Writing Accomplished
I did get Chapter 4 of Colony Beta written with time to spare Sunday. I'm not sure I meant it to be only about Kevin, instead of half Kevin, half Jen & Paul, like the previous chapters. I'm happy with it though. Will I start switching off? One chapter for Kevin, one for Paul & Jen, until they either meet up and split up, or another group is introduced. I know where the story is going now, just not quite how it will get there.
I have something like nine days to either write a new character introduction or wrap up a partially completed story that could become self-contained episodic short stories following the adventures of a small group.
I running in to naming problems in the latter story, and setting questions in the former. For the former, it's mostly a question of whether I want the characters to stay in a futuristic setting the routine space flight, or if I want to try to shoehorn them in to the cyberpunk-sans-spaceflight setting. They're both the same universe, but one is obviously farther in the future than the other. For the latter, what do I call the groups of adventurers that are hired by individuals or corporations. In the Shadowrun game setting, these groups are called Shadow Runners, and their society is often called The Shadows. Also what should I call the series.
This last weekend felt like the sort of weekend that, if I was still in Portland, I would have driven to Seattle for no reason other than it seemed like a good idea. I thought about it on Saturday. Then I thought "That's a really long drive now..." so instead I just drove South or West on various roads. I followed Alameda until it turned and I didn't and I eventually came to Morrison Road, which brought me back to Wadsworth. Sheridan seems to turn in to a planned community of some kind, not too far South of US 285.
I ended up at an IHOP at Sheridan and 285 for dinner, around 10:30PM, and ordered some sort of new dish they were testing out in that store: the Spinach & Cheese Scramble. Scrambled eggs with spinach, served with a slice of cheddar and shredded cheddar jack on top next to hash browns, bacon (or sausage) and pancakes. Seemed like a good meal for just shy of $10 (including coffee).
I have something like nine days to either write a new character introduction or wrap up a partially completed story that could become self-contained episodic short stories following the adventures of a small group.
I running in to naming problems in the latter story, and setting questions in the former. For the former, it's mostly a question of whether I want the characters to stay in a futuristic setting the routine space flight, or if I want to try to shoehorn them in to the cyberpunk-sans-spaceflight setting. They're both the same universe, but one is obviously farther in the future than the other. For the latter, what do I call the groups of adventurers that are hired by individuals or corporations. In the Shadowrun game setting, these groups are called Shadow Runners, and their society is often called The Shadows. Also what should I call the series.
This last weekend felt like the sort of weekend that, if I was still in Portland, I would have driven to Seattle for no reason other than it seemed like a good idea. I thought about it on Saturday. Then I thought "That's a really long drive now..." so instead I just drove South or West on various roads. I followed Alameda until it turned and I didn't and I eventually came to Morrison Road, which brought me back to Wadsworth. Sheridan seems to turn in to a planned community of some kind, not too far South of US 285.
I ended up at an IHOP at Sheridan and 285 for dinner, around 10:30PM, and ordered some sort of new dish they were testing out in that store: the Spinach & Cheese Scramble. Scrambled eggs with spinach, served with a slice of cheddar and shredded cheddar jack on top next to hash browns, bacon (or sausage) and pancakes. Seemed like a good meal for just shy of $10 (including coffee).