The opening to this part is the bit that I wound up writing seven different versions of (5k!) before I found one that worked. So it's very gratifying that it wound up being one of your favorite bits - means all that work was worth it. =)
This is by far the most complicated plot I've ever put together - normally I do pretty straight-forward things. While writing the Crowley POV scene, my beta asked for a summary of all the cons Sam was running at the time - and it took me 1,500 words to explain all three. Writing smart characters is hard.
The whole idea of the ruler of the realm also *is* the realm is an idea that I cribbed from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, where the Endless share the same trait. JJ pointed out that this sort of situation has been described mathematically as a "Klein bottle", and then Dollar took that idea and made the dividers - that flaming object in a middle is a Klein bottle. Like I said: collaboration is AWESOME!
Okay, I've nattered on enough - you're right, there are a lot of background ideas and thought that never made it into the actual story, and I get excited talking about them. But thanks again for all this detailed feedback and for reading - makes my day.
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This is by far the most complicated plot I've ever put together - normally I do pretty straight-forward things. While writing the Crowley POV scene, my beta asked for a summary of all the cons Sam was running at the time - and it took me 1,500 words to explain all three. Writing smart characters is hard.
The whole idea of the ruler of the realm also *is* the realm is an idea that I cribbed from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, where the Endless share the same trait. JJ pointed out that this sort of situation has been described mathematically as a "Klein bottle", and then Dollar took that idea and made the dividers - that flaming object in a middle is a Klein bottle. Like I said: collaboration is AWESOME!
Okay, I've nattered on enough - you're right, there are a lot of background ideas and thought that never made it into the actual story, and I get excited talking about them. But thanks again for all this detailed feedback and for reading - makes my day.