trait of both twins, but it's more apparent in Holly. Since she's so outgoing and personable, Holly works as the unofficial PR person for Bitter Irony. She's also one of the official 'faces' of Bitter Irony. As the show expands to become a grassroots network with multiple shows, Holly has a role in almost all of them. The screen time has the desired result: after high school, she's approached by a dance company in New York to perform in one of their shows on Broadway. At the start of Nevermore, she's been there two years and is quickly becoming Broadway's rising star. Holly is the sister closest to Fin and comes to visit her in Baltimore every other week.
Holly is unlucky in love and completely unconcerned about it. She jumps from man to man, always certain it's true love, and always bored after a few weeks. Amazingly, hardly ever are her relationships ended on bad terms and she still keeps in contact with many of her old flames. However, she can't get off Scott free forever.
Of the sisters, Holly is not exactly the heart, but she is the face they show the world collectively; proof that their aren't as weird and insane as their art and actions may lead viewers to believe.
Seraphim Constantine
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: a shade shy of Black, some natural highlights, dead straight
Height: 5'4", thin but very buxom
Abilities: psychic, second sight and projection, energy manipulation. Sorceress and alchemist.
Nickname Fin, Seraphim is the youngest of the sisters, three years their junior and child of another mother. Fin is the most introverted and unusual of the sisters, though it's hard to tell if this is because she's psychic or unrelated to her abilities since she had no perception of them until her teens. Fin is quiet, driven, and something of a genius. She finds her niche early on in life in arts and crafts and chemistry. When Artemis starts Bitter Irony, Fin almost immediately establishes herself in the position of Prop Mistress, scavenging for toys or whatever is necessary for the scene and building what she couldn't find.
It's doubtful that Fin would've discovered or used her natural artistic talent if Artemis hadn't pushed her into it. Fin displays very little drive to accomplish anything on her own or for herself. This changes a little as she ages, but she still requires a push or some form of motivation. The only thing she started looking into on her own was chemistry, specifically biochemistry and the study of venom's and neurotoxins. Which has led to it's own disasters.
Fin is difficult for people to be friends with. There's nothing really wrong with her that anyone can see, but something in her demeanor is off-putting. However, while this makes her difficult to deal with on a person to person basis, it makes her fantastic to watch in her cameos on Bitter Irony shows and a great muse to the writers and other artists she knows. Her sarcasm, inapproachable attitude, bizarre humor, and attractiveness all work together on screen to make her a fan favorite.
Fin considers herself primarily an artist with a focus in metal work. She's gained a reputation for the quality of her work and has her own studio and students to help her deal with commissions and work load.
*I will probably expand these later, but for the moment this should give you an idea of who you're reading about.
Changes They Are A-Coming
I've been wondering about the state of my blogs for some time now. One updates rarely, since I write in anything BUT a chronological order. The other is a dumping ground for what ever the hell I'm thinking on a weekly basis. Neither works well. That said, I'm shifting things around.
This blog, Nevermore, will now will host not only the story but also any posts, thoughts, or extras related to Nevermore that I want to share. This way, you'll know more about the process of my writing, what I'm up to, when I'm wallowing in my inferiority complex, and thus get some sort of idea about when the heck you might get an update.
The Box will now be Maria Meeps - a bit more appropriate since the URL is mariameeps.blogspot.com - and it will return to the purpose I'd dreamed for it originally: a review blog. I'm not sure why I didn't make it one, since my original intention of having a blog was to review books and music, but OH WELL STUFF HAPPENS. Now, when you go to http://mariameeps.blogspot.com, you'll find reviews of books, movies, music, events, and life in general as it relates to the media we consume. The reviews that are already there will remain. Things relating to Nevermore and writing will be re-posted here. Anything inbetween will probably be deleted or at least privatized so no one but me can view them.
Thanks for following me so far, and I hope you'll continue to through the impending changes. Feel free to leave complaints, compliments, or random conversation in the comments. Thank you.
-Maria D
This blog, Nevermore, will now will host not only the story but also any posts, thoughts, or extras related to Nevermore that I want to share. This way, you'll know more about the process of my writing, what I'm up to, when I'm wallowing in my inferiority complex, and thus get some sort of idea about when the heck you might get an update.
The Box will now be Maria Meeps - a bit more appropriate since the URL is mariameeps.blogspot.com - and it will return to the purpose I'd dreamed for it originally: a review blog. I'm not sure why I didn't make it one, since my original intention of having a blog was to review books and music, but OH WELL STUFF HAPPENS. Now, when you go to http://mariameeps.blogspot.com, you'll find reviews of books, movies, music, events, and life in general as it relates to the media we consume. The reviews that are already there will remain. Things relating to Nevermore and writing will be re-posted here. Anything inbetween will probably be deleted or at least privatized so no one but me can view them.
Thanks for following me so far, and I hope you'll continue to through the impending changes. Feel free to leave complaints, compliments, or random conversation in the comments. Thank you.
-Maria D
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