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Jan. 29th, 2012 10:25 pm
Sticking My Nec Out
It's taken rather longer than I anticipated in my previous post on this subject. But no matter: today I completed
NECROPOLITAN ACT II
For those who may have come in late, Necropolitan is the sequel to Necromance, my unpublished novel that has been variously described as dark fantasy, urban fantasy, stop-kidding-yourself-Kyla-it's-horror, and really, really gothic. And this despite the fact it contains not a single vampire or werewolf. Necromancers, yes. Ghouls, yes. Lawyers, most definitely.
Looking back, it really is amazing how the story and characters have developed. I know this is a bit of a cliche, but they keep doing things I did not plan and this Act especially has been a series of revelations for me. I swear, I thought the traitor was someone completely different. I take this as a sign that I am getting fairly close to the real story, which is infinitely better than the one which presented itself to me shortly after the completion of Prismatic.
One of the poems in The Land of Bad Dreams features discretely in these books: "Deshayes Cradle Song". It's actually quite important. But I'm not going to discuss, or even quote that here. Instead, I'm going to list the complete Necropolitan soundtrack. Soundtracks are something I compile as kind of emotional guides for books, that I can refer back to should I loose the thread. Make of this what you will:
"Persephone" - Dead Can Dance, In the Realm of a Dying Sun.
"First and Last and Always" - Sisters of Mercy, First and Last and Always.
"Backlash" - Front Line Assembly, Epitaph.
"Ice House" - The Creatures, A Bestiary.
"Hungry Ghost" -The Cure, 4:13 Dream.
"The Night Child" - Shinjuku Thief, The Witch Haven.
"Human", Angel Theory, Fiend sampler disc #1.
"Voodoo Dolly" - Siouxie and the Banshees, Juju.
"Dominion" - Sisters of Mercy, Floodland.
"Temptation" - The Tea Party, Transmissions.
"Kartika" - The Eternal, Kartika.
"Psychopomp" - The Tea Party, Transmissions.
I am now hovering somewhere in the opening chords of "Dominion". Should be fun.
Necromance and Necropolitan form one complete arc, and so must both be written. Anything beyond that is speculative at this stage, especially as I didn't get the grant, but the story certainly continues on and the background gets deeper every time I glance at it. From a certain perspective, the real story only begins after these books, which are after all an introduction. Eek.
NECROPOLITAN ACT II
For those who may have come in late, Necropolitan is the sequel to Necromance, my unpublished novel that has been variously described as dark fantasy, urban fantasy, stop-kidding-yourself-Kyla-it's-horror, and really, really gothic. And this despite the fact it contains not a single vampire or werewolf. Necromancers, yes. Ghouls, yes. Lawyers, most definitely.
Looking back, it really is amazing how the story and characters have developed. I know this is a bit of a cliche, but they keep doing things I did not plan and this Act especially has been a series of revelations for me. I swear, I thought the traitor was someone completely different. I take this as a sign that I am getting fairly close to the real story, which is infinitely better than the one which presented itself to me shortly after the completion of Prismatic.
One of the poems in The Land of Bad Dreams features discretely in these books: "Deshayes Cradle Song". It's actually quite important. But I'm not going to discuss, or even quote that here. Instead, I'm going to list the complete Necropolitan soundtrack. Soundtracks are something I compile as kind of emotional guides for books, that I can refer back to should I loose the thread. Make of this what you will:
"Persephone" - Dead Can Dance, In the Realm of a Dying Sun.
"First and Last and Always" - Sisters of Mercy, First and Last and Always.
"Backlash" - Front Line Assembly, Epitaph.
"Ice House" - The Creatures, A Bestiary.
"Hungry Ghost" -The Cure, 4:13 Dream.
"The Night Child" - Shinjuku Thief, The Witch Haven.
"Human", Angel Theory, Fiend sampler disc #1.
"Voodoo Dolly" - Siouxie and the Banshees, Juju.
"Dominion" - Sisters of Mercy, Floodland.
"Temptation" - The Tea Party, Transmissions.
"Kartika" - The Eternal, Kartika.
"Psychopomp" - The Tea Party, Transmissions.
I am now hovering somewhere in the opening chords of "Dominion". Should be fun.
Necromance and Necropolitan form one complete arc, and so must both be written. Anything beyond that is speculative at this stage, especially as I didn't get the grant, but the story certainly continues on and the background gets deeper every time I glance at it. From a certain perspective, the real story only begins after these books, which are after all an introduction. Eek.
