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Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 29th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 035 – Forward to Part 037 Auburn found herself on chair duty after Confession. This meant she was to put away the hundreds of chairs in the hall by herself. Not that she minded. The councilors always made this out to be a punishment, but she always enjoyed [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 23rd, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 034 Notes – Forward to Part 036 Notes There’s a couple of things I really like about this section. The first is Xiphos calling Cait about about getting put at the kids table every time there’s a big decision being made. She’s right: she is an officer on [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 22nd, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 034 – Forward to Part 36 Cait leaned on the railing of walkway just outside the guest quarters and looked out over the Rose’s mostly empty cargo bay. This was becoming a habit: more and more she found herself here, not on purpose, just there. More often than [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 16th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 033 Notes I feel like I’m going to spend a lot of time defending the timing of this section. Really, what happened, why it’s here, has to do with something that was going to happen next section, and now it’s not. Things changed, leaving this section hanging. However, [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 15th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 033 – Forward to Part 035 Two Years Before Billy left Xiphos in the infirmary, content that she could put away the supplies on her own. She had proven herself to him early on, performing first aid when needed on her fellow crew members while she waited for [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 9th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 032 Notes – Forward to Part 034 Notes This section. I just… ugh. This section. This section fought me every step of the way. All the feelings I have wrapped up in the Goodship Firebrand suddenly didn’t want to come out on to the page. Every thing I [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 8th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 032 – Forward to Part 034 Auburn Nash uncurled from her sleep into a weary stand. She regained her balance, scratching her head and yawning. Light streamed in from a tiny window at the top of her “room,” and she cracked it to discern the temperature of the [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 2nd, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 031 Notes My god, is it actually Monday morning? What gives? Well, computer’s going in the shop, and I don’t know when I’ll be getting it back, so the links to and on this page may be a little wonky and/or non-existant. Please bear with me while I [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 1st, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 031 – Forward to Part 033 The sub was quiet when Patel emerged from his capsule. He stretched and yawned, and looked around to collect his bearings. By this time he was getting used to the sub and its crew. Their adoptive crew talked little of themselves, and [...]
