That number keeps coming up: four loves, four laws. I wonder where it will surprise me, next?
Another ‘transitional’ episode, but Nichole does have a sudden realization. Amazing to think that both she and I didn’t know these things 24 hours ago. I love writing. Oh: I wrote this on a new laptop in Word, so the formatting is chewed, again. I’ll try to fix it for Ep11.
And I think I’ve a working link for Episodes 1-10 there at the left. Stupid formatting….
Another real life conversation: ‘following this story in reverse order is hard!’ I’m paraphrasing, but I get the point. After hunting tomorrow AM (at the supermarket), I’m going to try to create a sidebar link or something that makes it easier to follow “Defiant.”
But keep this in mind! The purpose of this blog is not to announce the release of new books, but to keep me writing! If I hit a wall on “Defiant,” I might just switch to “Hot Rod” or something else entirely. I love what I see right now, but time will tell how far it goes.
Now, back to the rooftop, when Mackenzie asks an innocuous question.
…which is not the same thing as back on rails (to make an RPG reference). I’d seen most of this yesterday evening, but as important writing is, family – even just day to day family stuff – always comes first.
I also realized that my episodes were getting unwieldy in size, so I’m trying to pare that back, too. There’s more on the roof next time. Maybe the walk back to campus in a light rain after that. Does Mackenzie explode under the attention? Joe develop PTSD? Gil confront Nichole about her connexion to Kongo?
I’ve no clue; but, I’m having so much fun!
Ideas, really. But the point’s the same: they’re hard to catch. Snares work better. I’ve made the mistake of chasing ideas down rabbit holes. I’ve lost track of my own story, dammit.
My wife read the update before this one. “That was good, but how is this a romance story?” Oh…yeah. So, I’ve made some changes to Ep7-1 and now roll out Ep7-2 with the express purpose of getting Joe out of this combat zone as quickly as seems reasonable. Not to give away below the fold, but the original version of this had Phillip dying, and the HUGE can of worms that opened….
This is a romance story, how? I’ve explored three of the Four Loves between machines and humans in my two novels. I wanted to see what I could do with the remaining fourth: eros. Guess this means fewer battle scenes…more classes and coffee shops. More pools and less clothes.
I wonder if Nichole is buoyant? Have to think about that. For now, let’s start wrapping up the cluster-eff I made on the Columbia River. Hope to get everyone back together in Episode 8!
We celebrated my wife’s 50th birthday today at a Melting Pot restaurant. Food was good; it was fun.
Oh: cannibals.
[EDITED: clarity added; note to self: don’t make posts after a Martini, a bottle of wine, and a snifter of single malt Scotch]
Busy three part episode. Gil is off to his reserves; let’s hope Joe’s not dead. I hope not: introducing new characters is a bother.
Don’t believe me? Read on…
That’s the distinct ‘between the lines’ message a got from a RealLife(TM) co-worker today. She’d not seen me since I’d started “Defiant,” and it was easy to see that she thought better of my now that I’m writing again.
I agree complete. I’m not a likeable person to begin with, and not being able to creatively express myself these last few months has made me worse. So, let’s let the cure roll on….
It’s always bothered me that that particular Commandment was mistranslated like that. Deliberately, I’d suppose. If it can confuse humans, who else might it confuse?
There’s going to be a third and final part to Ep5; later….
Episode five seems to be consuming my mind. That’s fine.
Someone pointed out the spelling/grammatical errors. Yepper: by the basket-load. These are RAWS. I make a very basic spell and grammar check before posting, but no editing. I’m writing, quite possibly to save my life, in what time I have. After a long dry spell, I SEE things! I want so much to show all of you!
So, sorry about the errors. I’ll try to do better. Cheers!
Both for me and Nichole. Twelve hours ago, I had nothing. Now, I’ve Eps 4 & 5. Four is below; don’t think I can transcribe five until tomorrow: off to Mass in a few, then making steaks for the family afterwards, then anime in the basement.
By the by, I know zero – ZERO – about fashion. If what I describe Nichole as wearing is wrong, please let me know.
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