Big things are happening to Jeremy and company, and some significant events happened in yesterday’s scene. Let’s unpack. Looking ahead Before I sat down to write “Departure,” I took the time to map out the final movement of this book. It was actually the first time I used Scrivener’s cork-board & synopsis features, and it…
Month: July 2016
Fiction Tuesday (on Wednesday) – Departure
Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link It took nearly five days after Ama’s return to finish preparations for their journey. On the second day after those preparations began much of the Senate returned for several days…
Float of floats
Note: Seeing as yesterday we hosted a July 4th celebration, Fiction Tuesday will be delayed again this week. If I wake up enough I’ll have a new scene with Jeremy and company tomorrow. The Fourth of July parade in Riverton, New Jersey is a local Summer highlight. Many towns come from all over to join…
Independence Day
Today in the United States we celebrate Independence Day, the day we mark our declared Independence from the British Empire. In actuality, our day of celebration is actually slated two days after the initial vote for independence. Some folks even enjoy poking fun at John Adams who, in a letter to his wife penned on July 3,…
Creating space
Today, after worship, my Summer vacation begins. We aren’t going anywhere this year, which is actually stressing me out, so I’ve decided to take dramatic action to create the buffer from work which is normally formed by physical distance. I’m logging out of Slack. For those who don’t know, Slack is a wonderful communications tool. The…
Fireworks
Thursday night Riverton Country Club held it’s second annual fireworks display. Some friends of ours who live adjacent to the golf course held a party to view the display, and me and my fellow “shutter hubby” were on hand to capture it on camera. Following steps we found via an easy web-search, I had my…
