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K needs someone to put his 30 mph horses and naked bareback riders (ooo the chafe) in perspective. Sometimes he writes before he thinks.

I take prolonged breaks now and then. Not voluntarily, to be sure, but I pop back into the scene like a bad penny:-)

Update is on my thread if you want details. I don’t make a secret about it but it isn’t what defines me either, so it isn’t part of average conversation. I still look forward to your honesty. I find it refreshing to work with someone who has skills but still can benefit from what I’ve learned over the past couple of years (yes everybody, NJC, Norm, K, Elishiva, seabrass, I’m talking about you)

For those who don’t know me, I apologize for the abruptness of real life impinging on the forum but I need to give an update. I have cancer, and the last round of maintainance chemo was flunked and my tumor started to grow again.

The good news is that I’m on a new regimen and it’s working wonders. I can feel that the tumor is smaller (colon cancer for those who don’t know) it won’t give me a cure, but time...blessed time is now on the horizon.

So I’ve been dealing with the side effects of my current poison and I’m one big zit. Now I entertain myself by browsing the skin care aisle with the enthusiasm of a babe newborn.

I may have to write something if it makes the itch go away. NJC, it is time for a new chapter at the end, just to make you drool:-) I have a good week coming up so get ready...

Don’t encourage him

I understand what you mean as well as what you say. That’s what friends are for

New chapter is up with new material instead of just switching who-thought-what.
Any and all thoughts appreciated.

A

AMis the twin and mother of Ghent children. Three of the kids were forcibly turned into the three hells as they reached adulthood.

To save the youngest, Alda kept Behira as an infant for as long as possible, and later an eternal child. It is why Alda can bring back the dead, but Behira can only heal.

In a similar way, Behira turned a Founder into the guild house, but with the person’s consent

:-)

Hope I helped

Ill look at it ASAP sir, aye aye!

Here is a thought. The AI character is too powerful. There are no warts visible.Every character needs a weakness, otherwise the story reads like a game-boy fantasy.

A classic example is Batman and Superman. Two people tried to explain their character as 'Batman' (in my story). I threw the book at one and eliminated the other character. (Kha and Conleth) Good characters need flaws. It makes them human. It makes them weak. An AI who stays in the outskirts and just supplies weapons and destruction isn't weak, and revealing them as the villain is unsatisfying because it is a deus ex machina. The AI needs a visible arc into success or failure, rather than appearing in the end and being the answer.

There are linear thinkers, who organized , research, and plot out chapters. I am a patterner, and I pluck scenes from various inspirations and stitch them together later.

In writing, this is just a technique. In medicine, it was a HUGE disadvantage for me. I had to learn to speak linear as a survival tactic. 95% of doctors are linear thinkers. Linear was when I stitched the story together in one continuous thread.

You have plenty of time for that E.

The advantage is that once patterners master their craft, they get MUCH better at the craft than linear. Without formal training, I was out reading CT scans and correcting radiologists. Took me ten years, but hey:-)