tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post3391799953910727033..comments2023-10-05T05:42:39.584-04:00Comments on Notes from the Jovian frontier: R: Resuscitating lapsed ideasblankenship.louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05541461775158369620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-18297897276922967532012-04-21T09:45:43.692-04:002012-04-21T09:45:43.692-04:00I have a couple of short stories and a novel that ...I have a couple of short stories and a novel that I poke with a stick from time to time to see if they are still breathing. They are... but usually I end up putting them back in status until that moment when I have the skills and insight to bring them back to life. Fingers crossed!Bluestockinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01225973854788421827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-84719859202959123542012-04-21T08:37:35.783-04:002012-04-21T08:37:35.783-04:00Feeding the chimera, I like it. A Frankensteinian ...Feeding the chimera, I like it. A Frankensteinian creature roaming the graveyard of my imagination...blankenship.louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541461775158369620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-33157131316116379212012-04-20T23:59:04.266-04:002012-04-20T23:59:04.266-04:00p.s. Sorry for the extra Kelworth link, although h...p.s. Sorry for the extra Kelworth link, although he's a good guy and well worth knowing. I meant to leave my sig:<br /><br /><a href="http://elizabethtwist.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow">A-Z @ Elizabeth Twist</a>Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-79299559124771066542012-04-20T23:58:25.211-04:002012-04-20T23:58:25.211-04:00My good friend Chris Kelworth and I have a phrase ...My good friend <a href="http://kelworthfiles.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Chris Kelworth</a> and I have a phrase for what you intend to do with your short story. It started when I wrote a forum post about letting my new story cannibalize an old one. He joked about "allowing your chimera-like creature to pick at the dead bodies" of my former work. Now we don't talk about giving up on a piece: we say we're feeding it to the chimera. <br /><br />Tobias S. Buckell also has a book called Nascence: 17 Storiest That Failed and What They Taught Me. It's on my TBR pile. I figure it will be helpful for dealing with stories that one has decided to let go.<br /><br />The novel rewrite sounds brilliant, although daunting. Good luck with it.<br /><br /><a href="http://kelworthfiles.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Chris Kelworth</a>Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.com