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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 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 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 10th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 016 Notes – Forward to Part 018 Notes So, Toby tries to run again, and again, Cait sends Nina out to bring him back. It’s because she’s the nicest. Also, because she’s probably the most stable on the boat. Nina has her life together, as simple as it [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Nov 9th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 016 – Forward to Part 018 The windows of the ferry were sticky with condensation, and Andrewston passed outside as a silent gray blob, nullifying any of the pleasure Toby could have received from the sight. Still, it was better than nothing. More importantly, it was on the [...]
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, fiction, writing on Nov 2nd, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 015 – Forward to Part 017 “I’m sure things are fine,” Billy said, arms folded over his chest. Cait leafed through the Travelers’ papers. Everything had been right, or at least looked right, but she checked again. She sat at her desk, reading each line, down to the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 014 Notes – Forward to Part 016 Notes Most of this section is another example of “what I wanted to say has pretty much been said on this section.” Recap: We follow Tre around, Billy can’t cook, Travelers fight, and Cait is excited. Just as she said, in [...]
Posted in Boat Story, fiction, writing on Oct 26th, 2009
New reader? Start here. Back to Part 014 – Forward to Part 016 Tre did a quick sweep of the guest quarters to find the sound — and the smell — that was bounding its way through the Rose was Billy. The human leaned over the stove, holding a frying pan. All around him was [...]
