Friday, August 2, 2013

The desert, part two... All kinds of things

Yesterday's update was a bit cryptic...  hee hee...

So I thought I'd be nice and come back today to add some details.  Just a few, however.  Don't want to give the store away.

The "ghost train" trio, that is the three people pursuing the train -- each for their various reasons -- are out in the desert currently.  At least, that's where chapter 21 has them at the moment.  And in terms of an update, that's it....  I've written chapter 22, but have some gaps to fill in with chapter 21 as the latter gets them from the desert to where they end up in chapter 22 (more on that later!).  Anyway...  Sounds a bit contorted, but I think it works.  We'll see....

And...  I'm thinking the action ends around chapter 34 (or so...) which means we're getting awful darn close.  Only 10 - 12 chapters to go!

Finished the autowriter story and sent it in.  It's off in that never never land of editorial review and what not.  Title is "The Anomalists" and it's a little piece -- about 3,000 words -- that spins its yarn around a paranormal television show.  The action occurs when the team of investigators encounters a "real" ghost.  Some of that is relayed through the peculiar view point of an auto writer, who lives a few blocks from the opening scene.  We'll see how it fares in the old marketplace.

Also, "Shirasawa's Rage", the second installment in Shira's trek to find Miyabe is finished and off in a similar editorial never never land.  Sent it to the kind folks at Aphelion; so hopefully she will find a friendly audience and my loyal band of faithful readers will be able to experience the next "chapter" very soon.  Fingers crossed.

And finally... for this edition anyway...  check out "A Fire in August", the abandoned oddity I mentioned in an earlier post.  It's up and waiting to be read over on the Creator and the Catalyst forum now!  Think there's two or three fragments from an attempted fantasy novel posted out there as well.  Truly, one discovers all kinds of things out in the desert.

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