Friday 1 June 2012

SFFSat - June 02

Welcome to another SFFSat, where a bunch of us post snippets from our written works and shoot the breeze.  Thanks also to everyone who stops by and leaves awesome comments.  Much appreciated.

Since The Eternal Knot (final in the Lancaster Trilogy) received a very cool review and was rated Best Book by Long and Short Reviews, today I'm going back to a snippet from it.


In this scene, Josie has just discovered that maybe she is not as alone as she originally thought. Informing her of this alarming news is my favourite character, Loeb, the trusty assistant, while her husband, John tries to comfort.


Loeb squirmed. "Quite. She makes mention of a man she met, a random dude, she calls him."
"But how? She must've been like close to seventy when she went to sleep again. She had Brandon in her forties or something. But her seventies...won't her bits have...you know...menopaused?"
"Josie, with modern science, you can continue to function normally well into your eighties." John's sobering voiced calmed her somewhat. He noted her near emotional reaction; it disturbed him. "Go on, Loeb."
"She'd conceived about five years prior to her sleeping. She had the child, a girl, and placed her in a home. She then tracked the girl for nearly twenty years, while she slept. There are some gaps in the tracking, but she resumed again after another twenty years. Her latest search ended when the girl would have been roughly sixty years of age."
Josie sat listening, biting her bottom lip in concentration. "Who is this girl then?"

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19 comments:

  1. A lot going on in a small amount of space. Interesting concept and I'm intrigued why their lives are intersecting here. Looking forward to more.

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    1. Thanks! Well, you'll have to read the book/s to find out. Can't spill the beans of everything, right? ;P Thanks for stopping by!!

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  2. Having a baby when you're 80, wow. I thought my father in law was weird for having another in his 50's.

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    1. I know, right? But I guess in the future, it's not that much of a big deal. Thanks!!

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  3. The idea of staying alert enough to cognitively track somebody while "asleep" intrigues me. You have some interesting concepts in your books. Must read more.

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    1. Thanks. When I came up with the concept, I had to really think about it...and the more I did, the more I realized it was just like dreaming, but you're in control. Wish that happened in real dreams, right?

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  4. Casually talking about her "bits" made me snicker...tried to go vote, but couldn't find anything via that link...?

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    1. I'm not sure, which is why I hastily updated the post to say check back later. Poop. Glad you liked it!!

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  5. I'm with Todd. I seem to be doing a lot of snickering today reading all these cheeky snippets. But Josie always makes me snicker.

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    1. I aim to please - laughter is the first gear to happiness!!

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  6. "won't her bits have...you now...menopaused?"

    HAHAHA! I know Josie was actually serious about this, but that is SO her phrasing.

    Love it! Can't wait to continue with the series after THE LANCASTER RULE.

    Still couldn't figure out how to vote. Let us all know the link on Twitter!!

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    1. Thanks!! Yes, it IS so Josie. Wish I could smart-mouth like her and get away with it. I'll be sure to inform everyone once the link goes live...not sure when, even though they told me it'll go live from today. Sigh...

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  7. Now why do I have a feeling some unexpected relatives are about to show up? (By the way, I posted at http://jarnianconfederation.wordpress.com/ but forgot to sign up.) And check relevant time zones on that "today."

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    1. Thanks!! I did wonder where your's was today. I'll go stop by now!!

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  8. The way age and time is considered in this world is extremely interesting. I love the concept. A great snippet to showcase the premise.

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  9. o.0 Well, that's going to put a fun twist on things. I wonder who she is.

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  10. I like the tracking while asleep. Interesting idea.

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