The Play (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) continues, and I’m thinking of changing the title to this and would love to hear your opinion: A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) — I like spelling out that supernatural forces are at play in the title, that it is a horror story, and that a demon, or…
Once more, the writing angels and demons have been battling throughout the week, and another super-sized edition developed. Here are two scenes. The first where Waltzcrop’s assistants make another appearance, and the second where Waltzcrop acquaints himself with the island’s Mayor for the first time, startling him at his place of business, and, then, haunting…
The longest chapter arrives today in a fitful burst of energy. Roger is relieved to have the copy of the play once more in his clutches, and when he shares it with Sally and Morton, sparks fly. I also loved creating Leonora, who will loom larger as the tale progresses. Writing a weekly serial is…
Where did I leave you last? Oh yes, the meeting with the cast and crew of the Fidalgo Island Theater Ensemble was about to begin . . . and now it ends, and on a sinister note. More mischief to come . . . Read on, and then reread, and please let me know how…
I’m getting to know the peripheral characters in the cast today just a bit more. The cast I’ve created, and the future cast of the play. Sally is someone with an interesting past, and she has an adoring suitor. She and Martin were introduced in Part 1, and Sally will play a supporting role once…
All the world’s a stage . . . and Shakespeare knew this best. Today’s chapter begins with his poem about this stage, the theater, the players, and shadows the creation of today’s chapter. One of the characters in The Play (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) is being charmed, cajoled . . . conjured. “We are all demonic!”—Queen…
The new scene takes shape as Frederick Waltzcrop, with Camoustra and Frenalto, two of the names from the actual play, my own wicked version of Flotsam and Jetsom, find a place to live while living on Fidalgo Island. What better place than a hand-built, stone castle. There is a real castle house here on the…
Dear readers of The Play (The Queen’s Idle Fancy), I do hope you enjoy this new section of my ongoing horror story. It’s only a bit longer, but the scene needed the extra details. The play’s team is coming together, and the psychology of each character involved is important, how each mind changes after reading…
Continuing with my own “serial” format without restrictions . . . will I leave you, poor reader, with a cliffhanger? Will the main character figure out what to say to the local theater’s director? Who is the stranger that wants The Play produced? He’ll have to reappear at some point. How is the main character…