October 25, 2015
WooHoo! Halloween
is almost here! I love the fall holiday and even plan to decorate my
all-year-round tree with some cool lights and creepy ribbon. I'm even planning
to do a Thanksgiving themed tree if time doesn't get away from me. LOL
Television round up
this week… not bad overall. I totally stayed away from discussing The Walking Dead, mainly because I
didn't want to spoil anyone and I couldn't talk about the show without going
into detail. I'll take a moment to say I LOVE how this season is kicking off
and leave things there.
As always, I'm
thrilled with how The Flash and Arrow are progressing. I thoroughly
enjoy the alternate Flash and I like how Thea's time in the pit is being
handled. Really interested to see how Sarah's resurrection plays out. (Hint…
she'll be fine… eventually).
Agents of SHIELD continues to intrigue me. I have several
theories floating around in my head about how things will play out, and I'm
actually loving how many different storylines are being addressed. Keep it up!
Gotham and Sleepy Hollow are on my
catch up list. Last week's schedule went off the rails so I'm watching both
shows on demand.
Lost Girl and The Murdoch Mysteries are
also staying excellent. And I started a new show called The Romeo Section that has me very interested. I'll keep everyone
posted on how I fare with that one.
Finally, Doctor Who… eh. Seriously, I'm seeing so
many people rave about the new season and I'm really not feeling it. The fandom
theory that Ashildr will end up being Missy and the Doctor created the Master
doesn't work for me. However, there is one way I could get behind the concept…
Missy isn't a regeneration of the Master, but she decided to play the role.
That might be an interesting twist.
Anyway, TV update
for the week is over.
Tonight's post is
from Viable Options, a novella where
my main characters are pretty much stranded and left to their own devices.
Here's the
mini-blurb:
Karlin Hex and Jay Shaliman are trapped high in the
mountains when their planet is attacked and left for ruin. Karlin decides plan
A is to find a ship, get off the planet and find their way to the military
fleet or a viable spaceport. Jay finds the notion admirable, but wonders what
her back up option is. That's easy—plans B through Z are the same as plan A.
And a sneaky peek…
Karlin Hex held the headphone to
her ear, her mouth hanging open in shock.
The
Hendragon Galaxy is under attack. Evacuate to the nearest outbound ship.
Incoming ships should report to the nearest fueling station, load up, and wait
for coordinates. Repeat. The Hendragon Galaxy is under attack…
What the hell had happened? Had
she missed something? Coded chatter that warned of the mass attack? No. No way.
She took her job seriously and always manned the comms whenever anything came
through. The remote outpost picked up verbal traffic at the farthest reach of
their charted space.
There had been no advance
warning. Nothing to indicate a full-scale bombardment of nuclear weapons.
The fact didn't ease her guilt.
Not when more transmissions followed the horrific news, reporting the location
of the largest hit areas. Bombs were hitting every major city on the planet and
its surrounding moons. Evacuees scrambled to find seats on any available ship,
even the taxi hoppers that did short jaunts between the five populated moons and
the planet. They'd have to find bigger ships to hook up with, but at least a
few more lives would be saved.
Her gut twisted. Early warning
systems didn't work when the enemy remained silent. And planned well. They'd
pulled off the impossible and caught the rest of the galaxy with their pants
down.
Karlin's location in the
foothills of a majestic mountain range would give her a few days to figure out
what the hell to do. And how to accomplish anything with the limited supplies
she had on hand.
But at least she had something of
a safety net… even if it wouldn't last long.
This is pretty much
in the beginning stages, but it's so much fun to write.
That's it for this
week. Catch everyone on the flipside.
ML Skye
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