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Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jun 1st, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 041 Notes – Forward to Part 043 Notes Hey, check it out, it’s Cait’s mentor, Captain Alistair Mossflower. Although I’m sure he wasn’t a captain when he was training her twenty years ago. They’ve gotten close through the years, Alistair and his wife Helen even going so far [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on May 31st, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 041 – Forward to Part 043 The Rose had passed through the first lock of the Narwe Canal when the patrol boats pulled out in front of her path. They signaled to pull aside, assisting in tying her to the docks, and promptly boarded. Cait stood in the [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on May 24th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Act III Prologue – Forward to Part 042 Cait didn’t make it far into her customary morning walk of the Rose before she turned back to the bridge. Xiphos was just handing over the controls to Tre as the morning shift started. She pointed to a few things on [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on May 18th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 040 Notes – Forward to Part 041 Notes We start off Act III with Rose Molyneux. After 40 sections, it’d be a good idea to talk about her a little more. Here, the Molyneux give us Rose’s official biography. Like any Molyneux, she’s wildly successful at what she [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on May 17th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 040 – Forward to Part 041 From the Molyneux Family Archives Rose Gimble Wai Molyneux was born on the family estate in Latanian Doric on 9. Bu 3810. Rose was raised in the typical Molyneux way: taught on the estate about the necessary things in life, cooking, farming, [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on May 4th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 039 Notes – Forward to Act III Prologue Notes Hey! It’s those jerks again! I’ve started really enjoying checking in with the Travelers. Where as they used to be great friends, having met while out Traveling, their friendship is strained and almost certainly through, and it’s fun to [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on May 3rd, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 039 – – Forward to Act III Prologue It was hot, and Patel kept the door of the public Relay booth open just a crack. Sea air drifted in from the crack. Patel took a deep breath while his message printed. When it was done, he tore it [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Apr 27th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 038 Notes – Forward to Part 040 Notes So this is the patching things up section. Toby’s back on the Rose, where his so-called “fan club” waits for him to come back. Xiphos has waited at his side in previous drafts, despite the enigmatic and cold welcome back [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Apr 26th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 038 – Forward to Part 040 It smelled like sterility and bodily fluids. For a while this thought roamed in Toby’s head. The air passed in and out through his nose, and all he could think about was the sharp tang of sterility, bleached surfaces, and rubber gloves. [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Apr 20th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 037 Notes – Forward to Part 039 Notes One thing I want to get out of the way right now is that, yeah, I should have shown the mutiny happening, but it’s one of those situations where I couldn’t figure out how to pull it off, because it [...]
