Hey Kitties! Long food-gathering day for the Kougar, and her little cat eyes are sleepy. Moi did help two turtles on their way across the road on her journey. The first older turtle seemed fine, relaxed, keeping his head out as moi carried him to a nice landing spot. The second turtlie was young and oh so feisty. The Kougar has never seen such a fierce box turtle. That little guy took off in the opposite direction he was traveling, then did a u-ey, racing back the other way. When moi gently picked him up, talking to him, he hissed and scrabbled his legs, instead of closing himself up in his shell. He calmed down as the Kougar carried him, then was off like a shot -- that's a racing box turtle! I think the rabbits don't have any chance against this little guy. Turtle with an attitude. I guess moi will make certain he gets a character role sooner or later.
The third turtle had already crossed most of the way, and needed no assistance. Three, the magic Shaman number. Turtle Spirit must be speaking, and the Kougar lends an furry ear for the message, O Blessed Tortoise. Slow and steady wins the race? While being oh so feisty at times, and racing forward? And don't close up inside the Kougar lair like a turtle?
Fab exciting blog today on Title Magic, my Heavenly Big Cats. Shape transform to invisible and float on over! Mel's guest blogger, Mark Orr will give you a writing lesson on apparitional sex. Below is Mel's intro and moi's mew-sings.
Guest Blogger: Mark Orr
Posted by Mel Hiers at 8:58 PM
Those of us who write fantasy/paranormal/horror often come up against some unique challenges in the course of a story. My friend and crit group partner Mark Orr, author of Howling in the Park, writes about Harvey Drago, intangible detective. Harvey has the power to move through just about anything solid - walls, floors, furniture. Cool, huh?
In a draft of the sequel to Howling, Harvey has a romantic encounter with a ghost. When he talked about it in group, I wondered how the heck that was going to work, being that one of them is intangible and the other insubstantial. Although the scene ended up not being right for this particular book, Mark pulled it off beautifully! So I invited him to come talk with us today about the art and logic of creating such a love scene.
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Welcome, Mark! Thanks for being here!
Mark, your post made my day! Believe you me! I've always wondered how I would handle that kind of love/sex scene between the incorporeal.
Hey, the imagination is a great thing. And I thoroughly enjoyed the way you created and handled that scene. I think sometimes we authors forget, it's not just insert A into slot B -- it's sensation, feelings, the energy that's created -- whether in physical form or apparitional, or out of phase.
Thanks for sharing! Glad Mel talked you into it. I learned a lot.
Slow and steady kisses from the Kougar...
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