Rocking the Keyboard
Apr 07, 2024 4:15 pm
So much coming - be patient.
I have totally been rocking the word count. I have my cozy space mystery mostly done - waiting on a last chapter. That series I won't launch until I and my co-world author both have 3 done. But the first part of the epic fantasy is in the last 10k. And the 1st of the Victorian Urban Fantasy in the Ternion Universe is about 60%. I'm having to stop and do some plotting there because it twisted away from me and there are so many little things about Victorian life I don't know. Ugh.
Week 9: 15222
Week 10: 25068 <-!!!!
Week 11: 12913
Week 12: 16642
Week 13: 10068
Week 14: 20630
My March total was 65,070!!! I am definitely getting there which means even more books for you later this year and next year.
Mage Hunter: Vengeance is doing pretty good. Not great, but it is a stand alone series mostly, so I'll add another one or two as time goes on.
Other than that. I have tomatoes and peppers planted, the aspargus grows faster than I can eat it, and while my landscaping is still a pain, I know how to fix.
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Weekly Micro Story
Symbiote
Tyron piloted the single person flyer through the residences that caressed the sky. The backdrop of the star nursery cast a a rainbow of colors over the solar collection windows. His destination lay up ahead. Or was it his destruction. At this point he didn't know. But the choice had been taken out of his hands and it was an odd relief. To have no choice meant only one direction to go.
{You still have a choice.] The artificial voice of the symbiotic whispered.
He glanced at his arm, the scar where he'd been wounded, where Aqeilia had entered. Had saved his life. Had doomed him and maybe it.
"It is this or we die." He knew he didn't have to speak aloud, but it was easier to rationalize someone hearing the words than Aqeilia reading his thoughts.
[You will be killed you mean.]
"I'll still be dead. As will you."
The symbiote fell silent. When he docked the ship it finally spoke again. [I never meant to cause you harm.]
"I know. But no one can ignore what I can now do, because of you." He stepped out of the flyer and grabbed his bag. His family was long gone, his children had their own lives, and he had been prepared to go quietly into his twilight years. The scar on his arm, the strong healthy skin, the lack of gray hairs still looked wrong. A glimpse of his reflection had him jerking his eyes away. That face was one he hadn't seen since his twenties, it wasn't his. Yet.
Armed guards waited for him, but why. He was here voluntarily. What more did they want?
"They are waiting," one of them said.
Tyron ek'Lionia nodded and followed them, the electronic hum and chatter of the world settling around him, telling him everything and he wondered just how much to tell the government. They already knew about the regeneration, the strength, the uncanny physical abilities, but should he tell them he could now read all wavelengths, hear all electronic data, and that Aqeilia translated everything the way he breathed.
[I would tell them as little as possible. Fulfill their expectations, nothing more. I will do my best to pay my debt to you.]
Tyron just laughed softly. There was no debt, but maybe he wouldn't be a prisoner or pawn forever. There was a galaxy to explore after all.
~*~
I take zero responsibility for where my mind goes. But talk about the perfect spy. Make me wonder where he might go.
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Mel
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