Too Much Plot

D'OH!

I was in a pretty foul mood yesterday in part because I figured out what’s wrong with Argentum, the novel I’m working on. It’s too complicated. Seriously. The layers of mystery, symbolism, characterization, and setting caused this first book to read like a Dickens novel on steroids. It is five books crammed into one and I know why I did it. Because I was afraid that I’d only write the first book and then WHAM! that’d be it. End of discussion. Move on to something else. Abandon this child. Stabby Stabby.

Sigh. You get the point.

Ah, well. Time to get crackin’ and unravel these plots. Goals aren’t going to achieve themselves! Also, caffeine withdrawal suuuuuuuuccckkkkssss…

    Mood: Motivation, station
    Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: Withdrawal. Sucks. Seriously.
    Work-Out Minutes Logged Yesterday: Quick walk
    Yesterday’s Projects: Mostly day job
    In My Ears: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    Game Last Played: Final Fantasy XIII-2
    Movie Last Viewed: Not sure…
    Book Last Read: [Redacted.]
    Latest Artistic Project: STILL been too long. Suckage.
    Latest Release: Strange, Dead Love for Vampire: the Requiem
March 10, 2012
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Monica Valentinelli is an author, artist, and narrative designer who writes about magic, mystery, and mayhem. Her portfolio includes stories, games, comics, essays, and pop culture books.

In addition to her own worlds, she has worked on a number of different properties including Vampire: the Masquerade, Shadowrun, Hunter: the Vigil, Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, and Robert E. Howard’s Conan.

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