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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 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 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 [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 25th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 026 – Forward to Part 028 Two and a half years before The Rose left port of Hin on the western coast of Lingguo, the weight of its cargo pushing the boat lower in the water. All twenty one of her crew moved about the boat, securing crates [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 19th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 025 Notes – Forward to Part 027 Notes We’re leaning towards a Xiphos-heavy middle of this act. Sorry, that’s how this story is flowing. We lost Nina, and that loss is what’s driving a good portion of the story, and since Nina was Xiphos’s girlfriend, Xiphos is going [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 18th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 025 – Forward to Part 027 Since he had taken over, Toby had the guest kitchen to himself. This is where he carefully constructed each meal, almost always in silence, usually by himself. Usually. As he washed the dishes he’d need for that night’s meal, Xiphos stood by, [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 12th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 024 Notes – Forward to Part 026 Notes I may have mentioned this before, but the New Archer Revolutionaries are old characters of mine. I have a habit of taking out of place characters from their old, unused series and placing them into a new environment. Xiphos came [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 11th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 024 – Forward to Part 026 Four years before Loaded with cargo, brimming with passengers, the Rose set out from New Archer. The Rose was in the throws of a shift change, the fresh crew coming in to replace the night team. Tre had just been relieved from [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 5th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 023 Notes – Forward to Part 025 Notes Two things happening in this section: Preparing for the Information Traders, and meeting the Information Traders. Billy, as a due to his experience in the navy, leads the way. A couple of things about the Information Traders: They are pirates, [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 4th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 023 – Forward to Part 025 Billy laid out scrap paper from the Relay feed on Cait’s desk. He sketched with a pencil the Port of Voys, in Lúme. He moved his hand quickly, marking little boxes for city blocks with ease. Before long he had a simple [...]
