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Ars Moriendi

Recipient of the Judges' Award for Special Merit at the Summer 2009 Indie Twific Awards.

Writer of the Month December 2010 at Fictionista's Workshop

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An Author's Note on the return of Ars Moriendi and other writings by me

Between AM's last update (in November of 2009) and now, a lot of things have happened in my personal life that have made the particular plotline of Ars Moriendi very difficult, if not impossible for now, to write. I feel selfish claiming a hiatus based on grief when my experiences don't match the pain that other wonderful Twilight FF writers have pushed through and continued faithfully posting their stories during, but obviously, my creative well for Ars Moriendi has taken a deep hit.

I have been working on the story (as of today, May 11, 2010) I have over 1k of the next chapter finished, and I'm anticipating the complete chapter being around 4k (a little longer than previous chapters of AM, but mostly in line with them), but I can make no promises or guarantees of when it will be done.

I do plan on finishing the story as a debt of gratitude to the readers who have shown Ars Moriendi so much love in the last year, but I will likely be abridging the story by five chapters, so it will be 15 in total and not 20. Again, I have no schedule for posting this and I cannot promise that it will be posted quickly or with any regularity.

When I first started writing AM, I posted weekly, and then biweekly, and I wish that I could tell you that I would be able to go back to that sort of disciplined posting, but I can't. If you think that seems ungrateful in light of how much devotion other Twilight FF writers and readers have generously put towards AM, then I apologize, and I do understand, but the emotional outpouring that is writing a chapter of AM is not something that I can, or in light of the last few months should, force.

I am particularly thankful to Tiffany at Fictionista's Workshop, everyone at Edwardville on LiveJournal, Juliejuliejulie, CindyWindy, Rochelle Allison, and ohyoudo for your kind words.

I hope to be back soon.

-K

FAQ

Q: What do your Latin chapter titles mean?
A: Google it. ...OK, I won't be so mean. But really, you can look them up. Babelfish doesn't have an English-Latin Translator, but there are a few online that are rather good.

Prologue: extraho (Prologue; Pretext; In the Beginning)
Chapter One: da mihi basia mille (Give To Me One Thousand Kisses -- from Catullus; http:///catullus/text2/l5.htm in Latin or http:///catullus/text2/e5.htm in English)
Chapter Two: id ego eximus (Id, Ego, Superego, referring to Freud; simply, base desires, rationale, and morality -- http:///wiki/Id_ego_and_super-ego)
Chapter Three: animam meam convertit (Psalm 22)
Chapter Four: puteulanus luna volvit aurum (Blue moon turns to gold; from Ella Fitzgerald's "Blue Moon")
Chapter Five: ilita thetis venus (Three Greco-Roman goddesses/deities... three cookies to whoever first guesses their connection in conjunction with this story!)
Chapter Six: pallor en ceterus (Roughly, "And fading pale into one another")
Chapter Seven: infractus quod electus (Broken and Chosen)

Q: When does this story take place? Edward's ideas about sex and morality seem so antiquated!
A: He's Edward. To me, his masochistic obsession with virtue and purity is one of his most defining characteristics. Ars Moriendi doesn't definitely take place in any time period, but it is ostensibly current (2000s).

Q: Where did you get your inspiration for this story?

A: I wanted to explore the aspect of Edward and Bella's relationship that was darkest -- that Bella loves a dead thing, a dead boy. It's tragic that Edward died so young, even though he continued to live on in the form of a vampire; in addition, like I said, Edward's obsession with virtue and purity, despite his being a dark creature who kills that which he loves and has long been the subject of horror and dark eroticism, is interesting to me. In all honesty, I wish those aspects had been touched more in the books, and less about the ~Love Triangle. Don't get me started.

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Ranked 11/53 in Round One of the Age of Edward Contest

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