Intersection Logs

I'm bowing out of the second round of thing_in_150, at least for now. I wasn't really ready to start again at the beginning of August and I haven't been able to get back into the rhythm since, and now, between work commitments and falling into what looks like a major plot hole, I just can't keep it up. This doesn't mean I'm giving up on writing again; it just means that I need to do it at my own pace for a while.


The good news is that this probably means more reading and more interesting content here.

One of the treasures of the Forbidden City in Beijing is the Nine Dragon Screen, a beautiful piece of tilework depicting nine exuberant dragons, black, yellow and white. Along the top of the wall, there are more dragons, tiny green ones, which I'm not sure I even noticed at the time, but I spotted them in one of my photos.

One of the scenes in Ambassador takes place in front of that screen. I've been thinking about those little dragons, and snooping aliens, and Hawaii's rat problem, the last couple of days. And out of that, I end up with a scene in which an angry and somewhat self-important minor character kills what he thinks is a rat in his bunk ...

I'm up to 18,925 words, still behind on my thing_in_150 commitment for the week, but hoping to make some real progress over the weekend, if I can fit it in with all the housework and shopping that really ought to happen. (I need both dishwasher and laundry detergent as well as food, so I'll probably have to make two grocery runs.)