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The Void - A Short Intermission


StarMountainKid

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blog-0178527001463709459.jpgFor those interested, sorry I haven’t posted the next Chapter of the Void story yet. I’ve been busy with other projects and stuff. Well, I say “projects” because it sounds important, but in reality I’ve just not been in the right state of mind, and have been busy improving my house and being lazy and distracted. I have some other excuses, but that’s enough for now.

The other thing is, I’ve got to come up with an idea of what happens next in the story. I like to think that the author always knows what’s going to happens next, but this is not the case with me. I often begin stories not knowing where they’re going to end up. It’s usually a surprise to me as well as to anyone else. I hope this doesn’t discourage anyone who wants to think I know what I’m doing.

I’m wishing to end this tale soon, come to some exciting or more likely stupid conclusion. Wrap up the loose ends, such as: What are these Values, anyway? How can the guys free them from the Depository? What about the guards? To what extent are the Vulgarians involved? Will Zarkor come out of his trace? Is there really the good stuff hidden away in this Void or are there some deeper intrigues going on?

My poor brain has to figure this out somehow and come up with some satisfactory conclusion to the story. I sort of put trust in the characters to work it out for themselves, in a way. I pretty much know their reactions to circumstances, so that helps some. I must say I rely on Zarkor’s Dumb Luck Brain Implant to hasten a conclusion to this mess. It’s worked before, his dumb luck I mean. It’s like a shortcut he uses to resolve sticky situations. His superior intellect and infallible intuition he constantly talks about sadly are usually not up to the task at hand.

I will turn my mind’s imagination to all this presently, I promise. Well, actually, I’m not making it all up from my imagination. See, the guys themselves are telling me about this Adventure, but lately they’ve been too busy doing their stuff, and they tell me about this Void Adventure of theirs when they have some free time to relate it to me. I mean, it’s hard to communicate to me when they’re in the middle of it themselves. I like to think this is true. If you live with fictional characters long enough they do sort of become real to you.

But I actually know they don’t really exist. I think.

As I’ve said before someplace, Zarkor is never happy with my written report of their goings on. He says I don’t give him enough credit for solving all these problems they run into. Actually, he says I don’t feature him enough. In other words, I don’t write enough sentences, quotes and paragraphs about him. He says Zerak and Cloney are only incidental to the story, and, really, why include them at all?

This attitude is a somewhat harsh evaluation of Zerak and Cloney’s contributions to the resolutions of the situations they get themselves into. But that’s Zarkor.

I think this is another reason why the next Chapter is taking so long to be put here. The guys are arguing among themselves as to what actually happened, their personal contributions, each having their own perspectives on events. I try to be fair to all of them and have the task of collating and sorting out the various details to try to come to an honest portrayal of the truth.

What I finally write down, Zerak and Cloney are generally happy with, but of course Zarkor often sulks when he reads my finished copy. I do think he realizes the accuracy of my reports, but still he complains I leave out a lot of his dialogue and action, his importance to the narrative.

I’ll hunker down…or rather the guys will eventually tell me what happens in the next Chapter, soon. So I guess, watch this space. Oh, and thanks for reading this, whoever you may be, anonymous as you are. I do really appreciate anyone’s interest. J

One more thing. I often wonder what readers think of all these Z&Z stories. I guess I’ll never know.

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