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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 8 December 2013 (Inside the Jump)

Martisset startled as the iris-gate to the Captains’ station opened, and the Avatar-Ashore emerged, sparkling in all her rig. A true android, run by six or seven of the Ship’s process-threads. “Yasmin Sure-Hand.” The Avatar smiled and extended a hand. … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 1 December 2013 (Inside the Jump)

“There is no Immortal. He’s gone and done. Dead meat in Genubi’s lab now. She’s back-constructed a good piece of the elixir of immortality by now.” Yasmin had an unmistakably smug tone. “She’s giddy with it, keeps saying, ‘and I … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 24 November 2013 (Inside the Jump)

“I cannot transmit anything over the Uplink,” Iric Desnaray said. “What is the matter?”
 “The matter is that communications have been suspended until we have clarified the situation on board.”
 “What situation?”
 “Your colleague from T-7 has died.” 
To her … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 17 November 2013 (Inside the Jump)

“This situation isn’t going away just because the Immortal is dead.” Yasmin said, “I have put another piece in play. Taryn has agreed to speak for us to the Outposts. With your permission, Captains.”  “Oh no,” Jehen said, “with the … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: the 30-day challenge vs the 30-year challenge

Today’s post was originally written as a comment to this awesome post from Kris Rusch, about the instant-success mentality and the NaNo Class of 2010. I guess I’m Class of 2010 also, given that was the first year I managed … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: sustainability vs workaholism

It’s now the fourteenth of November, one day short of midpoint. I have written almost 44,000 words — and that’s with two days off. Tuesday and Wednesday I came home from work, laid on the couch (aka recumbent workstation) and … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 10 November 2013 (Inside the Jump)

The next wave of data came through thoroughly laced with Yasmin’s out-and-out revulsion.  “It’s at least six hundred years old,” she said. “Age in Years Standard of the Original World, six hundred fifty-three Years, seven Months, twenty-one Days, fourteen Hours, … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: movie night on the starship (Inside the Jump excerpt)

Cabin fever’s an extra risk when you have three different parties on board who hate each other, not to mention the stowaways. So to take the edge off, our heroes get ready for the traditional Movie Night on the Starship.

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 27 October 2013 (Character interview: Martisset from Inside the Jump)

And that time I was not consciously eavesdropping, but watching — on a sunrise flight with my aunt Tethys, who pointed out when we were approaching the long, broad Valley of Settlement, where the first colony on Karis had been … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 20 October 2013 (Character interview: Yasmin from Inside the Jump)

I am the Ship, these fifteen years. I am the Ship’s-Heart, and none but my captains know that I was ever anything else. I am the same as I ever was, think the same thoughts, even dream, but the air … Continue reading

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