Nice writing, Ed. I remember reading the first chapter on Unschool way back, and wondering where it was going. Now I know! I enjoyed the contrasting voices and working out what was going on. I guess I would call it fantasy, if we're putting a label on it.
Thank you, Steve, and it's great to hear from you again. TBH, I'd forgotten that I posted the first scene on the Unschool scene workshop, but I looked back at that post and your thoughtful notes (to which I never responded, being a man of mystery). You had suspicions about an allusion to a French song called Mathilde by a singer named Florent. I can tell you now that I had no knowledge of that song when I named the characters, but I've read the lyrics and I'm bowled over by the coincidence and the thematic similarities. Thanks for making the connection, and for the genre suggestion of fantasy.
Nice writing, Ed. I remember reading the first chapter on Unschool way back, and wondering where it was going. Now I know! I enjoyed the contrasting voices and working out what was going on. I guess I would call it fantasy, if we're putting a label on it.
Thank you, Steve, and it's great to hear from you again. TBH, I'd forgotten that I posted the first scene on the Unschool scene workshop, but I looked back at that post and your thoughtful notes (to which I never responded, being a man of mystery). You had suspicions about an allusion to a French song called Mathilde by a singer named Florent. I can tell you now that I had no knowledge of that song when I named the characters, but I've read the lyrics and I'm bowled over by the coincidence and the thematic similarities. Thanks for making the connection, and for the genre suggestion of fantasy.