Hi to all of you in the Shadow Kingdom!
The re-write on ‘Angel’s Gate’ is going good. A little slow, mainly due to the fact that I’ve been a tad lazy. Netflix has got to be the enemy of productivity. At least in this writer’s life. But, I finally chained myself back to my desk chair and punched out another chapter. So Chapter 2 is done and heading into Chapter 3.
I’m having fun reintroducing myself to this book and these characters. Yes I spent months with them in the original draft, but it’s a much deeper relationship this time around. I now know them and am able to bring out more depth and nuances to their characters. I’m also adding some new scenes to give us a greater understanding of our female protagonist.
“The plane landed with a light bounce against the runway. AG could hear the faint screech of rubber as tires met asphalt and then she felt herself dipped forward as the brakes came into play. A familiar combination of sensations, familiar from years of air travel, but never had she felt them at this airfield. She’d never flown into Albany International. She’d only flown out of it. Ten years ago when she’d left home. She’d boarded a plane and headed west. Out to California, to the state that she’d made her home. She’d never flown home. Not in all that time. Never flown home… until now.
She remained still as the plane taxied toward the terminal, as others around her began to stir. Laptops were closed and stowed. People awakened from the awkward doze of the experienced air traveler. Ahead of her, past the wing, a little girl’s voice lifted in an unhappy whine. She didn’t move, let the passengers on either side of her shift and grab for hand bags and carry-ons. But her thoughts were not on them, or those moments. Her thoughts were elsewhere. Thinking back to a dream. The dream she’d had only hours before she’d learned of her mother’s death. A dream she’d woken from in tears.” – Excerpt Chapter Two – Angel’s Gate
All in all I’m enjoying the work, when I can drag myself away from Netflix!
Well, until next time,
Talk soon,
L
