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Skimmer-flight isn’t quite the same as rowing or riding. I expected more of it, but I think it’s not the same for me. I can’t forget myself in effort. Yes, the ground drops away, but it’s not as if my own muscles and bones made that happen.
Sweat-blinded, I row through the ache, I push to the point where exhilaration and pain are the same thing, where I am floating in a daze of endorphins, halfway between life and death in a divine dissociation.
Yes. That’s the place.
Anything that will take me there, I want.
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Losing oneself in the effort is the real draw. From character interviews for upcoming project,The Clone’s Complaint (NaNo 2016).
E. P. Beaumont 
Love your second paragraph. It’s a grand evocation of going ‘beyond the wall’.
Wow!! Yanks you right into a wealth of sensations. I’m exhausted . . . and exhilarated. Great snippet!
Enjoyed the excerpt and the character’s arrival at the desired mental state through exertion. (Plus I love to row.) Your prose is always so effective!
Beautiful descriptions, as usual!
This brought back memories. I used to row – had to be the most painful sport I ever tried! It’s true, we value achievements more if we have to work for them.
Lovely, yet sad also. Why do they need dissociation?
Wonderful imagery. Definitely have to work for a goal to make it worthwhile.
Another interesting snippet. Can’t wait for when the book is finished. 🙂
Great imagery. Really hooks the reader.
Gorgeous snippet. I love the imagery, and the introspection
It’s all about the zone, baby! This runner LOVED the imagery!
Beautiful description and something about that last line… Great snippet!