Andrew Q Gordon Posted December 23, 2011 Author Posted December 23, 2011 Well your fans know this is a truly busy time of the year. But you posted the above over 9 days ago. Hopefully, you are going to deliver Ch. 25 on or about Christmas!? PLEASE! Posted on the day before the day before.... It's with the editors, who haven't mentioned if they got it or not, but then they are probably busy with their families too. SOOOO, what I could do is post it, then when the edits come back, just put them in. Hmmmm, decisions decisions.
Andrew Q Gordon Posted December 25, 2011 Author Posted December 25, 2011 Okay, so Dave asked for a Christmas present a day early, best I could do was 10 minutes early, but Chapter 25 is posted. I suspect it will get lost in the holiday shuffle, but it's posted all the same. This one opens a can of worms that the boys might wish they never opened. But, such is their lives. I promise this is getting to the end soon, really, I wouldn't lie.
Daddydavek Posted December 25, 2011 Posted December 25, 2011 ET, errr IT is more complicated than just some primordial force seeking vengeance. Sentience in a symbiant that is finally willing to talk has in some ways raised more questions than IT answers. Poor Ryan, wonder if he has as dramatic a conversation with his host and how he reacts? 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted December 26, 2011 Author Posted December 26, 2011 ET, errr IT is more complicated than just some primordial force seeking vengeance. Sentience in a symbiant that is finally willing to talk has in some ways raised more questions than IT answers. Poor Ryan, wonder if he has as dramatic a conversation with his host and how he reacts? Well let's face it, Will's Purpose didn't need to talk to him, I mean, everything was going just fine from ITs POV, IT got feed and it got its prior hosts to do its bidding. There are indeed a few questions to be raised and I think Will is going to raise them in the next chapter. Coupe things that came up in the reviews and one from a beta reader that is not posted. Will's Purpose does have 'emotions' or at least what passes for them among its kind. It just looks at humans, including hosts, as food. Much like humans see themselves at the top of the food chain, so too does this creature see itself above humans. So it if appears callous, it is. Ryan never talked to his Purpose. Much as Will got some residual spill over and could feel/hear the thoughts of the victims, Ryan' communication with his Purpose was limited. Will wasn't even sure they were really communicating, but Ryan could see images of what the answers would be. I sort of touched on this in the review to Conner, but the Two Purposes created a mutually beneficial system whereby Ryan's took a host then had it killed creating an 'innocent' victim that often would call out for justice/vengeance, thus give Will's Purpose a source of energy. Now that Ryan's Purpose isn't planning to kill Ryan, that system is going to grind to a halt. One thing I don't think was clear that I will try to address in the next chapter - Will Purpose CAN derive energy from the death of a guilty and often would absorb that energy when it could make contact with his other. The failure to 'feed' the 'other' usually triggered the death of the other's host. Thus renewing the cycle. Okay, hope everyone had a marvelous holiday season. Andy
MJ85 Posted December 26, 2011 Posted December 26, 2011 "Can you go back?" "Perhaps. It would take a confluence of circumstances that haven't occurred in the several millennium we've been here." Hmmm. Foreshadowing maybe? I know, I don't expect an answer... But wow, what a crazy chapter. 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 I think what you should read into that is exactly what it says - almost certainly not. That was Will hoping against hope that the Purpose would leave - don't count on it Thanks for reading, and I will always answer questions, even if it's to say, I can't answer that just yet LOL.
MJ85 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 I think what you should read into that is exactly what it says - almost certainly not. That was Will hoping against hope that the Purpose would leave - don't count on it Haha, actually I would've thought it could speculate about that "confluence of circumstances" - which, we don't even know what those are yet, do we? (From the way his Purpose said it, I wouldn't be surprised if it is a not-possible series of events, but still...we don't know what said events would have to be.) 1
Daddydavek Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 100 year floods in the upper Mississippi have been happening about every 30 years for the last 60 or so, so I guess a confluence of events that happened last a few thousand years ago, could happen at any time.... But like the weather, you can't count on it. I still have some real anticipation as to how Ryan is going to react to all this and the fact that his Purpose is apparently, even more blood thirsty than Will's.... 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 Dave, I think it's safe to say Ryan is NOT going to be happy when he finds out what's really going on. But then again, neither is Will. As for 100 year floods, well I didn't get the since the purpose wanted to go back even if he could so I'm not sure how Will could 'make' it go if IT didn't want to.
Andrew Q Gordon Posted January 19, 2012 Author Posted January 19, 2012 I know there are a few people that are wondering - WTF happened? Where's chapter 26? Here's an update. Those of you snickering - yeah you, your, mom, you husband and your beta readers - work with me, pretend okay? So I'm back to work and working on something with a semi-firm deadline so I have to put this on hold for a tad. I am very hopeful to get back to this and finish it in February - then I will post the last few chapters. Promise - with no interruptions. One a week til it's done. So give me a month or so to finish it and I'll wrap it up. Andy
Daddydavek Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Ahhh! The joys of being gainfully employed and a full-time daddy as well. Been there done that, glad to be retired and a grandpa! 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted January 21, 2012 Author Posted January 21, 2012 Given how late I started with lil' Q, I don't think I'll ever get to be retired OR a grandfather, but it's getting into more of a routine so I'll be back to this soon Thanks Dave, you and other readers encourage me more than you know when I feel like chucking this and saying the hell with it. Andy
GeR Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Oh, Andy, don't chuck this or even think to hell with this! Your writing inspires, entertains, and warms the soul. 2
Andrew Q Gordon Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 Oh, Andy, don't chuck this or even think to hell with this! Your writing inspires, entertains, and warms the soul. I promise not to chuck or abandon this, just need a wee bit of time to get it done right.
