Ein jeder Engel

I wake up and Rilke is all over my f-list. Clearly this is a sign that I need to finish chapter 7 today, which has my big Duino Elegies scene in it.

Denn das Schöne ist nichts
als des Schrecklichen Anfang, den wir noch grade ertragen,
und wir bewundern es so, weil es gelassen verschmäht,
uns zu zerstören. Ein jeder Engel ist schrecklich.

That should be the epigram for this novel, actually.

A good day

Chapter 7 is done, and the second flashbacky-interlude thing started. Chapter 6 is still missing a scene--I should probably go back and do that before I press on. Continuity and all that...

25,013 / 25,000 (100.0%)

So my JulNaWriMo goal is met, and I'm maybe more than a fifth into this draft.

Excelsior!

I really need a short story.

Fish sex

I've got a bad short story jones, and none of the ones I have started now are going anywhere. Maybe it's time for my next sappy deep one story.

tanaise suggested the title "Flotsam", and that gives me an almost-idea for a sequel to Ebb. At least, it gives me theme and tone, but no plot. What sort of wacky adventures could fish-Celia and Etienne have this time?

And cristalia suggested "Salvage," and that gives me an almost-idea for a sequel to Wrack. This may be closer to a real idea. Jaime and Morgan might need to have a talk. :)

Eee! The ocean, she is fecund.

The OWWers need to compile a chapbook of all the sappy ocean stories.