Schemes and Dreams

I'm home now and I have a bit more time talk. I'll have even more time later tonight. Anyway, I'l back up and answer the topics in order. First off, don't worry about being late commenting. I encourage my readers to go at their own pace. This chapter was timed kind of badly with it being St. Patrick's Day on Friday and then right into the weekend. People had a lot of other fun things to do.

Rayvn says thank you...and send help, please!?

Mimi's natural look is blonde. I have been guilty of not showing them off stage so far, but that is about to change. We're still going to see Mimi on stage but we're also going to see Mimi's everyday life. That big lavender hairstyle is just Lady Mimi's wig. Just like the blonde one was in this chapter. The lavender wig, the rainbow dress, and the outlandish makeup are part of Lady Mimi's camp look. I'm not sure how familiar you are with the term 'camp' or 'campy' but it's a slang word for over-the-top, outrageous, sort of silly. A caricature. A drag queen who has a camp persona will exaggerate their makeup, dress, and...ahem, assets. They take all the usual visual feminine queues and make them all look exaggerated They aren't trying to look like your average woman. A look like Mimi had in this last chapter would be more like a gender illusionist. It's about trying to 'pass' as a woman, to look like a glamorous female, to create the illusion.

As I was saying before the boss interrupted me.? I never had any plans for having occults of any kind in this story, definitely not in UtTS. They will never be a part of UtTS, 100% they won't. I think what is making it so hard for me to choose where to go with this storyline at the moment is, frankly I feel guilty for springing this twist on my readers so unexpectedly. I originally had planned for Judith and Rayvn to encounter some 'locals' and have it get a bit weird and maybe uncomfortable for them. Then I started writing and it just snowballed and turned into something vastly different than what I had in mind. I'm really struggling with this. How far do I push this storyline? How quickly should I try to get it back on the original path? Should I embrace this new direction? I have a lot to sort out before I post the next chapter later in the week. I truly appreciate hearing your thoughts about this new storyline. I write for my readers as much as I do myself. I currently have two versions that lead up to deciding their fate from this point on. One follows a difficult path and the other goes into darker and more dramatic territory. But that darker one explores the minds of these two. What is Rayvn willing to do to get where she wants to go in life and what is Judith willing to do to keep what she has? How will their answers to those questions and their actions affect their relationship? Where will all of that lead and what ripples will it send through the rest of the story...depending on which direction I end up going? I welcome any and all insights that readers care to share as I mull this over.?