*cue That Green Day Song*
I almost want to add "not clickbait" to the title of this blog post.
If you go back to the UL days you will see a lot of whiny posts about me talking about writer's block. These are some of my least favorite posts...and I'm about to make a similar one.
Because I've hit a wall like never before....I've run out of things I want to write about. This time last year I was finishing UL3 and had outlines for all the novellas I shared this year. But as of right now I don't have any serials planned and as much as I wanted to make FZA a thing...the words aren't coming. No new words have come for me most of this summer and I think maybe this serial experiment is done for me ?
So, *deep breath* I have this chapter of Sweet Prince and then one more chapter and then I'm out for a while.
Like I said, not clickbait...well, okay, kind of not clickbait.
So, fine. I'm not
completely out of words.
I am actually working on this thing about Jean and his brothel that's currently ~7,000 words and will likely be 7,000 more.I also have this idea for a Maxwell short story (and I mean short) but it doesn't work without the Jean story first.
And, yes, I've also have this OLT sequel about a Grown!Rhett and Grown!Julianna but it has literally no ending.
But the reason I don't count these as anything is because I've been experimenting with free writing, where I'm just throwing words on the page. It's new for me; UL/Veritas were my pantser serials and Vice/UL3 were my plotter serials.
So, I honestly don't know when (if?) these things will be reader ready. As Lile said...when is NaNoWriMo ?
Anyway today I just want to post something. I don't see taking a break as a sad thing. Because when I'm ready I'll come back with lots more stuff, hopefully something new.
Sweet Prince 4I'm glad I paused when I did because these next two chapters of Sweet Prince are kind of like a separate Vol. 2 story that doesn't really connect to the other chapters. Instead of a full recap I'm going to give a quick lexicon and hit the character marks of characters who are going to show up.
MBC - Mojave Blade Company, the legitimate company the Shy Cartel runs as a cover
Federation - The new government formed after the RLA surrendered and the Eastern State took over
United Auxilary Forces - The Federation's military
Justice Officers - Police officers, basically
Twyla Banner, 16-years-old, the daughter of Sara Grace and deceased assassin Lachlan Banner. She met a girl at a movie theatre who turned out to be Colette Santoro, the daughter of the leader of the Santoro Family, a mafia like cartel, but they remained friends anyway.
Colette Santoro - 18-years-old, mafia princess and the only female Cavolcatti Rider - a group of motorcycle assassins. As a female she doesn't have much power in her father's cartel, but she hopes if she ever does get it she will change things for the better.
Zacharias Washington - 17-years-old, just became the de facto leader of the Shy Cartel and the face of it's cover company Mojave Blade Company (MBC) after his father died from a long term illness. He wants to make the cartel more legitimate one day but is still very much under his mother's guidance.
Minnow Dory, - 33-year-old former joygirl turned assistant to Rayne Washington for 16 years. When Rayne became ill she helped train Zacharias and continues to do so with Sara Grace
Luce Grace - 31-year-old cartel hitman who is known for being quiet and cruel. He almost died as a child but received a life saving cybernetic surgery that let his mother in debt to the cartel. Currently his only friend is Alex Haley and they occasionally spend the night together.
Alex Haley - 29-year-old former RLA prisoner who works at Jean Dory's brothel. He came to the cartel's door covered in RLA tattoos and looking to kill Kenneth Maxwell, the now attorney general.
Twyla, Colette and Rias sneak out to see a music show and visit Colette's grandmother at The Castle--a boat in international waters where the police have no jurisdiction and Rias and Colette both promise if they ever get real power they will change the way cartels relate.
Now, it's Federation Day--the day to celebrate the collapse of the corrupt RLA and the rise of the Federation. It's early in the morning and Rias and Twyla have just snuck back into their penthouse apartment when:
“Where’s your car ?,” Rias asks Luce.
“In the garage, dummy,” Luce says.
“I was just out there,” Rias tells him. “It’s not out there.”
“Is this a joke ? You two need to grow up,” Luce shoots back, but he brings up the live footage of the security camera outside and when he sees the image of an empty garage he frowns.
“Motherfucker,” Luce says under his breath.
“Someone stole it ?,” I ask. That shouldn’t even be possible, no one can ever get to our floor unless they were bulletproof.
“Lex,” Luce growls, and charges back upstairs, his bare feet slapping against the hardwood.
Rias and I exchange a look and follow after Luce. Luce's bedroom is empty and he opens the sliding drawer where he keeps his personal armory. All of the guns are kept neatly displayed in the drawer.
Which makes it noticeable that two are missing. Luce sends a message using the communication system in his cybernetic software and after a minute curses again.
“Shit, I thought he just went to work early because of Federation Day traffic," Luce says. "But I called the club and he never showed up."
"Where do you--," I start but the next words just fall from Luce’s mouth, he doesn’t even care that I’m hearing them.
“Fuck. He’s going to the Federation Day parade. He’s going to kill the Attorney General.”
Sweet Prince 4Playlist1. Lunacy by Rue Royal 2. Breathe Me by Sia3. Weathervane by PigPen Theater Co. (skip to 3:55...)
