Serial WebLiterature and whatnots.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 006 – Forward to Part 008 If he had wanted, Captain Burian Lake could have made his presence known the moment his boat entered the harbor of Port Rival, in the Barbarros Islands. He could have taken control of the dormant little fishing town with little effort, if [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Aug 25th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 005 Notes – Forward to Part 007 Notes As we talked about last week, the Firebrand is a camp that positions itself to be a rehabilitation camp, a camp for kids who are about to lose their lives to drugs or the streets or both. Worried parents send [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Aug 24th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 005 – Forward to Part 007 Cait summoned Toby at the first bell after sunrise, and started to detail his duties on the Rose. After a moment, Cait slowed her speech to a stop, noticing how Toby could barely keep his eyes open, how he swayed just a [...]
A friend of mine sent me an invite to Momentile, and I’ve really been enjoying it. The idea is that you upload one picture a day, and that picture is one you’ve taken that exemplifies your day. It’s been a lot of fun. I wanted to just put this up on the sidebar, but apparently [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Aug 18th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 004 Notes – Forward to Part 006 Notes Toby would not exist if it were not for this thread from Metafilter. This was right around the time when I started sketching out the characters for the story, figuring out who Cait was, planning out the Rose. The camps [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Aug 17th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 004 – Forward to Part 006 “Are we kidnapping now?” Billy stood in the door to Cait’s office, his face red, his arms down at his side. He fixed his eyes hard on Cait, as if he could see the answer already. Cait set down her paper work. [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Aug 11th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 003 Notes – Forward to Part 005 Notes Gosh. I have so little to say this week, it’s staggering. This might all change after work, of course, but since I’ve been emotionally dead after work lately, we’ll see. As per my question last week, it seems people are [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Aug 10th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 003 Forward to Part 005 Not knowing what else to do with himself, Toby hid in the crew quarters. He hadn’t yet been assigned a bunk, so he sat down on one of the comfortable looking couches and stared at the Relay receiver. It wasn’t any different than [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Aug 4th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 002 – Forward to Part 004 Notes I have a question for you guys: This section is one of the aforementioned “tacked on” sections. That is, this is two sections stuck together, because the second part is too short to stand by itself. What that gets you is [...]
Posted in Boat Story, Uncategorized, fiction, writing on Aug 3rd, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 002 – Forward to Part 004 Cait boarded the bridge just after the Rose pulled out of the harbor. Their perpetual Travelers were settling in, Tre doling out their responsibilities, while Billy prepared dinner for the crew. Typically, Travelers preferred to cook their own food, though Tami and [...]
