Who Me? Secret Project?

[scribblemyname]

Um... Well. Yeah.

There was this small matter of having accumulated a small mountain of small fictions presented in the Kingdoms and Thorn storyworld and a certain someone ( :coughs: thecatisacritic :coughs: ) who kept pestering me for a certain book and lo and behold, secret project underway.

And today, I got a cover I kinda sorta like though I didn't find even one free stock photo that really made me think of Ashen or the Database. Ah, well. We'll see.

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[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I've been able to help.

Well, if you don't get anything from the poem, I did have another thought... Random music was playing on my computer while I was cleaning, and I was reminded of "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin. Specifically, I liked the idea of A Few Small Repairs, from this section of the lyrics:

Sunny came home with a list of names
She didn't believe in transcendence
And it's time for a few small repairs, she said
Sunny came home with a vengeance

The song does kind of remind me of characters in Kingdoms and Thorn, too.

I look forward to seeing what you do with the prompt.

[scribblemyname]

Any chance you can post more of this song by chance. I admit, I just don't get what it's saying.

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Full song (it might take a listen or two, too):

Sunny came home to her favorite room
Sunny sat down in the kitchen
She opened a book and a box of tools
Sunny came home with a mission

She says "Days go by, I'm hypnotized
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire"

Sunny came home with a list of names
She didn't believe in transcendence
And it's time for a few small repairs, she said
Sunny came home with a vengeance

She says "Days go by, I don't know why
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire"

Get the kids and bring a sweater
Dry is good and wind is better
Count the years, you always knew it
Strike a match, go on and do it

Oh, days go by, I'm hypnotized
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire

Oh, light the sky and hold on tight
The world is burning down
She's out there on her own, and she's all right
Sunny came home

[scribblemyname]

Thanks.