Yay, for finishing.

[newnumber6]

So, that Writing Workshop thing in one of my forums is ongoing. Assignment #2 was "A Winter's Tale of Horror", with the challenge of writing a complete story (as opposed to just the first X Pages like the first assignment) with horror elements, set in winter, with a limit of 5 pages prose (other limits for other types). (click the link to see the thread where other submissions go).

I actually finished most of it last week - the deadline was extended, which was nice because I didn't really write any when I hurt my back so if it hadn't it would have been a completely unedited version I posted, and in the last week I thought of some improvements to the base story too.

Anyway, since the whole point of the workshop exercise is to actually post my writing, rather than my usual tendency of keeping it to myself at least until I've submitted it to for-pay markets, I'm simulposting here. Well, not here specifically, but the link is going here. So, for anyone who might be interested, I give you...

Hibernation Cycle.

Comments

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Man, you should post your stuff more often. This was great. Your descriptions are really vivid. And reading about winter when it's 30 degrees outside was nice, too. :-D I really liked this line: "The last Canadian winter will be the autumn of mankind."

Plus, your sort of Cthulhu monster made me wonder if you've heard about Cloverfield, J.J. Abrams' new movie. Some of the internet buzz is saying Cthulhu is involved. No clue how true that is.

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm still not quite content with the last few paragraphs, with their overall flow and wording, I kinda rushed them to get it done in the deadline, but overall I'm moderately pleased with it.

And yeah, I've heard about Cloverfield, and the rumors that it's Cthulhuish, though I really don't know how credible it is either. There were supposedly 'viral' sites that point to it, but JJ Abrams has disavowed those sites... but then that could be part of the whole game, too.

I hope it's something like that though, because Cthulhu hasn't gotten a whole lot of mainstream movie exposure and it'd be cool to see a full on Cthulhu-apocalypse movie.