a man with a gun in hand

Glaring at an outline thinking I need, in Raymond Chandler's phrase, for a man to come through the door with a gun in his hand.  (Despite the tendency of that technique to make the story episodic.)

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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty by Sarah Gibb

Another story retold and illustrated by Gibb.  In the pastels/silhouette form that she does.  I don't think it worked quite as well here as in Beauty and the Beast -- though perhaps I was not quite as happy with the retelling, and also I dislike little winged fairies. But still a quite respectable telling for a youngster.

motive for the masquerade

Thought of a new (in-universe!) motive for the masquerade.

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