No Need to Rush

This is a backlogged post and I am having a hard time adding some special notes to Lile so, I will be blogging at her next time.

Themes


So, I will be changing my theme soon. I was going to make it LL themed but, I may go in a more playful direction.


 I tried turning this post into a fun FAQ but, maybe next time.










So Long Veritas !

So, the real reason I was hesitant about posting Mimic was because that would pretty much end a series that was the most inspired thing I ever wrote (that sounds corny). I put a lot of research and reading into it and it was really an experience for me. I just want to blog a few notes then I am done with it.

It's Gone  . . . Right ?

I talked about ideas for Veritas coming at me like bats and one that comes back occasionally has to do with a line in the first part of Mimic. I wanted to illustrate Luce talking in kind of a robotic way, jumping from topic to topic so, I needed things for him to say. I offhand threw in a comment about a Mjollner girl named Aspen who liked him.

Then I thought about how cool it would be to write a story about a Romeo and Juliet type romance between Luce and this girl--and I love the name Aspen. But, I knew it wouldn't be entirely plausible and  writing a whole story about Luce would be a challenge. I considered making it about Twyla and some Mjollner boy but, in the end it just wasn't there. Of course that is not a never.

Speaking of Luce

So, his character will always have some mysteries. It was very hard to write someone who was supposed to be socially dysfunctional. Also he talks in contradictions and when he says I'm sorry he is correcting the contradiction.

Anyway, I wanted to show this social dysfunction with Luce and Twyla's relationship. She is 12 and 16 years younger than him and he doesn't know whether to treat her like a baby or adult so he switches between. That is why he talks about her playing with toys and puts her in the car but, later he just gives her a gun.

Minnow and Alan

I am guilty of never writing much romance so, the section with Alan and Minnow was supposed to be that. I'm glad many of you picked up on the loving relationship.

With something I was told at the talk in Denver in mind, I do want to say I see Minnow--especially the older version, as a strong female character. She has control in her sexual relationships and when it comes to Alan, he somewhat worships her, because she means that much to him. He will do anything for her and treats her as something beloved.

I was also originally going to make Minnow a madame but, changed my mind. I wanted her character to be mostly "normal."




Oh, the Drugs.

I mentioned all of the drugs used in Veritas are from other works of science fiction.

The drug Spice Melange (aka Spice but, pending current events I decided no to call it that) is from the popular Dune series. It is a drug that keeps people young and is the main conflict in all of the versions of it.

Vellocet is from A Clockwork Orange, it is what is in the milk they drink that puts them in the ultra violet mood.

I never knew the fictional drugs section of wikipedia could be so interesting . . .

One More Thing

It was literally (erm . . . figuratively) turning in my head what would happen to Alex in 20 years. He is one of my favorite characters I've created so, as I worked on Mimic and read comments I kept thinking about it and then it came to me.

So . . . and this is terrible but, Alex died in a car accident on the military base a few weeks after the war. His death is what drove Maxwell to want to become more successful.

I just couldn't imagine Alex as older, he was a character who was supposed to stay young.

Writing Style 

I pretty much gave up on the cyberpunk elements of Veritas pretty quickly and just started writing. One  element of cyberpunk I have been trying to include is minimalism writing, mostly be eliminating the 'I said' and 'he asked'. I noticed Lile has been getting rid of them too.

Teenage Dream

So, as I was riding the inspiration high that created Sundays, another story poked it's way into my head. I wrote it in the middle of  the 2 day writing spree that became Sundays and have been editing it for the last month or so.

This is a stand alone story and it is only one part. It was originally only 600 words but, I decided to I was just punishing myself to much and made it longer. Because it was written during Sundays, I will admit it shares some similarities.

Teenage Dream