Month: April 2024

I believe the next step for my book is for the True Knot to discover Abra and Dan. I believe this since the True Knot feeds on people who are strong with the Shining to keep them young, and as they continue to feast the number of people with the Shine dwindles down and they have to use old canisters of people to keep young. So as the Knot moves eastwards they will feel the presence of Dan and or Abra and they will choose them as their next meal.

Something that I really like about my book is the character building, especially with Dan Torrence. Dan started the book as a 5-year-old boy in the 70s after the Overlook ski resort blew up. Fast forward to when Dan is in his late 20s and early 30s when he is a beaten-down alcoholic who can’t hold a job, then he moves to New England and lands a job, and goes sober. One thing I dislike is the way they describe the injuries on people living or dead, cause one of Dan’s nightmares describes a dead toddler that he met and his beaten and deformed head.

One thing that Limetown and Doctor Sleep have in common is telepathy. In Limetown, they speak using a brain implant, while in Doctor Sleep those who are gifted with the shinning can speak to one another regardless of distance.

Hysteria is when people act out with overwhelming fear and or emotional distress. This idea was shown in episode five when Diedra was explaining “the Panic” and what went down that night. The person who caused the mass hysteria was Spencer, the guy in the old school with Diedra. the mass hysteria that Spencer produced was enough to rattle those who were implant-less to rise against the scientist and take what they wanted, this would lead to the panic and the death of Dr.Oscar Totem. Hysteria can affect people by bringing chaos and destruction to what is around them.

I’ve been reading Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. I’ve really enjoyed the book so far. There are many good scenes in the book. Still, my personal favorite of all is when Abra (a young girl very gifted with the shining, which is the ability to see ghosts and like telekinesis on steroids) was a few months old. She sent her parents dreams that predicted the September 11th terror attacks on the World Trade Centers. I find it memorable due to the way the information was sent out, a dream. Two separate people had different dreams but shared information on an upcoming attack on the United States of America.