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| OTMA 1914 |
May 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the OTMA's iconic 1914 formal photograph session.
Most people know the Tsar's daughters from these photos taken a few months before World War I
The theme and aim at the time seems to have been a type of nostalgia and so even as they were snapped there was an other world feeling about them . Their dream like beauty is a charring contrast with what lay ahead for them and the world
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Bronte Novel Update
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I finally started putting together all the word documents that constituents my Bronte novel into one file ...as near as I can figure I have written about 270, 000 words
When all is said and done, it seems this amount would produce a paperback of 300 or so pages...I can't quite believe these numbers myself ...but it's safe to say there's alot and I still have a good deal yet to write about! A friend early on said this would be at least two volumes lol
Writing is not the hard part I find . I have only to open a Bronte bio or critical study from the last 150 years and I find an answering stream starts in response , which I then write it down. Other stimulates are at times line of dialogue rings in my heard and a scene will build from that. Often it's like writing an important message before it's lost. My husband knows not to interrupt if I 'm writing in a note book! lol Something has just beamed in
The greater challenge for me will be the weaving together all these different scenes into one book . Luckly I'm following the time line as closely as our knowlege of the Brontes will allow and that's my map.
Writing is not the hard part I find . I have only to open a Bronte bio or critical study from the last 150 years and I find an answering stream starts in response , which I then write it down. Other stimulates are at times line of dialogue rings in my heard and a scene will build from that. Often it's like writing an important message before it's lost. My husband knows not to interrupt if I 'm writing in a note book! lol Something has just beamed in
The greater challenge for me will be the weaving together all these different scenes into one book . Luckly I'm following the time line as closely as our knowlege of the Brontes will allow and that's my map.
Armed with Charlotte's letters and a 1853-54 calender, my aim is to get it right as I can. I will be printing it out everything to construct sequence as it's difficult to arch the drawing together of the people involved when I view it all in one computer file.
I would say 90% at least is backed by history and the rest is very highly likely imo, certainly possible . However it is a novel . I do invent many conversations and even letters .But their creation is based on history and known, real letters . I dare it will seem very plausible to the Bronte fan
I would say 90% at least is backed by history and the rest is very highly likely imo, certainly possible . However it is a novel . I do invent many conversations and even letters .But their creation is based on history and known, real letters . I dare it will seem very plausible to the Bronte fan
It's no fun if one invents things from whole cloth. The fun is working WITHIN the box of known Bronte history. It's marvelous when a new perspective squares with history and then " snaps" in to place like a puzzle piece
Romanov Painting
Naturally I'm still painting Tsar Nicholas and his son Alexi 1916. The Tsar's trunk is totally different than it had been for 15 months or so. I'm certainly finding it easier to paint...and I'm chipping away at it . There is constant discovery, so it doesn't pall
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OTMA
1914 -2014
I made a video celebrating the 1914 Photos
It has other photos of the girls taken that year
Music by the wonderful Rachael Portman
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OTMA. The Tsar's daughters1914 |
Okay! Back to work!
Succes Anne, in bringing all these 270, 000 words together in a story. I can imagine what kind of a pleasure, and sometimes, trouble it gives to you. Are ypu going to make an E-book of it, or a "real" book? I will be one of your first buyers!
ReplyDeleteMy aim is a" real" book and a big one , but certainly an E book. It will come out in one form or both
ReplyDeleteI'm still writing. I just wanted to start weaving it together now before it becomes an even bigger job!
And you won't buy it Geri, I can't wait give you a copy! Your love for the Brontes is an inspiration to me! :) Thank you for your blog!
... what a woderful video "OTMA 1914–2014"! The tears stood in my eyes when I first saw it... Thank you...
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