Andrew Q Gordon Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 I've sorted out most of the stuff I needed to get done writing wise and I will begin to dip my toe back into Purpose. I'm going to finish all the remaining chapters before I begin to post again, because I want there to be no interruption leading up to the climax. I hope to have it all written in a couple three weeks. So I can begin posting again by the end of February. Wish me luck.
Daddydavek Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 May your days filled with all the luck any one man can bear! This reader want you to continue the story! You already have the luck of an understanding partner, a beautiful child, and a loving family. Somehow I think you will manage.... 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 Dave, When you put it like that luck is overrated eh? But I didn't mean to suggest I didn't have it good, just wish me luck finding enough time.
Andrew Q Gordon Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 Okay so update time All the chapters are written -sorta. 26 is done and ready 27 needs to be edited 28 needs a read through before I sent it to Anyta, then get it edited 29-31 and the epilogue are roughed out. All of which means I'm on schedule to start posting by the end of the month. Whew. 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 After the long delay, I've started posting the last chapters of Purpose I'm going to go back to and stick to Thursdays for posting. So comments would be greatly appreciated as I bring this one to a close. Chapter 26 can be found here.
Daddydavek Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Feb 16 isn't the end of the month, but who is complaining? Thanks for giving it to us early! Good job. I knew getting through to Ryan was going to be tough and I was just glad Will was up to the challenge. I will be anxiously awaiting the next installment on the 23rd! 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Sadly getting Ryan on board is . . . well, let me leave that for the last few chapters. Things will wrap up fairly quickly from here, though it might not seem that way, waiting week to week, but as I promised, there won't be any more delays
Andrew Q Gordon Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 So while writing the last few chapters, I started to take pictures of the places I was writing about. I'm going to try - stress try to insert them into the relevant chapters and then when I'm done, I'll post pictures from prior chapters in this forum. If there are any places in particular people are interested in - let me know and I'll see about getting a picture.
MJ85 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Couple of things... First, when I first read this past chapter, I wasn't able to quite connect it back to all the other events to make sense of it, so...I ended up having to re-read everything. From square one. :wacko: That's why I haven't responded until now. Second...on the story page, you talk about "the last four chapters", but in here, you mention 26, 27, 28, 29-31, and an epilogue. Ummm...clarification please! Now to our regularly scheduled commentary for this chapter. At the beginning, I had visions of Will telling Ryan to go test what would happen to him if he went off by himself while they were on this "no killing" kick, i.e. a "you don't want me to kill? Fine, go get yourself killed" kind of response. Somehow I do think it's going to come down Ryan having to get over his not wanting people killed...Or Else. And as for dinner, I'm sensing something pretty epic awaiting, like something besides just a cliff. With where we're at now, you've left quite a bit of room that it could be one of a lot of possibles, but there's no way it can be a little thing now that we're on the homestretch. 1
Andrew Q Gordon Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 Couple of things... First, when I first read this past chapter, I wasn't able to quite connect it back to all the other events to make sense of it, so...I ended up having to re-read everything. From square one. That's why I haven't responded until now. Second...on the story page, you talk about "the last four chapters", but in here, you mention 26, 27, 28, 29-31, and an epilogue. Ummm...clarification please! Chapters 31 is VERY short, as is the epilogue - I'm not sure what I'm going to do. As of now, I think I'm going to post 30 on its regular Thursday, then on Sunday post 31- and then on Thursday the epilogue. Or I might combine 31 & the Epilogue into 31 and skip the epilogue. IDK yet. BUT as it stands now, in terms of chapters sketched out - i.e. written but not completely edited yet, there is 27-31 and an epilogue. How that gets posted is anyone's guess at this point. Now to our regularly scheduled commentary for this chapter. At the beginning, I had visions of Will telling Ryan to go test what would happen to him if he went off by himself while they were on this "no killing" kick, i.e. a "you don't want me to kill? Fine, go get yourself killed" kind of response. Somehow I do think it's going to come down Ryan having to get over his not wanting people killed...Or Else. And as for dinner, I'm sensing something pretty epic awaiting, like something besides just a cliff. With where we're at now, you've left quite a bit of room that it could be one of a lot of possibles, but there's no way it can be a little thing now that we're on the homestretch. Can I just say - and leave it at that? No? Hmm. Okay so next chapter - posted tomorrow - is going to be more than just a little dinner and smooching, epic? That's 29 - two weeks from tomorrow. and 28 will definitely be another cliff - sorry, it's just how it goes. But at least I won't leave you hanging too long. Then again, I'm not near as good as Mark Arbour who will post chapters sooner because he left you on a cliff, nope not me, you gotta wait the full week. But bribes could make that a less than firm position.
Daddydavek Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 "28 will definitely be another cliff - sorry, it's just how it goes. But at least I won't leave you hanging too long. Then again, I'm not near as good as Mark Arbour who will post chapters sooner because he left you on a cliff, nope not me, you gotta wait the full week. But bribes could make that a less than firm position." Considering you are a prosecutor, I'm just wondering what you would consider a "worthy" bribe? 1
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