This is an old character devolpment short for the original Mutant Life series...

Kinfolk

Subjective, not empirical

These Old Bones...

A segment on the old Mutant Life Series, I'm dusting them off and compiling them for the "Cometh Uber" book.

      Denise wheeled in slowly, wearing her black zip uniform into the monitor room. Immediately the tech turned and addressed her.
      “DarkStarr? You're off duty, ma'am. Are you taking someone's place?” Lieutenant JG Hawkins, so his name badge read, said.
     “No. Mark me as out of facility, and give me airspace in twenty minutes.” She said...

(Continued on Helium, Associated Content, Bukisa and Gather)

    When we look at alcohol, we all know one basic thing.  Alcohol removes inhibition, and to a smoker who is either trying to quit, cut down, or even just monitor their nicotine intake that lack of awareness can be extraordinarily dangerous...  (continued on Helium, and posted also to Associated Content, Bukisa and Gather)

   This is the intro for the adult version of FirePower; I've posted it to Helium, Associated Content, Bukisa and Gather.  This is an exert from the 2009 Nanowrimo Novel and is part of the Mutant Life universe. 

     Well I didn't make it.  I've learned a lot, though.

     First off, the software that nanowrimo runs on is a bit parsnickety.  I had to keep requesting my password over and over, even though I used the correct entry.  That was pretty annoying.  The word count subroutine isn't equal to Open Office's subroutine, but they do mention that word counts differ from program to program, so I can't fault them.

     The community there is wonderful.  Absolutly wonderful.  Encouraging, innovative people who have a real dedication to writing and literature.  I'm looking foward to working with them next year.  I got to help a woman out with a cover for her novel (see the Ad Astra).
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     So to recap, I've gone and created the 'Next' Generation for Mutant Life.  I'm going to be taking a bit easy on them, for a while, and probably shoring up the older generation.  However the new shorts I'll be posting out and about, and here they are:

Leave is over
A Matter of Instinct
An Odd Sort of Introduction
The Pitch

Shakes and Snakes
Called on the Carpet
The Right Thing to Do
The Interview
On the Tube
A Piece of the Action
When company comes calling
A Private Moment
Prelude to Homecoming
Dazed and Confused (Homecoming Part One)
A Bite to Eat (Homecoming, Part Two)
Proving Ground (Homecoming, Part Three)
Lunch with James (Homecoming, Part Four)
Onto the Major
Rick's Cafe American (Homecoming, Part Five)
Private Thoughts
Take and Double Take
Preacher Man

     Well it be official, I doubt it very much I'm going to make the 50,000 mark.  25466 currently.  I'm going to be posting the entire work on various forums and then go back to the original Mutant Life series and prepare that as a manuscript.

24873 - just under half.  I'm not going to give up, though.  It is a good reflection about what I'm capable of, at this point in time, about one-thousand focused words a day.  It's interesting because when I write for Helium and the other websites It's much different.

Now that's more like it.  22078 words, and the creation of a little piece of Morocco in Helena, Montana.  I'm really trying to gear up to doing 2000 words a day.  That could, once I get the patterning down, give me a short novella a month.

19205 today, and the cover illustraition is almost complete, really a good day overall writing wise.  Great caming session, too.  I'll be starting to seperate the individual stories soon and will be posting more of them as time goes by.  I'm going to be kind of happy when the nanowrimo is order, I've not been writing many articles for Helium and it's getting a bit tedious to write about the same subject/context over and over again.

Up to 18198 today, am hoping to make 20k by the end of the day.  It's going to be a busy one, tonight's game night.  Probably going to get some sort other work done on the cover while playing, so that's a good thing.  I've also gained a couple of new followers on twitter, you might want to check them out.

16589 today, a good showing considering the last few days.  Karl is taking shape up in my head, and I'll probably start posting the scenes over the weekend.  I've written a short story arc entitled "homecoming" which deals with Karl dealing with the other members.

And the going is slow...and slow shall be the gonig 14868.  I've been posting on other forums, however, so that's a good thing.

14156 as of today.  Did some more sketching on the cover, but I'm not sure I'm liking the use of markers and may do it in watercolor and ink.  Main character is in a coma at this point.