The importance of multiple resources...

[liz_marcs]

So, sweet little Miss. Eva Swithin is off to meet the big bad Mr. Harris in the company of her guides, Radar and Alexandrienne.

I'm really not sure this heart of darkness thing actually works, especially since anyone who actually knows Xander's weird sense of humor is gonna spot the twist a mile a way.

Anyway, I was reading over what I had written so far about the trip between Bamako and Djenne and realized to my complete horror that when I double-checked the details, that they didn't quite match up with my Michelin map or, Lonely Planet or Michael Palin's book Sahara.

I rechecked my notes and....

I was describing the trip between Mopti and Djenne. *headdesk*

So I had to tear apart some things and re-write. I lost so much time that I don't want to think about it.

*headdesk heddesk*

This is very frightening. I'm writing a story that's composed almost entirely of OCs. I'm at least half-way through and Xander has yet to show.

He's talked about. A lot. But no Xander.

I blame his really stupid sense of humor.

Why on God's green earth would anyone nickname neighboring villages as Moe, Larry, Shemp, and Curly? And why would anyone on this planet think that temporarily calling his base camp "East Cupcake" is a good idea?

I worry about that boy...

Comments

[bigsciencybrain.livejournal.com]

For one of my countries, the US sent troops there (in 2004) with maps from when the country was still a French colony. Yeah...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Call it "Waiting For Xander" and have him never show up.

[jgracio.livejournal.com]

Lemme get this straight...

Water Hold me Down, Xander goes missing for a few chapters, hair pulling, pain, woe is you.

So, what do you do for the Africander? Xander isn't around. :)

[djinanna.livejournal.com]

So I'd love to see more Xander on screen, but I have this huge fic-kink for people talking about my favorite characters, for seeing those favorites through other eyes. Thus, I am squeefully looking forward to this story. Yay!

[othercat.livejournal.com]

Xander-through-the-eyes-of-others is just as good as Xander himself. :>

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

This is an out of left field request, but I'm doing a little research on a stop_plagiarism case and it reminded me of a couple of situations with which you had dealt and I was hoping you could point me to those entries as I remember the conversation being informative. One was the folks who started the RPG based on a story of yours. The other was the guy who wanted to write a sequel to a story you wrote.

Thank you.