writing progress
Josh R.
THE KAGE GRAY ADVENTURES:
Story 1, "Return to Waypoint 5", has been written and I'm in the
process of typing it into my computer, revising as I go.
Story 2, "Rendezvous at Blue Valley", has been written, and I also
sketched some of the ship design.
Story 3, as yet untitled, is in progress. It has space pirates in it.
I think I will make some mention to the Thunderbird (the ultimate
goal of the story arc) in this one.
Also, KGA will most likely be published under a Creative Commons
license as a podcast series. The guy who sits next to me at work is a
podcast actor, so he can help me provide some of the voices; he's
playing Grand Admiral Thrawn in a new Star Wars podcast series. You
may also have seen him on FoxNews, back in the first half of the
2000s.
THE PRINCESS AND THE PLUMBERS:
Posted to my online writing group.
BELIEF:
Online writing group has had their way with it. They mostly suggest
that I had a plot I wanted to follow and bulldozed my way to get
there, so I should try a little more rewriting. One person said to
get rid of the Ben character (the friend), but I really like him being
around. He's the comic relief. I'll be revising that hopefully by
the end of August and sending it around for a second look by some
readers.
UNTITLED ONE-OFF SEX STORY:
Haven't done anything with it yet. I will try to drop it on my site
and post a link soon. I just keep not having the time to mess with
FTP.
113 FEET:
Haven't heard back from Asimov's yet. I think 2-4 more weeks are left
before I query again.
And now, an excerpt from THE PRINCESS AND THE PLUMBERS:
*****
Uncle Walter never actually retired. He just started doing more of
the bookkeeping and office work. He was ten years older than Dad; he
deserved an easier time of it. We hired this guy, Louie Georgiopolous
-- Louie G., never just Louie and absolutely not Lou -- and even
though he knew his stuff, he was an absolute pain. "Come on, Mary
Mary," he'd say, "when you gonna admit that you want this all
yourself?" Usually the gesture came with a wave from shoulders to
thighs, sometimes using a wrench or a piece of pipe for emphasis. In
the beginning, it got to me, but then I started giving it back to him.
Especially when he was snacking.
"You think that little sack of nuts is going to satisfy my needs?" I
said, snatching it out of his hand. Then I squeezed it until the
plastic bulged.
Louie G. winced and turned away, and I picked out a couple, crunching
hard on them. "Have a heart, Mary Mary," he said. "That ain't cool!"
He didn't stop, and after a while we started to have fun with it.
Uncle Walter gave me disapproving looks and more than once whacked
Louie G. across the back
of the head, but I didn't have a lot of friends. Louie G. was my friend.
Even if I did have to pretend to do disgusting things with screwdrivers.
*****
I'm about to head upstairs and do more work on KGA#3. Not sure how
I'm going to justify the pirates bringing Kage's ship into their
hangar, except that I want people to meet this alien race, and this
way was convenient.
--
"Tell the truth. But live a life so improbable
that it is not to be believed." -Aleister Crowley