Hello and welcome to another episode of Weekend Writing Warriors. I’m up to my eyeballs in edits, so I’ll cut to the chase and tell you that I’m continuing with my space opera in progress, From Mars, With Love. I’ve jumped ahead a bit. Eli has yet to come up with a plan to escape from a ship in space, so he has some time to reflect.
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Eli had harbored a deep and stupid desire to be a pilot ever since he’d first seen a Lunar Freighter launch out of Manhattan Harbor. The sight had made him aware of the limitless possibilities of space half a second before he realized a dump rat like himself had zero chance of making it onto the crew of a space ship, much less piloting one. He found it grimly amusing that his one shot at traveling beyond Earth came from being slave fodder.
Space travel turned out to be less enjoyable than he’d imagined. As soon as the shuttle docked the Cruiser dropped away from the gravity well of the huge sweeping vessel and they freefell into clear space. His stomach tried to crawl out of his ears and his blood didn’t know which way to flow. Then the thrusters kicked in and they got pressed down like grass under a boot and off they went into pre-sling launch mode. Eli said a mental goodbye to his mate Rilke and wondered if he’d ever see him or Earth again.
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So I’d thought I’d change things up and post a photo of guy with sword instead of a pew-pew gun. Flash!
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Alexis Duran 
Excellent description of his thoughts. We get to know him before and after with more to come.
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I love the look inside his mind and why he felt a calling towards space.
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Love the descriptions of space flight. I felt it right along with him.
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Wow, fabulous description of the take-off. My heart ached when he thinks about Rilke. I love the world you’re building and want to know if he’s ever going to see Rilke again;).
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A picture of Flash is always a good thing. Enjoyed your character’s thoughts and getting to know him better – I hope he gets to live some of his dreams! Great excerpt.
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this scene has great build up and the description of the launch is fantastic
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Great description of how it feels to lose gravity and find some other orientation. I don’t think I’d like it either. Cool 8!
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“a deep and stupid desire” boy can I ever relate to that line. Great post, Alexis!
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That was amazing! I’ve never been interested in space travel as a hobby, and now I’m sure that was the right decision on my part. LOL
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Such a great, vivid snippet! I always wanted to be an astronaut (still do, actually), but I’m guessing my body would vehemently disagree. 😳
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One of those ‘be careful what you wish for’ situations. Your descriptions made me certain space travel is not for me. 😀
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