It’s Sunday again already? Wow. Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors, the blog hop where we writers emerge from our bat caves to share the spoils of our toils. I’m feeling a little giddy because I just finished a grueling four day editing session and now I get to play in Space Opera world again. Continuing with one of my current WIPs, From Mars, With Love, I jump ahead a bit, bypassing the part where Eli ruminates about how Earth wasn’t that great anyway.
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In spite of the dismal circumstances, Eli smiled. Maybe this was upward mobility at last, if he could just figure out how to avoid the whole slave thing. He relaxed and had almost dozed off when suddenly the shuttle took another vomit-dive on the space-o-coaster. They were fast approaching inter-planetary launch. Where were they going – Titan? The habitat on Saturn’s largest moon was notorious for its defiance of the Fair Market ban on slavery. Titan was where the rich went to get all their kinkiest desires catered to, according to the gossip in the trash heaps of earth. He hoped that wasn’t where they were going- it seemed unimaginably far away and dangerous.
While looking for photos of hunky space guys with guns, I found this and decided to celebrate the love in From Mars, With Love. Back to guns next week.
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Alexis Duran 
“Maybe this was upward mobility at last, if he could just figure out how to avoid the whole slave thing..” Love his cynical optimism in the face of disaster.
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Talk about looking on the bright side! Sounds like Eli would be a good buddy to have in a potentially disastrous situation.
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Oh man, sounds like the characters are chattering in your head, clamoring to be set to words! Isn’t it great when that happens?
I like his character…
“vomit dive” and “space-o-coaster” are smile inducing, Alexis. I like it!
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I do love it. Woke up this morning with a story spilling out of my head so fast I couldn’t write fast enough. My favorite way to wake up. Well, almost.
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HELP! You’ve captured humor and desperation in this space adventure and I love it.
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Your hero is a glass half full kinda guy all right! I have this urge to protect him, hope he’ll come out of the adventure ok! Great snippet!
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Love the injections of humor throughout
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Congrats on finishing your editing marathon. Love the snippet and his approach to the situation. Am looking forward to finding out if Titan is indeed their destination;).
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If wishes were horses… I don’t think hoping for the best will serve him well. He’d better get planning!
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I love his inner thoughts, and the descriptions of his feared fate. I hope he finds a way out of this predicament.
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I love Eli’s attitude. Somehow I think he’s going to manage to land on his feet. Great inner monologue.
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“another vomit-dive on the space-o-coaster.” LOL. I love your wording, Alexis. You paint such a vivid scene!
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“He hoped that wasn’t where they were going- it seemed unimaginably far away and dangerous.” LOL. Why do I read that statement with a liberal dose of sarcasm and almost giddy boyish hope? Not sure if that says more about Eli or about me, but, c’est la vie.
Loved the snippet!
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