I’m back from vacation and have returned to work.

 

Can you feel the lack of excitement in the air? I know I can.

Thankfully it’s been a slow day these past few days at work. Between driving up to Oregon and flying out to Hawaii, I was in “other mode” for about 30 days.

Life… it’s another of those infamous four-letter words.

 

Over the weekend, since it’s been slow, I’ve been catching up on some youtube videos. I’m currently on video 21 of “Hiking with the Codgers.” Watching them has re-ignited my desire to go out and follow in their footsteps. Alas, my time wont be for about another 10 years. The trip takes about 6-months, and there is no way I could take another time out and go “FIND MYSELF” for such a long period without there being major repercussions.

Such is life…

 

As to writing, I submitted my chunk 1.5 to the group, and with the comments I got back… I really need to find a different group. Some of them were confused between ‘star system’ and ‘star system(s)’ as in how they are different. One is a single body, while the other is plural for more than a single system. The United States has more than a single state, it has at least fifty that I’m aware of. Commonwealths, Federations, Conglomerations, etc, can all have multiple parties/systems which come together, like individual states, to form a larger entity.

They also got confused with the year note I had included in the text. I color code things so you can tell the difference between what is there to be critiqued (normal/unaltered), and what is background FYI stuff (fonted orange, like the year format I’m thinking of using). Apparently, a number of them are color blind and I’m not being respectful of this.

Uuugghhhhhhh

The time scale I was rambling on about was the year 2016 C.Y.

C.Y. as in Confederation Year.

Not A.D. as what is used in our Western Civilization.

“But it’s 2023, so this takes place in the past? We don’t have spaceships zooming around to other planets.”

Hhrrmmm… Maybe the fact that I used a planetary name you are not familiar with would have been a clue.

“Yargooga-booga-fake-name” is not one of our 9 8 planets.

 

I’m not a professional writer, and neither are they. It’s a hobby for some of them. I’m trying to make it more than a hobby for myself.

They are amateur readers.

I don’t even think they are amateur sci-fi people.

They may not even be amateur followers of calendars.

Am I asking too much?

What is my target audience? Am I asking too much for them to know the 9 8 planets?

 

 

Anywho…

 

 

 

So I came up with another story idea. It involves another plot that is M. Night Shyamalan in nature. While I was in Hawaii, I was working on some of the background ideas and since being back, I’ve pounded out about 2,000 words. It’s not a lot but it’s enough for me to rekindle the fire should I decide to pick it up again post “A NEW DAY” ever getting completed.

 

 

What else…

 

I really need a vacation.

Didn’t I just have one?

No, honestly no. What I had was a family trip with two teenage children who went out of their way to make things difficult for my wife and me. They stuck their noses into their phones and didn’t want to leave the hotel any more than necessary.

Oh look, there’s Big Ben!

 

 

Such is my life.

 

Ten years until the Pacific Crest Trail… What year is this again?

 

😛

 

 

Tootles all.