No, I'm just trying to understand the culture, not destroy it.

Exile, Day 3

Today has been a particularly bad day, so I'm not gonna write about it. All I'm gonna say is I lost about 4GB worth of very nice stuff.

So i've been sitting here...waiting for this stupid machine to reload several times over...and I've been nursing this little egg of a story in my head.

I've seen Andrea as a little girl, going on tiptoes trying to see her halo in the bathroom mirror. She's a cute little girl with dead straight long hair...maybe six years old. I've also seen her all grown up. Very statuesque, thin with short blonde hair. A first for me. Most of my girls have very long hair. She wears little to no makeup, and is very lonely.

Young Andrea lives in a beautiful two story house, filled with antiquities...and mother who loves her dearly. There is no father I know of. The older Andrea lives in an apartment in a terrible part of town, in a small dark sparse apartment.

Young Andrea has a little "friend," a small black boy about her age who has a love hate relationship with her. He thinks her quest is silly, and tries to help out through the years as they grow up. And he will, he really will.

I've also gotten a few hints at the story she is making...and while I used to think we'd only see the little Andrea at the beginning, I'm beginning to think we'll see her grow up into an adult, instead of just zooming through the years or flashing back. The things I've been shown so far, are amazing. I wish I could have it all planned out so I could start drawing it up...but it's not done yet.

She's also given me two extra stories as sequels, with the "middle" one optional since it might tread a bit too close to another story I've read.

I'm really excited at the story, and want to see more. This is the fastest a story has "clicked" since I wrote Closetspace. I may have a sketch of young and old Andrea by tomorrow. I'm getting the drawing itch....

I still have no name for the story. I'm considering "The Last Angel" and "A Wish for Wings that Work" just won't go away...I can't use it, but it sure looks nice. :)

Oh...and I can see her with the wings she wants. She's beautiful....

No, I'm just trying to understand the culture, not destroy it.

Exile, Day 3

Today has been a particularly bad day, so I'm not gonna write about it. All I'm gonna say is I lost about 4GB worth of very nice stuff.

So i've been sitting here...waiting for this stupid machine to reload several times over...and I've been nursing this little egg of a story in my head.

I've seen Andrea as a little girl, going on tiptoes trying to see her halo in the bathroom mirror. She's a cute little girl with dead straight long hair...maybe six years old. I've also seen her all grown up. Very statuesque, thin with short blonde hair. A first for me. Most of my girls have very long hair. She wears little to no makeup, and is very lonely.

Young Andrea lives in a beautiful two story house, filled with antiquities...and mother who loves her dearly. There is no father I know of. The older Andrea lives in an apartment in a terrible part of town, in a small dark sparse apartment.

Young Andrea has a little "friend," a small black boy about her age who has a love hate relationship with her. He thinks her quest is silly, and tries to help out through the years as they grow up. And he will, he really will.

I've also gotten a few hints at the story she is making...and while I used to think we'd only see the little Andrea at the beginning, I'm beginning to think we'll see her grow up into an adult, instead of just zooming through the years or flashing back. The things I've been shown so far, are amazing. I wish I could have it all planned out so I could start drawing it up...but it's not done yet.

She's also given me two extra stories as sequels, with the "middle" one optional since it might tread a bit too close to another story I've read.

I'm really excited at the story, and want to see more. This is the fastest a story has "clicked" since I wrote Closetspace. I may have a sketch of young and old Andrea by tomorrow. I'm getting the drawing itch....

I still have no name for the story. I'm considering "The Last Angel" and "A Wish for Wings that Work" just won't go away...I can't use it, but it sure looks nice. :)

Oh...and I can see her with the wings she wants. She's beautiful....