The story doesn't have a title yet, not even a working one. It's still in early writing phase. For most of my stories, I have at most a vague idea of what is going to happen, if that, and I let the words for the story as they flow off my pencil.
That being said, though, I jotted down an idea back in October when Candice and I were listening to The Shining in anticipation of the new Doctor Sleep book by Stephen King. It simply read "Not all books should be opened. Not all knowledge should be gained." It was inspired by a quick blurb when Jack found the scrapbook in the basement of the Overlook and something told him not to open the book because not all books should be opened.
After that, I proceeded to write a few paragraphs from that, and even got a general idea of where it might go. I never typed it up, and came across the idea a month later, but not the start of the story that I'd written, so I started it again. Suffice it to say, none of those ever got typed up even as a place marker to start writing the story. In the past week, I've come across the idea again, as well as each of the handwritten pages that start the story. It's very odd that they would keep popping in front of me at different times.
It makes me wonder if it's a sign that I should be working on that story, if it's just coincidence, or if it's just annoying. Anyway, I've typed them up and at least saved them so that I can work on them later. Here's the first few paragraphs, let me know what you think of the opening:
Preface
Not all books should be opened. Not all knowledge should be gained. I know this now, but I’d have considered those words blasphemous for a librarian to utter even a year ago.
Back then, I ravenously fed on all knowledge and reading. I cherished any ancient text that my hungry brain could come across. To me, there was no concept even of forbidden knowledge.
But now I know better. Now I know that some knowledge should be forbidden.
That's the preface and likely the tag lines for the story. I'm not sure if I'll switch over to writing more on it now, or if I'll wait, or if I'll split time between the two.
If I keep coming across "signs" to write more on the "Forbidden Knowledge" project, I might have to finally take notice that I'm meant to work on it before my first person zombie story (even though it is finally starting to come to the surface).
As for the zombie story, the preface (as I mentioned earlier) appears in a slightly different form in Darkness. Then, when I start telling the story, it's in the form of a letter from the main character. I'm thinking about including pictures of the scrawl along with the typed text to show just how unreadable it is, since it is being written by someone with very little control over their muscles. What I don't know is if that is just a quick blurb of a story that'll be followed by a separate, bigger zombie story, or if it'll lead to a bigger story within the one I'm already writing.
Other projects waiting in the writing wing include my vampire story where Josef Mengele is the vampire and retells history from that aspect. Since Josef is the main character in it, I have to find a way to make him more sympathetic, while at the same time still a horrendously horrible person from history. I also have a werewolf story brewing in my head too, so that it appears like a big portion of the second book might be my takes on some classic horror genres.
Either way, it all seems to be coming together as long as I can keep motivated.
On a different front, here are some season and half-season premier dates we're looking forward to in the near future:
Face Off - 14 Jan 2014
Walking Dead - 9 Feb 2014
Whose Line Is It Anyway? - 21 Mar 2014
Game of Thrones - 6 Apr 2014
That's all I have for this entry. Thanks for reading.
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