Research News

I've learnt to allow my plot bunnies (all my plot bunnies) to hop at their own pace.

Usually, I've got two works on which I work alternatively because that helps the bunnies hop and go farther, but I've got a whole list of projects that are all simmering in my brain cells and that are getting their bunny legs whilst being marinated in the barmy sea of my imagination.

The literary plot bunnies are healthy and hopping very well.

The research plot bunnies have been slower... probably because the freezing nerve has been preventing me from having any of those for seven years (doesn't help at all!).

Last year (!!! Hell! Nasty thing Time; it disappears into thin air), I mentioned possible topics, and Federico is still number one on my list.

I didn't want to focus on one part of his works or write a full (if short) biography. I wanted to find something different. A fortnight ago, having a tad more energy, at last, I started consulting info about him, and one detail caught my eye. It's a tiny, tiny little something, but I couldn't find anything about it; in consequence, I have now put my Detective cap on, and I'll have to hunt for clues about that detail (incidentally, I want to officially declare that in spite of whatever my blood relatives might have wanted me to believe, learning several languages was a brilliant idea since I could find info in Spanish, and these papers are going to be important and solid sources, which I wouldn't have found otherwise).

Basically, there are weeks (maybe months) of research ahead, but I want to believe that I will come up with something interesting...

As well, I think I may try to work on the history of a small street where I live. The place is, I was told, the smallest street in town, and it's got a charming ensemble of mediaeval houses that are absolutely gorgeous. A beautiful library's right behind that street, so I might focus on the area in the Middle-Ages if I don't find much on that particular short street. That could be something slightly different... and hopefully interesting, too.

In literary plot bunnies news, I'm about half-way through my fantasy novel, I'm writing a new short story about love (but with a planetary twist... and I may post that one here when it's done - you'll understand why when you read it), and I'll start working on the second story of Muff&Sherly - The Annotated Edition.

I started working a bit on the screenplay for Mireio, but it's going to take longer than I thought: I've got to make a choice about the language; when the idea first came to my mind centuries ago, it was clear that I wanted it to be in Provençal, but it might be unrealistic... Then, there's the question of the History references in the plot, which are interesting in the book, but could be odd on screen.

Choices, choices, choices. There's a lot of work ahead, and... I'll have to let that plot bunny simmer in the pot a bit longer (but that has to be for the best).

Right... back to the fantasy novel: the bunny's at a turning point, and it's loud and demanding... See youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!