DUDES.

I am so proud of my Writing Buddy, snarking_boojum.

He hasn't written anything in weeks. Life is intervening, he looks at stuff he already has and thinks it sucks, new stuff isn't coming...yadda yadda.

But he took my Dare to Be Bad challenge and ran with it, y'all. Over five thousand words in three days, and he's got an END at the bottom. Go, him!

As for me...

Well, I banged out nearly two thousand words yesterday. I'm not even close to an END, but I at least have a beginning. And it's a beginning I like, so I'm calling it a win. I still have some unpleasant revelations for my crew, who have an escaped cave bear on their hands. *evil laughter* And as always, I have no idea how it's going to end, but at least I have a title for this one. I'm calling it "Bear Necessities." *snerk*

DUDES.

I am so proud of my Writing Buddy, snarking_boojum.

He hasn't written anything in weeks. Life is intervening, he looks at stuff he already has and thinks it sucks, new stuff isn't coming...yadda yadda.

But he took my Dare to Be Bad challenge and ran with it, y'all. Over five thousand words in three days, and he's got an END at the bottom. Go, him!

As for me...

Well, I banged out nearly two thousand words yesterday. I'm not even close to an END, but I at least have a beginning. And it's a beginning I like, so I'm calling it a win. I still have some unpleasant revelations for my crew, who have an escaped cave bear on their hands. *evil laughter* And as always, I have no idea how it's going to end, but at least I have a title for this one. I'm calling it "Bear Necessities." *snerk*

AUGH.

Okay, I've broken 2100 words on what shall be henceforth known as The BearFic.

And now I'm stuck.

The intrepid crew of the Inquisitive Tamandua has an escaped Cave Bear on their hands. They have no idea how it escaped...and neither do I. I also have no idea where it's hiding, or how they're going to find it and get it back in the cage.

What they don't know is that this bear has been genetically engineered to have human intelligence. It knows very well what awaits it at the end of its journey (it'll be worshipped as a god for five years and then be sacrificed)--and it has no desire for that.

So, my bear and my crew are working at cross purposes. They need to deliver him safely and get paid; he wishes assiduously NOT to be delivered. And I don't even know who I'm rooting for here, or how I can solve the problem to everyone's satisfaction.

I'm also wondering where the bear came from in the first place, and if perhaps a stowaway released him. Maybe he was stolen from a lab, and one of the kids that cleans the cages followed them, but can't do anything because he's just a kid. Can't go to the cops with the info because maybe that lab isn't quite on the up-and-up itself, maybe he's been altered in some way, he doesn't want anything to happen to the bear.

OR...maybe he stole the bear himself because they were going to dissect it (or something), and then someone stole it from him for the monastery...

ETA: Thanks to bigsciencybrain, I have the "next thing." YAY.

AUGH.

Okay, I've broken 2100 words on what shall be henceforth known as The BearFic.

And now I'm stuck.

The intrepid crew of the Inquisitive Tamandua has an escaped Cave Bear on their hands. They have no idea how it escaped...and neither do I. I also have no idea where it's hiding, or how they're going to find it and get it back in the cage.

What they don't know is that this bear has been genetically engineered to have human intelligence. It knows very well what awaits it at the end of its journey (it'll be worshipped as a god for five years and then be sacrificed)--and it has no desire for that.

So, my bear and my crew are working at cross purposes. They need to deliver him safely and get paid; he wishes assiduously NOT to be delivered. And I don't even know who I'm rooting for here, or how I can solve the problem to everyone's satisfaction.

I'm also wondering where the bear came from in the first place, and if perhaps a stowaway released him. Maybe he was stolen from a lab, and one of the kids that cleans the cages followed them, but can't do anything because he's just a kid. Can't go to the cops with the info because maybe that lab isn't quite on the up-and-up itself, maybe he's been altered in some way, he doesn't want anything to happen to the bear.

OR...maybe he stole the bear himself because they were going to dissect it (or something), and then someone stole it from him for the monastery...

ETA: Thanks to bigsciencybrain, I have the "next thing." YAY.

ROFLMAO.

Okay, this? Is friggin' HI-larious. VeggieTales meets PotC, to fabulous effect...

ROFLMAO.

Okay, this? Is friggin' HI-larious. VeggieTales meets PotC, to fabulous effect...