Northern Lights: 20 MinnSpec Tales ToC: #10. "Bright, Bright City Lights"

Northern Lights: 20 MinnSpec Tales ToC: #10. "Bright, Bright City Lights" by Lyda Morehouse

So I was on this panel at Minicon a few years ago with Lyda Morehouse about the magic of the Twin Cities and how the two cities have different feels and how to use those feels in fiction. The panelists talked about how the magic of the cities would be different and as living characters in their own right--though twins--they have different personalities. I loved this conversation, because I use my adopted home in my fiction a lot, and they are characters in their own right. While the other panelists were great and the panel as a whole was one the best I’ve been on, it was Lyda who stuck out for her enthusiasm for the subject and idea.

Given that, there was no way I was not going to publish "Bright, Bright City Lights," despite the fact that it was way over my word limit. This is a classic case of the writer having hit the editor with exactly the right story. That it is a wonderful, sorrowful story about loss and tying to find meaning in that loss set against a living City of St. Paul, well, I couldn't resist.

Purchase Northern Lights: 20 MinnSpec Tales here.

Northern Lights: 20 MinnSpec Tales ToC: #10. "Bright, Bright City Lights"

Northern Lights: 20 MinnSpec Tales ToC: #10. "Bright, Bright City Lights" by Lyda Morehouse

So I was on this panel at Minicon a few years ago with Lyda Morehouse about the magic of the Twin Cities and how the two cities have different feels and how to use those feels in fiction. The panelists talked about how the magic of the cities would be different and as living characters in their own right--though twins--they have different personalities. I loved this conversation, because I use my adopted home in my fiction a lot, and they are characters in their own right. While the other panelists were great and the panel as a whole was one the best I’ve been on, it was Lyda who stuck out for her enthusiasm for the subject and idea.

Given that, there was no way I was not going to publish "Bright, Bright City Lights," despite the fact that it was way over my word limit. This is a classic case of the writer having hit the editor with exactly the right story. That it is a wonderful, sorrowful story about loss and trying to find meaning in that loss set against a living City of St. Paul, well, I couldn't resist.

Purchase Northern Lights: 20 MinnSpec Tales here.