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 “Easy lad,” Walter soothed as he guided Jeremy to a couch. He winced as he touched the youth’s head. “Lad, you’re ice cold! What happened?” Jeremy shivered and shook his…
Category: Fiction
Fiction Tuesday – Beginnings
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 That night, Jeremy dreamed again of the abandoned city. As before, he was perched on a high cliff overlooking the former metropolis. The Sun was setting in the West, and…
Unpacking The end of a road
This was a very different passage. Let’s unpack. Time jump I’ve been writing this story for over a year, but in story time that only amounted to several days. So I took the opportunity to speed up time a bit. It allowed me to shift things up and prod the story along. It was an…
Fiction Tuesday (on Wednesday) – The end of a road
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 Later, Jeremy didn’t recall much of the next several months spent in the Ravine. Seven days after Walter’s initial petition to have The Coastlands brought under the Senate’s jurisdiction, the…
Fiction Tuesday – Identity Check
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 The debate continued on for several hours after Walter revealed his evertorch. As Jeremy was unaware of many of the laws and customs which guided the debate, he found himself…
Unpacking Facing challenges
And the politics continue. In this passage some more of the attitudes which drive The Valleys float to the surface. Let’s unpack. Status update What customs did the people’s of The Coastlands break by moving out to the region? Satal’s words are actually important, she specifically uses “custom” and not “law.” When The Valleys were…
