The Wandering Sea: part 2

I’m not going to finish by the end of the month.  Oh well— I’ll be sure to finish by the end of the year.

The Wandering Sea: part 1

Finally starting my Nano-NaNoWriMo obligation with 5 days left in the month.

This is a first draft of my short story.  When I finish the final draft, I’ll add it to the Table of Contents (making it the second entry in almost a year…).

Cheers!

Nano-NaNoWriMo

As a (rare) visitor to this site, you might be noticing that it isn’t updated very often.  I’ve had an extremely busy year with the LHC startup, and I’m not likely to get much reprieve next year, either.  But I have had my eye on November for quite some time, since I would like to someday participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).  Well, a novel is out of the question given my schedule, but maybe I could attempt a short story?  Perhaps November could be Nano-NaNoWriMo for me.

I’ve started sketching ideas on paper for a science fiction story called The Wandering Sea. Instead of dropping a fully-formed story here at the end of the month, I’ll post major revisions as separate blog entries, so that you can comment on its half-bakedness if you want.

Sources for The Mermaid Saint (below)

From medieval manuscripts to 19th century retellings.

The Mermaid Saint

This first story is an Irish legend, derived from medieval sources. It takes place in both golden ages of Irish mythology: the pre-Christian era of heros and giants and the early Christian age of saints and miracles. The story is retold in the same mixed-culture as the medieval sources.

This is my first experiment in the minimalist writing style I explain in the About page. It was written slowly and is meant to be read slowly.