May. 25th, 2011

stillsostrange: (Blood)
I need names for made-up plays. Especially comedies--by which I mean both light and funny as well as ending happily. So far I have several tragedies, but nothing happy or amusing.

The plays so far are:

Astrophel & Satis, the tragic love story of a lace-maker and a sorceress who defy society to be together, only to be parted by human and inhuman jealousy.

Aristomache, the story of a priestess seduced and betrayed by a prince, and how she exacts vengeance from beyond the grave.

Mirror of Dreams, the story of a cursed mirror that causes the downfall of a powerful house by playing on their ambitions, with the primary focus usually given to the mirror demon's seduction of the lord's daughter.

I've also mentioned Undine, which is clearly about a water spirit and probably ends badly, but I don't know the plot of that one.

Can anyone think of some more cheerful performances for Erisinian theatres?
stillsostrange: (Wild roses)
"Bone Garden"* is finished! At 11600 words, it's 1600 too long for the intended market, but that's what ruthless revisions are for. It's also the first short(ish) story I've finished since two thousand and frickin' eight, as well as my first real novelette. (As opposed to a short story that was just too long.)

I'm thrilled to have finished something short again, and even more thrilled to have made a deadline. After the disastrous lateness of the last two novels, this is very soothing to me. Now I just have to do it again by the end of June.

Also, thank you everyone who contributed a fake play. Many of your suggestions will be performed in Erisín soon.

Here, have a video that was very influential on this story.




*Also known as Boywhores vs. Oracular Demons, or the story in which I kill [livejournal.com profile] sovay horribly.

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