The Colorless Dragon Thread (Page 10 of 15)

Oh, but they don't know what's really important.  Fortunately, Agatha has some goot pipple to look after her.

NJC, I'm aiming for a trip to Seattke next year. Work has to cool down first and the new hires have to be trained. God, I can't wait until July is over with...one day at a time.

We can also meet somewhere halfway if that works out cheaper/easier/better. I'm stuck until end of March next year, minimum time before I can transfer back to anywhere. My current visa end March 2018 and can be extended for another 2 years, but no way how I feel at the moment. Things are much better at work overall given that people are doing their work again. I'm still working the next two weekends still, but was promised time off, so I don't mind.

But I'll let you know what's happening! Because THIS needs to happen to make it worthwhile!

Oh, and I got my tax return back. Not good!!! But we think we know where the problem is and if so, it'll look not bad. I won't tell you about my life insurance benefit problems, it's a long sad story. But all this frustration got me writing again, so there's that.

Any hook that works...

Good girl!

Somewhere a feminist's blood just boiled! LOL

Love girlgenius!

Maybe I can keep up this time?! *crosses fingers*

quite a bit of that needs google translate

Vaca time!! I'll be in the woods from today until Tues/Wed-ish so I won't be very active on tNBW, however I'm really hoping to get some writing done the good old fashioned way.

Happy 4th of July to those in the U.S. and happy weekend to all the rest!!

Leaving on a jet plane
Don't know if I'll be back again
--oops wrong song

Sorry I've been MIA everyone! I promise I'll get back on track here soon, so no cattle prods!

In the meantime, if anyone needs a review or if I'm forgetting an owed review, let me know. It's much easier to review on my lunch break than it is to write.

Alright, I'm having a slight plot difficulty. Maya basically has no motivation for going against the Empire. She was too young to remember her family's murder and things like slavery and so on are just a part of daily life for her. Vierra at least has a rebellious personality and has seen the Empire's evil nature in her time as a Scofflaw, but Maya's pretty straight-laced. (Spoiler) Once she figures out that Merrin and Vierra are the ones who actually stole the orb that she was accused of stealing, she honestly has more reason to dislike the Scofflaws than she does the Empire. (End Spoiler)

Each time I try to write a scene with her, it seems like she's just tagging along for the sake of the story and I can't think of anything to motivate her that isn't completely cliche. She's supposed to be a damsel-in-distress character at first, but I need to fabricate some sort of goal that pulls her out of that damsel role. Help, please!

Yep. With her arrest and the time she spent in a cell, it isn't as if she has any love for the Empire, but in her mind the Scofflaws would be just as much at fault for that event as the Empire was. I need something to push her into taking action rather than just running away. I have one event in the works that would accomplish that, but its not happening until much later and I don't like stringing Maya along until that point.