Work continues on Santa's Diary. I already have entries either written or sketched out though early March - more than 25,000 words so far!
There are several issues on my mind. I write like an educated adult but should this be more of a children's story? I try to be scientifically accurate (well, as accurate as a story about Santa can be!). Still, there are conflicts with the Santa mythos - the workshop on Polar Ice at the North Pole, for example. The ice is not that thick, so how does it support that wight? And how to shield a complex from planes, satellites, etc? They certainly didn't exist back when the North Pole Workshop legend was first created. And how do you feed hundreds of elves, gnomes, dwarves, etc, working at the workshop?
The next entry sketched out yesterday deals with the food issue, .
This morning in the shower I fleshed out that food entry, and then I had a sudden inspiration for dealing with the one of the other issues.
Yes, in the shower. A writer never stops working!
It's so cold and dark at the North Pole for several months of the year. Bitterly cold - getting down to -50 at times. And the wind, brrr.
But just as I earlier came up with an elf science way to strengthen the ice, I've come up with an elf science way to deal with the cold and wind. And to hide the complex.
This means going back and revising some earlier entries, but it will be worth it.
As for elf science, it's one of the ways to explain their "magic." They just understand natural elements and forces in a way that we do not, and are able to manipulate them. So it's not magic; it's using the intellectual gifts God gave them.
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