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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 [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Jan 26th, 2010
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 026 Notes – Forward to Part 028 Notes 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 Rose knows who [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Nov 30th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Act 2 Prologue – Forward to Part 020 The Rose entered Port Ganda with the aid of a harbor master. She flew two flags: one of a pirate attack, and one of lost crew member. The harbor master saw to it there were no ships in her way, and [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Nov 17th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 017 Notes – Forward to Act 2 Prologue This week is going to be a cop-out. I don’t have anything to say that doesn’t feel glib, given what just happened. I’d be happy to take any questions you have, but let me say this: If the questions is, [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Nov 16th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 017 – Forward to Act 2 Prologue “You heard something?” Nina stepped into the cargo bay, pulling Xiphos by the hand behind her. “And so you come find me, who’s smaller than you?” “Yes,” Xiphos said. She swung her head around, scanning the corners of the cargo bay. [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Nov 3rd, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 015 Notes – Forward to Part 017 Notes We’re getting closer, so close Cait can see it. Just like we talked about last week, we’re less than ten days away from Cait paying off her debt. So now she can worry about things like Toby trying to run [...]
Posted in Boat Story, Uncategorized, fiction, writing on Sep 1st, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 006 Notes In which we meet pirates. I hate to do this, but there’s so much to talk about with the pirates that is going to have to wait. We’ll discover a lot more about them later. But for right now, Burian Lake broke a guys arm and [...]
