A Dwelling-Place for Demons

I had another dream the other night that really makes me want to write something. I won't explain the dream, because that would take awhile! I'll just go into the idea.

I don't know the setting yet, but it's a slightly alternate universe in which people summon demons. Each demon has a strong power, but that power can't be met until a stipulation is fulfilled. This power depends on the demon; it's individual. Not everyone summons demons; it is a bit of an unpopular practice, and those who do it are often scorned.

One such demon-summoner is a young woman who has nothing more she'd rather do with her life than research on demons. Fresh out of university, she's ready to start her research with first-hand summonings. She successfully summons her first demon . . . but his stipulation is an unexpected one. In order for his power to come into fruition, he has to have someone fall in love with him - and he has to love them back. This turns into a bizarre and comical search for women to love this beast, through want ads and internet personals to find the right girl. What happens, though, when he finds someone perfect, but the summoner starts to feel a bit jealous?

It sounds a bit Beauty and the Beast-ish, but . . . I think I like that, and I think I will probably play with it. I may even go so far as to name the main character Belle. Most likely it will be a modern fantasy meets romantic comedy. I really want to play with this idea!

Today's poetry

I didn't really get any writing done today, which makes me sad because I try to write a little each day if I can, but I did have a bit of an idea.

I was leaving campus today listening to my iPod; music always influences me or alters my mood, or suits it. In any event, I was feeling a bit faroff and I was walking through a patch at the entrance to the forest where a lot of trees had been cut down and left there to rot. Something struck me then, and I had to write it down!

Looks like this could be the beginning of a good poem! I mostly got ideas about a battleground . . . a war between humans (I don't like saying "man", but it fits well in this poem so I'll use it) and nature.

Poetry chapbook

I'm working on a poetry chapbook at the moment, aside from my current children's book project. For this I'm taking inspiration from autumn and many other things. This will be professionally published, I hope.

I have not written much good poetry in awhile, but I'm going to work really hard to achieve this goal. I'll let you all know my progress!

The chapbook will be ten poems long. I currently have two of these poems written and ready to go, aside from the required editing. Fragments of poems are floating around and I think that a few good things are going to happen soon!

Also, U de M students, don't forget to e-mail me about the Forehead Review! Send me your poems, stories, comics, whatever literary stuff you feel is appropriate. The new Forehead e-mail address is theforeheadreview@gmail.com, so send me something!