The Huuel Come To Life

Took a very brief drawing break today to work on the Huuel headdress design.  I decided to work on someone of mid-rank in their society, so drew Marrow-Runs-Black, who will have a brief appearance in "Huntlead".  This took all of about 20 minutes so it is definitely no example of my "good" work, but it worked for my purposes.

Ende and Stick At It Again

Though I'm not going to really have time to write for the next ten days or so, the next part of Felriver is trundling around in my head.  "Huntlead" is going to get a lead-in of the same vein as the introduction to the book; Ende will introduce the Huuel, their history and traditions, and Stick will then illuminate the readers on "the basics".  So far the feedback on the interaction between those two has been great, so I'm going to fly with it, not to mention that it relieves me of having to explain all the little details about Huuel society in the middle of the story.

Snowing again today, and we're also supposed to have record-breaking cold, so the roads will freeze solid tonight.  Real bummer because I wanted to take the kiddo out for dinner, and now it will have to wait.  I've got a serious case of cabin fever and could really use a day out . . . Disney World is sounding really good about now . . . *sigh*

Diversions

While working out "Huntlead" in my head, I'm taking a bit of a break to enter a writing contest hosted by CleanTeen Publishing, a new book publisher aimed toward the young adult crowd.  I'm aiming for the novelette or novella entry, with each winner getting a place in their first anthology, a prize in the form of an Amazon gift certificate (hey, anything that helps me buy my textbooks is good) and a chance at a publishing contract.  Now THAT would be interesting.

So right now I am working on "Heartkeeper" for the contest, which closes at the end of the month.  We'll have to see what happens!

I'm also now on WritersCafe, and you can find me here: http://www.writerscafe.org/Rindle