A Quickie: Writer's Moment

Jetta McCree opened her eyes to blackness streaked by white lights. Panic set in on the first cold-seared breath fogging the surface in front of her. She fought to control it. Tentatively touching the clear glass, she cringed at the burning cold and slid her hands to eye level. The black silhouette of them contrasted with the whir of stars in the background. Stars didn't streak. A comet yes; stars, no.

Nausea churned in her stomach with realization. The dark void of space closed in on her. I thought they were going to shoot me or something!

Instead, Jetta hurdled through space in a load capsule. Something told her Frank Donley's men hadn't bothered to press the retrieval button for any nearby Receiver vessels.

"What do you think? Plaid blue or solid blue for tomorrow?"

Plaid or solid blue?

"AR...plaid or solid?" Hubby asks again, standing by the closet and posing with both shirts.

"Oh...sorry. Solid," I suggest absently. Hubby picks plaid in the distance.

...So, Jetta thought, it was going to be a long painful death. Crap...

Good writing all!

Quickie: Devoured Planet!

A sci-fi lover's dream!

A planet being eaten in distant space. I have this childlike, face-scrunching desire to see the real images but an artist's recreation will suffice for now.

Check out the article here Devoured Planet

And just because it's sooo cool...I've put in the NASA artist's rendering of the "situation".

Good writing all!

A Quickie Writer's Moment

A block away from work, I started thinking about my new space epic. Puzzle pieces started falling from the sky for the next 3 blocks.

I stopped at an intersection and pressed the crossing button right as a certain subplot came clear to me. My antagonist's motives and their hidden ties to one of the main characters.

I know it's important she remain unaware, but should he also? How this will impact certain scenes later in the manuscript? How it will affect the dynamics of the other main characters? It means I have to add at least 4 more scenes...

I look up right as my walking symbol finishes: 4, 3, 2, 1, red hand.

Crap, I was so busy thinking about my story I stood through the whole crossing period.

Good writing all...and don't forget about the real world.

A Quickie: Writers Moment

Hubby and I settle in for the night.

"You seemed a little distant today. Everything okay?" Hubby asks.

"Yeah. Characters keep building in my head and today they started talking to me," I reply.

"Ah. I thought you might be needing a writing night soon. It's been a few days," he says.

"Hmmm...you're probably right. I need to write them out of my brain."

A few seconds of silence passes before Hubby turns to me. "...Any other husband hearing their wife say they hear voices in their head..."

"I know...I know." I laugh.

Well, that's my quickie (a new post theme I'm trying out). Good writing all!