Caradhras

Today we have Caradhras, one of my favorite songs by Two Steps From Hell. This song was the inspiration for Taikatalvi Caradhras Tockspringe (Norcross).
Caradhras was one of the Misty Mountains in the Lord of the Rings, and was in fact the mountain wherein the mining dwarves went too deep and awakened the Balrog. It was called the cruelest of all mountains.
Winter. Mountains. I'm good.
Was going to do Winterspell, one of my favs, but this one holds a lot more meaning for me.
Which actually leads to an interesting story. I found Caradhras by first listening to Constantine by Audiomachine (ermg that VOICE) and then this song was suggested me. And so Taikatalvi was born from both of those songs, as well as War of Change by Thousand Foot Krutch...
Okay, so there are a lot of songs that went into his creation.

Isn't it interesting how some characters are born from songs? Some of which have no words, just... music and sound? I think it's cool. It's the language of the soul after all.

Enough about songs.


I HATE HATE HATE HATE HAAAAAATE rewriting stuff. It screws up my wordcount like NO TOMORROW!!! I have to write 3501 words per day to finish on time (according to wordkeeper). But because I am meshing Chapters 9 and (12?) I have to rewrite whole paragraphs to switch from Meruse' POV to Keenah's. UGH!!!!

Some things I can recycle, but especially inner thoughts and character specific observations I cannot. It is very aggravating. My solution is to highlight the parts needed changing, color them blue. Then I take one part and check its wordcount (eg: paragraph 1 is 508 words that need rewriting). So I rewrite that much WITH extra. So I aim for maybe 530 words by the end. That way I at LEAST add to it bit by bit.
This also means I get some set backs with my wordcount and I will HAVE to work overtime. Maybe this weekend. I'm sleeping over at a friend's house Friday night so that means no mandated bed time. Let's just cross our fingers I don't spend those extra hours binge watching anime.