Fiction Tuesday – In session

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 Satal didn’t wait for Jeremy’s response. Instead, she stepped up on to the dais and approached the lectern. As she stood in full view of the crowd, the murmurs of…

Unpacking The depths of power

We have made it to the floor of the Senate at last! This was a wonderfully fun passage, and Terrin even got to show some of his personality! Let’s unpack. The title The title for this section is a phrase also used in the body. “The depths of power” is an obvious flip from our…

Fiction Tuesday – The depths of power

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 Jeremy hadn’t been enthused by Satal’s command to get a haircut, but as the lift descended to the Senate Floor he had to admit he felt better. His head felt…

Unpacking In style

This week’s section was, admittedly, rather short. 1200 words per scene has been my goal ever since NaNoWriMo, and that’s worked out well for me. Yesterday, however, when Ann said, “You just sit back and relax and I’ll take care of everything.” It was as if the characters were saying, “Hey, that’s enough.” Let’s unpack….

Fiction Tuesday – In Style

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 Jeremy was still attempting to process how to handle Senator Merkot’s sudden appearance when, to his shock, the lift began to go down. They descended several floors before the car…

Unpacking Lifted Up

I was so pleased to get Michael and Terrin back into the picture with this last section. Let’s unpack. Tollen’s intrusion I love Tollen’s explanation of his method for bypassing Presidential security. He trained many of the guards who are now directly under Satal’s command and they have not forgotten. Even in The Valleys, where…