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I love Count Hardenstein's description of his noble ancestors and the less-than-distinguished state of his purse.
Oooh, coffee. (It's currently four o'clock in the afternoon, and I'm already deep in my cups, in the faint hope that I'll have enough energy left to write a little at night.)
Well, canon already provided me with her given name and her mother's paternal surname, but I think that this is simply not enough for a Spanish lady of good family (albeit of questionable birth). So I've saddled my heroine with quite a mouthful:
Antonia Maria de Moreno y Fernandez del Rosario -- poor thing.
Antonia Maria de Moreno y Fernandez del Rosario -- poor thing.
I think I've got far too little Pain and Misery so far. I've mostly got boring stuff like Maria and Agnes and Isabel, or Luz and Pilar and Juan. But I'm doing my best to ramp up the length of the family names.
There's a great example on that page (http://yuba.stanford.edu/~molinero/html/surname.html):
Carlos María Eduardo García de la Cal Fernández Leal Luna Delgado Galván -- isn't this wonderful?
There's a great example on that page (http://yuba.stanford.edu/~molinero/html/surname.html):
Carlos María Eduardo García de la Cal Fernández Leal Luna Delgado Galván -- isn't this wonderful?
Edited 2009-11-03 15:22 (UTC)
It is indeed. I'm just a tad worried that I'll spend too much time drawing up imaginary family trees and inventing fancy names and too little time writing...
And people say "But if children take their mother's surname, it will be too difficult understand!" Spain laughs in their faces :-)
More idea can be enough ;-) And if you fancy a target, that can only be a good thing, right?
What a fabulous name! Can you imagine falling in love wiht him as a teenager and scribbling Mrs Carlos María Eduardo García de la Cal Fernández Leal Luna Delgado Galván all over your schoolbooks?
Both intriguing. I feel Tommy's professional ethics could be interesting.
(I know it is childish of me to have Count Hardenstein remind me of the rude version of Cindererlla, but I still can't help it.)
(I know it is childish of me to have Count Hardenstein remind me of the rude version of Cindererlla, but I still can't help it.)
I feel Tommy's professional ethics could be interesting
Well, this a guy who's hoping to persuade a guest to commit suicide live on his show in order to up the ratings, so yes, professional ethics aren't really his thing. Although he does</> believe Tell It Like It Is performs an invaluable service ("a hard-hitting, socially critical exposé of the evil underbelly of society").
Count Hardenstein remind me of the rude version of Cindererlla
*Sporfle* Possibly I should consider changing the name before I reach the final draft...
Well, this a guy who's hoping to persuade a guest to commit suicide live on his show in order to up the ratings, so yes, professional ethics aren't really his thing. Although he does</> believe Tell It Like It Is performs an invaluable service ("a hard-hitting, socially critical exposé of the evil underbelly of society").
Count Hardenstein remind me of the rude version of Cindererlla
*Sporfle* Possibly I should consider changing the name before I reach the final draft...
Thanks :-) Although it's more trying-to-appear-cool world-weariness than real world-weariness at this stage.
It's a hard life when you've got a castle and eight aunts to maintain. Not to mention his own, ahem, requirements.
Not only that, but Spain also had to make concessions to women's lib so the places of maternal and paternal surname are now interchangeable...
Actually,that wouldn't be necessary because you'd never take his name. You would just stay plain old Nieves Gomez Sanchez. But you could make up fancy baby names like
Juan de la Cruz Carlos María Eduardo García de la Cal Fernández Leal Luna Delgado Galván Gomez. Or something.
Juan de la Cruz Carlos María Eduardo García de la Cal Fernández Leal Luna Delgado Galván Gomez. Or something.
Thanks. Glad you liked the imagery.
Hee. The actual goal was to write a ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tolkien_weekly drabble each week, which would total 500 words. Any writing in addition to that would just be icing on the cake! And I like icing! Yum.
tolkien_weekly drabble each week, which would total 500 words. Any writing in addition to that would just be icing on the cake! And I like icing! Yum. If only I can keep it up! *bites nails*
Ummm. It's 11:52 (and I'm stealth posting) and ready for a third cup. I've also been doing lots of writing for my classwork today, and so may end up too brain dead to drabble. But we'll see! Maybe I'll give myself a break by catching up with your Pico writing.
I spent a good amount of time yesterday getting the plot plotted(hah). I'm feeling a little daunted because there's so much to write, but it did help to get the plan, such as it is, all in one place. It doesn't count toward the wordcount, but it was a worthwhile effort.
Here' today's 300 words:
The hole would need to be at least eighteen inches deep. She worked at the shovel with her foot, wiggling it down and pulled out several good scoops. When she plunged the spade into the hole again, it hit something hard. A root, or a rock, she thought, and shifted over a small way and dug there. After a few tries, the shovel hit the hard thing again. She began again, a little forward, so she had a good circumference going, if nothing else. Again, the shovel was stopped by the hard object. What in the world, she wondered. Would one of the flagstones have sunk this deep? She repositioned the shovel, chopping at the dirt, beginning an entirely new hole a foot from the first, in search of the stone’s edge. Eighteen inches down, the shovel scraped a hard surface. This is crazy, she thought, and sank to her knees to inspect the bottom of the hole. Using her hands, she scooped handfuls of the loose dirt from the hole until she touched something hard. She brushed a last thin layer to the side of the hole and saw a flat black surface. This is no rock, she thought.
She stood up, taking the shovel in hand and began again, a foot over, and dug in earnest, not surprised when the blade struck a solid obstacle, and again, another foot over. Her hands trembled and slipped, and a little cry escaped her lips. Oh my god, how big is a coffin? Six feet? No, you bury them six feet deep. She stopped digging and surveyed the scattering of holes, each with a flat hard surface at its bottom. Of course it’s not a coffin. It’s too big for a coffin.
Get a grip, Karen, she told herself. Make a grid.
A drabble each week is really a lot of writing! It's much more than 500 words, although that's the final result.
This is beautiful. Full of feeling.
ironically, I just found out that this was a traditional naming customs for foundlings cast off by their families, so the mother's resentment and anger is even more justified. Hooray.
What excellent luck! Hooray, you!
What excellent luck! Hooray, you!
Edited 2009-11-03 17:32 (UTC)
Just keep writing and have fun.
Canon, shmanon.
Plot, shmot.
That stuff will sort itself out the more you write.
Someone remind me to take my own advice, please?
Canon, shmanon.
Plot, shmot.
That stuff will sort itself out the more you write.
Someone remind me to take my own advice, please?
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