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Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 23rd, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 030 Notes – Forward to Part 032 Notes In which I remember, oh hey, it’s Tuesday morning and I have no commentary. So let’s do it. I had a draft of this chapter that was about two years old. That is to say, this section of the story [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 22nd, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 030 – Forward to Part 032 The escort kept a small ship. It would have been small with just the escort inside, but with two walls closed in tight around them. There was a small capsule where the escort could sleep, though he seemed to sleep in his [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 16th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 029 Notes – Forward to Part 031 Notes I’ve been putting off the notes for this section because this is a case of the section really standing on its own. I don’t think I can type 200 words about what’s going on here, though I may try. I [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 15th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 029 – Forward to Part 031 Xiphos sat in the middle of the crew quarters, leaning forward on the couch, her eyes focused on the Relay receiver. She wrung her hat in her hands, twisting it, releasing, and twisting again. Tre sat in a chair across from her. [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 9th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 028 Notes Cut scene time. This is what got cut from the very end of last section (for whatever reason, I decided not to put it in the last notes). Toby stepped off the bridge, and stumbled his way to the guest kitchen. He fell into one of [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 8th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 028 – Forward to Part 030 The Kelonio met up with the Rose a day later, both the boats now tracking the attackers’ boat. Cait and Billy transferred to the Kelonio to plan with Galle how they would precede. Galle had assembled a good collection of his crew [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 2nd, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 027 Notes – Forward to Part 029 Notes A while back, Cait made reference to a krakken attack: “Do you remember the report a month back of the ship pulled under by a krakken, ripped in half, all hands missing or dead?” Cait dried her face with a [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 1st, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 027 – Forward to Part 029 It was six bells into the First Watch when Toby came to the bridge. The way Xiphos looked back at him gave Toby the impression she had thought she was the only one awake aboard the Rose, though he didn’t seem to [...]
