As many readers of Painfully Hopeful know, I’ve been writing a serialized novel on Tuesdays entitled Welcome to the Valleys. It’s been a whole lot of fun to do, and weeks ago it became the longest work of fiction I’ve ever written – and I’m only in Chapter 3! To better organize the project I…
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Unpacking The Old Guard
Yesterday’s post completed the transition from the Tunnel and into the Inner Valleys proper. Interesting things are happening and we got to re-introduce a character whom I believe will be staying around for a bit. Let’s unpack. Walter gets a clue I think the shadow’s recent willingness to participate in the group’s conversation has helped…
Fiction Tuesday – The Old Guard
After the shadow’s proclamation Walter held his hands up and motioned for silence from the other companions. “Let’s not discuss this here, we’ve probably already said too much in the open. Let’s get on the road, and then we can ‘chat.’” He glanced up at the nearby evertorch and added, “Ok with you?” Ama and…
Unpacking Seeing Purple
The surprises these characters keeping springing on me a truly dizzying. The first title for this passage was supposed to be “On the Road.” I wanted the party to have a conversation about Walter’s “summons” as they travelled to Meadow Run and end the segment with the introduction of Talum. I even created a character…
Fiction Tuesday – Seeing Purple
“Walter, what?” “Meddle, not now. Not here.” Both Walter and Ama’s faces had become white, and several people who passed Walter noticed the chill near their table, drawing confused looks. He then pointed at Jeremy, but shifted his eyes down toward the evertorch on their table. “And as for you, I don’t know what you…
Unpacking Cafeteria Crossing
I have to say, this segment of Welcome to the Valleys was quite unexpected. When I sat down to write I hadn’t intended for the Shadow to play such a prominent role in the conversation. Instead, Walter was supposed to speak with Ama about how she was interpreting the anger in the cafeteria 1. The…
