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Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 9th, 2010
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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 wanted to talk about [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Mar 2nd, 2010
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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 [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 23rd, 2010
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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 16th, 2010
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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. [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Feb 9th, 2010
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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 Jan 26th, 2010
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More flashbacks. Hello, past Rose.
I’m trying something out here. Aside from spending time letting the crew run around the ship, I had some history I had to drop. It’s safe to assume that everyone on the [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 19th, 2010
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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 [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 12th, 2010
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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 [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 5th, 2010
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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: [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Dec 29th, 2009
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Those poor Travelers. They leave the Rose in a fury, only to end up not where they expected. With a storm imminent, they climb on to the first passing boat. This is part of maritime conduct, both on [...]
