{"id":263,"date":"2015-02-02T23:17:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greole.com\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2015-02-02T23:17:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T12:17:12","slug":"concept-for-submission-to-lost-voices-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/02\/02\/concept-for-submission-to-lost-voices-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Concept for submission to &#8220;Lost Voices&#8221; anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/0b26a13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16\" src=\"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/0b26a13.jpg\" alt=\"0b26a13\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/0b26a13.jpg 200w, https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/0b26a13-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve told you that I intend to write a short story for an anthology and that this is set in a cemetery where the gravestones whisper to a sorcerer-like character called Verdant. Also that the cemetery is situated just before his home. You also know that the last story I wrote was done so in a Lovecraftian style. Well, I&#8217;ve spent the past few days trying to make some decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The first decision was the perspective. I did not want to write first person for this one. My last short story was narrated by a very pompous and narcissistic character. I wanted something a bit more neutral. Third person it is.<\/p>\n<p>Time. Perhaps a year or so before the novel begins. After all, my last short story is set immediately after the novel finishes.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I did not want to have Verdant as the protagonist. He already plays a major role in the novel. I do have a young girl &#8211; a child &#8211; who is a minor character in the novel. She is essentially a street waif caught up in an Oliver Twist style of existence. In my first draft of the novel I grew to like her but really could not use her much. So here is her chance.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I changed the protagonist suddenly the plot became apparent to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve told you that I intend to write a short story for an anthology and that this is set in a cemetery where the gravestones whisper to a sorcerer-like character called Verdant. Also that the cemetery is situated just before his home. You also know that the last story I wrote was done so in a Lovecraftian style. Well, I&#8217;ve spent the past few days trying to make some<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4],"series":[],"class_list":["entry","author-soulthief","post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-good-writing","tag-writing","clearfix"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mythoughts.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}