{"id":3098,"date":"2014-08-02T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T17:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2014-08-02T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T17:19:14","slug":"unadulterated-tapestry-of-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/02\/unadulterated-tapestry-of-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Unadulterated Tapestry of Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay&#8230;I need to take a few deep breaths here. I\u2019m working on a new story that I am so crazy psyched for that I might have a heart attack right here and now.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;I admit it&#8230;I may be a bit of a hoarder. Pens, journals, old Christmas &amp; Birthday cards&#8230;I\u2019ve got stacks and boxes of mementos squirreled away.<\/p>\n<p>The same could be said for story ideas. I know I\u2019m not the only writer to have so many ideas, you don\u2019t know what to do with them. You finish one project and then sit there in silent wonder of which one to tackle next when all you want to do is write <strong>ALL THE THINGS, ALL RIGHT NOW<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, this story&#8230;It kind of came out of nowhere, and yet I\u2019ve had the pieces scattered in my brain for a few years now.<\/p>\n<p>This particular story was going to be just a short piece that I was going to include in a collection. I\u2019d actually already written the first draft but it wasn\u2019t working for me, so I decided to cut it down to a flash piece and post it for free on my website &amp; via my <a title=\"Patreon\" href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/patreon\/\"><strong>Patreon campaign<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And then it happened&#8230;I started thinking&#8230;Maybe I should just rework the original piece. Expand it a little. Just&#8230;A little.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. Right. Does any story you intend to expand \u201cjust a little\u201d ever stay that way. 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Some are just seedlings &#8211; I\u2019m not sure how or when I\u2019ll use them so I\u2019ll file them away for later &#8211; and it\u2019s finally paid off because with this idea, I can sew a few of them together into an <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Unadulterated Tapestry of Awesome<\/strong><\/span> that will hopefully be my next project!<\/p>\n<p>I know&#8230;I have enough going on as it is&#8230;but I will gladly backburner a few of my other projects to work on this thing. I\u2019d hate myself for not striking while the iron\u2019s hot.<\/p>\n<p>Um&#8230;You guys&#8230;I\u2019m <strong>SMITTEN<\/strong> over here. Like I can&#8217;t even type fast enough to get my ideas down about this story. Usually I get a cool story seed but when I start to rework it, something doesn\u2019t sit right. Some little segment doesn\u2019t fit or just won\u2019t logically work no matter how hard I try to mash it or stretch it or piece it together with something else until I have to resign myself to the fact that it just won\u2019t work out the way I had originally envisioned it.<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;I\u2019m not naive to think I won\u2019t run into roadblocks along the way. That always happens. And I hate to jinx myself before I\u2019ve even gotten out of the brainstorming phase yet.<\/p>\n<p>But this little seed that is really starting to grow like fucking gangbusters? It has me all twisted and turned around and so giddy with anticipation that I just want to figure out all the mechanics of it so I can just <strong>WRITE IT ALREADY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I know&#8230;you wanna know more. You\u2019re scoffing right now. Pssshhh&#8230;Every writer thinks his or her idea is genius. I\u2019m not even saying it\u2019s genius. 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Just know that is a story connected to <a title=\"The Lockwood Collection eBook\" href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/works\/the-lockwood-collection-ebook\/\">The Lockwood Collection<\/a> and I&#8217;ll be able to explore my obsession with mummies even further. Good thing I&#8217;m making a stop at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egyptianmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum<\/a> when we go to California in September, not to mention the <a href=\"http:\/\/mummies.sciencebuff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mummies of the World exhibit<\/a> I&#8217;ll be hitting up this month. Inspiration waits!<\/p>\n<p>Now you see the reason for all these big declarations and all the drama. I\u2019m not sorry for any of it. 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