LOL. Carlos and I released a backers-only update on Negocios Infernales today, and on it, we gifted them one of their rewards: a new web-based tool for our “Deck of Destiny” cards.
There’s a box to input your question, and then you get to pick 1-3 cards to draw to help interpret your fate. The tool randomly pulls them for you. Each card pull includes an explanation of the suit.
Right now, the tool is just for backers on a private link, but eventually we’ll migrate it over to Outland Entertainment, where it will live for ALL THE REST OF YOU to enjoy. (Although, naturally, you’ll want YOUR OWN DECK OF PHYSICAL CARDS.)
Anyway, I was testing the web tool out today, and I asked it: “How I can keep motivating myself to finish my edits on time?” I chose a 3-card draw.
My answer?
– “You are mostly holes” – LIKE MY MANUSCRIPT, AFTER I CUT IT UP!
– “Skin is a coward” – THAT QUILL IS BLEEDING! (Self-explanatory.)
– “The scavengers win every war” – after I SCAVENGE the SCRAPS remaining of my manuscript, I will WIN THIS NOVEL!
Yay!
So. Quite an optimistic reading, eh? (I particular love two Carne cards, especially that line in the suit-meaning: “the triumph of self-interest over community.” It is, after all, in my best self-interest to FINISH THIS NOVEL.)
THE DECK KNOWS.
C.S.E. Cooney 