Two Literary Asides.

Mists of Avalon has reached what I think is probably a pivotal point. Morgaine’s true spirit is in the ascendant again. She’s rediscovering herself; she’s even having sex with her stepson, primarily to honour and re-establish her connection with the Goddess, of course. She’s nothing if not devout! (Although, let’s be honest, she fancies him rotten as well.) I sense that she’s about to wreak havoc in Camelot and bring about the dissolution of the known world in the process. Time will tell.

I find it interesting that Morgaine is probably the closest I’ve come to finding the woman I’ve been seeking all my life, although I really don’t know what I would have done with her had she entered my orbit for real. She unnerves every bit as much as she fascinates and charms. Maybe that’s her secret, and mine. And maybe it’s fortunate for me that she’s only a character in a novel.

And speaking of novels, the anxious, angry, alienated and generally depressed mental state I’ve been in for a while has provided the perfect opportunity to do a major edit on mine. I’m surprisingly pleased with it. It needs a bit of tweaking here and there, but it isn’t at all badly written, and it even covers some bits of ground similar to Mists.

I’ve found a UK agent that invites submission of the first three chapters with a month turn round time, so I’ll be sending something in their direction soon. It isn’t that I want to become a known author or anything, it’s just that the story offers an alternative approach to reality and spirituality that I think a few people might want to read. It would seem a shame if they didn’t get the chance.