WIP Wednesday

So, word count wise, I haven't gotten a whole lot done on my work-in-progress in the past week. This was mainly because I had a lot of other things going on (my sister had a baby, the puppy got sick, I had to do a presentation for work, etc. Life stuff, basically). But I did come to a couple of important realizations about my story:

1. It's not actually about faeries. I've been calling my variety of humans with magical blood "faeries" for want of a better term—and while they share some features with traditional faeries (invisibility, metal allergy, existence of changelings, etc), I think they are different enough to be considered a separate breed entirely. My characters are human; a split in our evolution several thousand years ago—fueled by genetic mutations—created two distinct human populations: those with magic and those without. I've mostly been using the term "Folk" to describe those with magic, but I've decided to remove references to "faeries." I generally don't like it when modern fiction redefines mythological creatures (for example, vampires who can go out in the daytime), so I certainly don't want to try to redefine faeries.
2. Despite its title, Dyllan and Abigail, the book might not actually be about Dyllan and Abigail. Of course, their plot line is important, but recently other plot lines have gained strength and might even outshine the two characters who were originally the center of the novel.
3. Both 1 and 2 are okay! After all, first drafts are for finding out who and what the story is about.

This week's word count: 2,000-ish.

Ferrets make good familiars for sorcerers, sorceresses, and other advanced magicians. However because they are unpredictable, they are not advised as familiars for young or inexperienced magicians. Image: Psychonaut, 2007. Wikimedia Commons. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Frettchen_in_blanket.jpg

Story soundtrack: Enaid and Einalem's Celtic Nights, and Birdy's self-titled album.