It's that time of the year again, Fat Tuesday. Happy Mardi Gras! Everyone is enjoying themselves today, whether in Mobile or New Orleans, catching moon pies, flashing a little for beads, and indulging on king cake. I hope y'all caught some great throws if you attended any parades. It's a wild season, one in which extravagance and a bit of excess abounds. Tomorrow is a different day, Ash Wednesday. People will be calm and give reverence to the beginning of Lent. Will you observe Lent and give up something? Easter is not too far away. I'm still thinking about it and mulling it over. I'm trying to put together a carnival themed short story. Somehow a little Voodoo has gotten twisted in the mix, but that's not a bad thing. I just need to work out the plot so it makes sense.
On a different note, I finally put the query letter and my pitch together for my first novel, Water's Magic. I'm anxious and excited at the prospect of sending them out to agents in hopes of getting one. I think I'm going to take the novel through the editing process one more time before sending anything.
I'm also in the process of reading a few books. One of them is on the craft of writing and it is making me conscious of what I'm doing as I write, particularly in novels. I finished Magic's Memory, the sequel to Water's Magic. There are two more books in this series, and I'm 75% finished with it. The working title is Magic's Reverb. Saylah and Michael are still the protagonists and they face a different foe. This third novel was influenced by the X-Men comics that I used to read. They are all "southern fried fantasy" taking place in south Alabama or Northwest Florida. I can't wait to finish the third novel. I get excited thinking about it.
Well folk, enjoy the rest Mardi Gras. In Mobile, the last parade is the Order of Myths, and it emblematic float is that of Folly and Death chasing each other. Interesting and symbolic, eh? Anyways, enjoy the rest of carnival until next year. Laissez les bon temps rouler! I'll catch you later!
