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Ending note: Originally My Sweet Valentine was to be novella sized. Obviously, that did not happen. At only a little over 14,000 words it makes it into the novelette category. Part 5 (Valentine’s Day) was unplanned besides me knowing I wanted to sew Amber and Russell together. Amber was not supposed to retaliate as she did. She was supposed to wake up after the sewing, listen to Russell speak again then die. I’m not entirely sure where she got her strength from but I’m glad it happened.
As promised I’m getting back to you about whether or not I actually like this story. I do, despite some awkward sentences and a slow start, I really enjoyed writing this. I especially enjoyed the ending. Not because it meant the story was over but because it was fun to write. Yes I like writing morbid things.
As stated in the inspiration section (which was really just me rambling again) I am doing the 12in12 challenge and this was supposed to be my novella for the second month. It bled into the third month and gave me and extra 4,000 words. Maybe 5,000 depending how much more I decide to add before sending this out into the World Wide Web.
Am I fretting at being behind my goal for this month again? Nope. Daimin Van Helgrove and his father Demek came through for me again last night (February 6th) and I wrote a scene with them that spanned over 11,000 words. That brings my total to 15,000 or 16,000 and it’s only the 6th.
The scene was when Daimin finally realized how much of an arse he had been over the first 20 years of his life and how much he needed to change to win the love of his soul mate. The scene won’t see the light of day until I write and publish the second book in the Van Helgrove trilogy. That’s right, the second book. Have I written the first? Nope.
As for what I’m going to write to make up the other 4,000 to 5,000 words I need to get this month’s quota, I have no idea. I do have a few more fairy tale spoofs to finish for my Fairy Tales Gone Wrong anthology I’m planning to put out in either March or April. Namely I have to make Sleeping Beauty a witch, Rapunzel a crazy warrior, and turn Goldilocks into bear poop.
I do find it exceptionally funny that my Little Mermaid spoof became a novella and My Sweet Valentine barely qualifies as a novelette. It was supposed to be the other way around. Hell, I could almost turn my version of the Little Mermaid into a novel. But I won’t because then it would take too long to edit it and I would never be able to release it when I want to. Plus my Ariel had her say and is happy with her ending. Eric, eh, not so much.
I congratulate anyone who is actually reading this. And by this I mean this ‘ending note’. If you’re really that curious about me, I’m both flattered and a little worried. Just don’t turn into a Russell, okay?
As for why I wrote this (the actually story and anything else I write), I have no answer. That’s like asking why a bird flies or why a person breaths. For me, writing is a necessity. It’s something I do almost every day, or at least once a month because that’s just who I am. As for why I wrote something so horrible happening on what’s supposed to be a happy time of year, go check out Have a Bloody Christmas and get back to me with that question again.
Again, I ENJOY writing morbid things. I enjoy writing funny things. I will sometimes combine the two for my own amusement and the amusement of my readers. Why? Because it’s fun and really that’s what life is about. Life it meant to be enjoyed and if I enjoy writing about people dying and killing each other than so be it. As long as I’m not doing it in real life, there’s no issue now is there?
I’ll leave you with one final thought: lock your doors at night and if you live alone get a big scary dog to protect you. You never know who wants to stay by your side forever.
About the Author
Dairenna VonRavenstone hails from the snowy North (Canada) where it’s not all that snowy for six months out of the year. She enjoys reading a good story and boasts a personal library of over 1,000 books. Writing came as a hobby to her when she was 10 and she spent the better part of a decade honing the craft, writing an estimated 1 million words and 40 stories (novel-length and short) in various stages of completion. She is assured that most of those words will never see the light of day and be burned in a ritualistic fashion eventually. Dairenna (Renna to her friends) writes to bring joy, happiness and love into the hearts of her fans...or something like that. Learn more about her here: https://www.vonravenstone.com.
Other works:
Small Slice of the Undead: A Zombie Anthology
Apocalyptic: A Doomsday Anthology
‘Tis Hallows Eve: A Halloween Horror Anthology
Have a Bloody Christmas: A Novella
Hodgepodge
Connect with me online:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vonravenstone
Blog: https://dairennav.blogspot.com
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