Progress Report

Ok, so I'm getting a better sense of what's going to happen with the story. It's starting with a seemingly average kid, named Liam, that feels somehow displaced in his world. He doesn't really feel like he fits quite right with things. After a bit, he gets some new neighbors who are very odd. He doesn't know it yet, but they're going to be there for him.

Each of them will have something magical about them, like one I think, might be a sphinx in disguise, one might be a werewolf or giant...something big, then of course there's the mermaid. The kid doesn't realize it at first, but he'll be...something, too. I dunno what yet. The neighbors have moved in cuz they know there's someone like them in the area, but they don't know for certain who it is at first. All the while, I think there may be a Collector of some sort trying to hunt these types & the neighbors have to find the kid, show him who he is & warm him about this collector before he gets found & taken.

I'm not sure how it ends tho'...does he go with them, leaving his family behind? Do they fight the collector so they can all be safe? Do the neighbors simply seek out these kids to warn them, then move on? *shrug* I'm not sure yet. I'm going to start actual work on it, rather than just trying to work out the ideas in my head, today.

In other news, I need to say another hello to the blog's newest follower. Hello! Thanks for stopping by.

A Pictoral Interlude

The evidence of our recent ice storm...
Treacherous, somewhat destructive, but oh so pretty & sparkly. Maybe I'll write something about an arctic world while the effect is still in full swing. Something with a glass forest could be pretty interesting.


The basement I talked about. Luckily it's in the empty house next door & not mine. And alas, all that junk & no mermaid. I think the basement pond in my story will have to be a fair bit cleaner.