Hattie Lochner

I uploaded fan art under "Hello Dear Chaos" in the "Dear Reader" chapter! I'm feeling pretty pumped and ready to write Sunday's chapter.

Goood morning my fellow book*worms*! (Yes, that is a HDC call back, lol)
          I finally got an idea for Cupid's role and how he can make Psyche's life miserable.
          Instead of trying to make her fall in love with him, he tries to prevent her from finding love! 
          Which puts them in very awkward situations together as Cupid gets involved in earthly politics as he meddles with a potential suitor for Psyche: 
          the wicked prince who had captured their town.

As I was planning the outline to "Hello Dear Chaos" I thought that the FIRST CHAPTER EXCERPT felt a bit sparse on WHY we should care about Psyche or the city of Desire.... Will keep you updated on how I'm going to fix that!
          PS< It might have to do with divine politics between the gods... I think. Or human politics. We'll see.

But then again, maybe she should be the princess-- and then when she decides to dedicate herself to the temple as a priestess, Venus takes notice as the common people adore Psyche. Venus thinks that it is too much power in the hands of one mortal and sends her son to confuse Psyche/ make her fall in love with an ugly creature....

I've decided that Cupid ill be sent by his mother to torment Psyche and get to the reason why she's... different.
          He will disguise himself as a "shadow" and that will be her "double shadow" that I've referred  to in the CHAPTER ONE excerpt.
          Now, Then he will start doing small, sneaky things. some that work, some that don't. Until one day, Psyche confronts him and he is surprised that she can "see" him. (he was disguised)

Blessed Sunday, peeps!
          Today I thought more about the idea of Psyche being the High Priestess of Venus...
          but then I was stumped. "What is the goal of her journey if she is already in such an influential position?" I thought. "Maybe I should write how she fights to get to that position of power"
           AND HER REASON (GOAL) is so that she can save her Father's Estate!
          I would put in worldbuilding that if you become *the* high priestess, your family gets well taken care of. 
          If your just a common priestess, then you don't get those perks.
          
          So, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what I'm proposing:
          Psyche must become the High Priestess of Venus to save her family's estate and prevent them from being sold into serfdom. However, her hidden chaos divinity has cursed her without "eros". When Venus sends Cupid to make Psyche's life miserable, he falls for a girl who can't love him back.

Phew! It's been a long day, but I finally got somewhere with all of my arduous work. (I got three short chapters in the making!)
          Jip, I decided to go with Psyche as the Head Priestess of Venus' temple. And now, I'm updating my logline as follows:
          
          Psyche's beauty has incurred the jealousy of the goddess Venus. She must find a way to appease her as the High Priestess of her temple to keep the harmony in her city. But what she doesn't know is that Venus has her own plans-- and has set up Cupid to watch Psyche's every step.
          
          Not fancy wording or perfect in anyway. but progress is progress!

I know that I need to make a short log line entailing Psyche's story going from A to Z... 
          Here's what I got so long... 
          Psyche must reach a goal [believability]
          because if not they will lose something vital [high stakes], but what they don’t know is  their every step is being watched by Cupid.
          
          Now, this is pretty bare bones... so I'm going to need to give her something to do in the book. Like, does she become the High priestess of Venus' Temple, or does she get Coronated as the Queen of the city and need to keep the peace? Hm... Gonna think on it.... because that will also help me decide what the stakes are....

Since my new Novel is a Greek myth retelling, I wonder if it falls under fantasy?
          Probably... right? 
          Here's what I got so long for the premise:
          The primordial deity of the void, Chaos, becomes a mortal girl named Psyche in Venus' City of Desire. 
          Her Chaos essence blesses her with a haunting beauty rivalling Venus, but cursed her without the ability to love romantically.  
          When the mortals start to worship Psyche instead of Venus, Venus sends her son, Cupid, to make Chaos' life hell. 
          What Cupid doesn't expect is to fall for a girl who cannot love him back.

So, I've decided to experiment with a new genre-- romance! Lol, it'll just a be a side plot in my novel "Hello Dear Chaos," But I think it's a good start for a newbie.