So I’m stealing an idea from Stephanie Perkins and making a love list with both the photographs and a few phrases that inspired so much of this project.
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| Fisherman’s Bastion |
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| Cafe Gerbaud |
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| Chain Bridge |
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| Blown out building (circa 1929) |
An American girl in a magnificent ballroom.
Fiery explosions.
A beautiful, Jewish boy with an ugly secret.
Drugs, guns and bodyguards.
Protecting family no matter the price.
Mint tea and buttery pastries.
Bitter cold.
Hot kisses.
A long goodbye.
Okay, okay…I admit. Looking at the list makes me a little bit excited to get back to this rewrite.
What do you love about the manuscript you’re working on?
All pictures are taken from Wikipedia Commons.
7 Comments
Jess
That I’m almost done with a draft. That’s about it right now…the rest of my initial intentions have been buried under a sea of pragmatic paragraphs designed to give my plot structure so I can go back in and make some sense of it…or start over…yes, I’m at THAT stage.
Becky Wallace
@Jess: LOL. You’re almost done? That’s a wonderful, wonderful thing BECAUSE that means I get to read it soon. HOORAY!!
E.J. Wesley
That it’s a proper sequel with 100% more witches! 😀 Well, I had to pick something to love, right?
Becky Wallace
@EJ Your first ms has no witches, but second one does? Very interesting. That might require an explanation.
Lindsay N. Currie
Great list and I would be excited too! I’m excited about the prospect of what this book MIGHT be . . . it might be amazing and I can’t wait to get cracking!
Jeigh
Guh, I’m exactly at that point where I don’t love my story. Maybe I need a love list. One bonus: I’m almost to a near-kissing part!
William Kendall
Lovely photos… well, not the last one.
Now that I’m done with my MS, I’d say the sense of characterization. I love the banter between my two lead characters.