From Valdemar to Run Lola Run

[lilithsaintcrow]

Woke up this morning with an old filk song, Kerowyn’s Ride, in my head. I was a diehard Mercedes Lackey fan for a long time, and one of the joys of having a daughter was introducing her to the Heralds of Valdemar series (the initial trilogy) and the Vanyel books. I did sometimes want to be a Herald-Mage when I was younger. And Jill Kismet owes a great debt to Diana Tregarde.

Work continues apace today. Last night while driving to the post office I was listening to KNRK’s People’s Choice countdown, and came across a remake of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” by Old School Freight Train. (You can listen to it on their Myspace page.) It’s an odd, plaintive ballad with a banjo, and the rest of the CD is just as awesome (except for the title track, Six Years, which I didn’t like.) They have become the new soundtrack for the Sekrit Project, which I got a good chunk of out last night. If I can keep up this pace I’ll be done with both projects and ready for a run at a fresh Jill Kismet before long.

But it’s going to take time, a whole lot of precious time…it’s gonna take patience and time…

God, do you remember when that video was the last word in special effects? Whoa. Incidentally, this song along with Ringo Starr’s remake of You’re Sixteen, are the themes of the new Dru book. Along with Believe from Run Lola Run. (Is now the part where I say I was a Franka Potente fan back before it was cool to be one?) Anyway, if you listen in the last half of Believe you can hear Christophe whispering to Dru.

All right. Break’s over, all. Back on my head.

Posted from A Fire of Reason. You can also comment there.