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childofscott

The broken down Hotel

Sep 19, 2004 14:50

It was about 2:15am, and the mere possibility of finding a vacant space to stay was daunting to think about. We were driving alone on empty roads with mostly empty ends. Cracks knifed their way through 90% of the pavement. The other 10% was covered with various forms of plant life. The flickering street lamps attracted thousands of little creatures ( Read more... )

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fiction? crowchild September 20 2004, 16:30:26 UTC

so, is this story completely made up? it's very good writing.

Re: fiction? childofscott September 20 2004, 17:47:46 UTC

made up

Re: fiction? amiii September 21 2004, 00:13:11 UTC

now, what kind of made up? the pooled-out-of-the-head kind or the sat-down-for-hours-and-scribbled-and-scratched-and-edited-50,000,000-times?
either way, keep going.
stream of consiousness style?
keep going, i like it and so does katrina and... that says plenty enough ;).

Re: fiction? childofscott September 21 2004, 08:22:59 UTC

Well, I think it was a cross between the two. I pretty much made it up on the spot, but I added bits where it seemed to fit after reading it over. It took maybe....45 min?

So yes. Stream of consciousness it is. Bah whatever though. It seems right now that's all I got. If more should come, it will, and I will write. If not, I will continue on regular schedule with my supposedly obligatory mumbo-jumbo.

AND:

Since I'm just slightly too lazy to write a separate email right now:

Dear Amy,

This week I will give you a call in the morning. I'm crossing my fingers, but it appears that I may just have next weekend off, and hence be able to come over to the larger land mass.

Joe

Re: fiction? amiii September 21 2004, 18:15:19 UTC

hahaha

dear joe,
rad! oh... uhm... saturday i might be booked -actually, i will be. either going to megan's sis' wedding or taking my german cousin home and hanging with the fam. but i think friday and sunday are free? so, like.... hmm... you could bring someone with you and then hang out part of saturday maybe, and then ...stuff? is anyone else free who could tag along? anyway, let me know,
amy

(hee hee, email-style)

Re: fiction? childofscott September 21 2004, 18:53:08 UTC

nono...not THIS weekend...like a week from this weekend. Unless that's what you meant, in which case, who knows?

Re: fiction? amiii September 21 2004, 19:42:40 UTC

OH! ok then. no, i thought you meant this one coming.
yeah, that might work out wonderfully.

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