I have just completed the first chapter of my Twisthorn Bellow novel and started on the second. As there will be seven chapters in total, each approximately 10,000 words in length, another two weeks of effort should see me more than halfway through the book. By the end of March it might be ready to submit...
The monsters, musicians and other uglies that my heroes have to battle agains
t include prehistoric creatures such as pterodactyls, and this photo shows one of those dastardly flying reptiles relaxing after a hard day's work. The work of a pterodactyl includes soaring, swooping and croaking. This example of the species is preparing a nice nightcap of Ovaltine, one of the few reliable methods by which a stressed pterodactyl can become a calmodactyl. Or so it's said...
t include prehistoric creatures such as pterodactyls, and this photo shows one of those dastardly flying reptiles relaxing after a hard day's work. The work of a pterodactyl includes soaring, swooping and croaking. This example of the species is preparing a nice nightcap of Ovaltine, one of the few reliable methods by which a stressed pterodactyl can become a calmodactyl. Or so it's said...It may be wondered why Twisthorn and his colleagues fight musicians as well as more obvious manifestations of evil such as vampires. The answer is that both are beyond logical sense. Consider 'All Along the Watchtower' by Bob Dylan. A watchtower is primarily a vertical structure providing minimal opportunity for horizontal movement. So how can anything go all along it? If Dylan had entitled his song 'Up and Down the Watchtower' there would be no difficulties. But he didn't. He blatantly ignored the overriding vertical component of the edifice in question... For further discussion of this topic click here.
Illogic. That's the real enemy...