Years 6 + 7

I'll be honest sometimes I don't know how to write romantic stuff so I'll put in overwrought, over the top stuff sappy stuff like this. It's also why Luce's eyes darken for some reason ?

Years 5
I guess for a change I could blog about the serial I'm actually writing ?

I knew when I started Years that Virtue would be a porn company and that kind of sent me down my path of researching the adult entertainment industry in the 90s. I wanted to show it in the background growing from a small two person operation to the centerpiece of AEX. I also wanted to establish that Fallwater is a company that builds porn sites which is why Luce and Rhett have this exchange in So We Meet:  

"I didn’t catch what you did,” Dad says.
“My mother and I have an IT business.”
“…My mom ran her own business too…a hair salon,” Dad says. “She passed away last year.”

It was supposed to come off more awkward pause-y than I wrote it. Rhett keeps talking because Luce doesn't explain further.

There is a moment in the very beginning of chapter 5 where I kind of "lose" my close third perspective because Minnow and Jean are having their back and forth in the penthouse when Haley isn't technically in the room to witness it. I do end up opening the perspective later on, it's a crutch but it sort of helps the story flow.

Years 6 + 7
I wasn't originally going to do double chapter posts but these two sections are about 2K and go well-ish together.


Recap
At the 2002 AEX awards, Virtue wins a Visionary award and Maxwell attacks Haley at the awards show when he sees Haley kiss Luce. Lucely go up to the hotel room and finally hook up. Chapter 6 is still in 2002 and  picks up a few hours from where chapter 5 left off... 

Years 6 
Playlist
-1- Perfect Strangers by Jonas Blue (this song has 645 million views on YouTube...)
-2- Love Made Me Do It by Cheryl
Years 7
-1- Light on by Maggie Rogers
-2- Look After You  by The Fray