The Limbo Chronologies

  Hello, dear Reader, 5-7 is here! With the title: Arrest. Read about what happens to the Purist Alina, and just what Buddy and Hound will do next. The ascetic has been caught blue-handed, but was she the sole perpetrator? Find out in this latest chapter of The Limbo Chronologies. I’m not a 100% happy with this chapter, but after FIVE sessions of proofing and cutting adding cutting and adding again, I’ve found its best first draft form for you guys today. Book five is my very first experiment in a who-dun-it, style, and though I disdain tropes, I know that one can learn from them. Thus this particular book with regards to the progression of the mystery and its culmination, will most likely be heavily changed in the second draft! But the general story elements will not change. The outpost, murder, and culprit will remain the same, but the means of presentation will not. This arc in Buddy’s and the rests story is, like I’ve mentioned before, necessary setup for what is t...

Hello, dear Reader, One Norway trip later and here I am again in the comfort of home. The Chronologies steadily progress as we inch ever onwards toward a new year. The leaves have started to yellow, and the morning air is chilly with the promise of winter. Rain, rain and more rain, which, of course, I love. Hus øy Norway, contrarily, was not as rainy as we had expected. We managed to drive over through Kilpisjärvi (the same place I was adventuring earlier this year), all the way to Senja with little to no rain. The first night we stayed at Kilpisjärvi under the shadow of Saana, and the next morning we drove up to Norway, seeing the growing mountains ever in the distance, and through beautiful fall colors, straight through Finnsnes to Senja. There we went to see Husøy (image beside) and stayed the night in a quaint little bay by the sea at Mefjordbotn, where we swam. The next day we ventured to Fjordgård to hike up Hesten and see Segla, of which thou shalt see an image below: That...

  Hello, dear Reader, September first marked the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG!! Congratulations us! Crazy to think that one year has already come and gone. Sadly, though, I’ve not managed to conclude part one for this day. But that doesn’t mean it will NEVER be ready. I begin with a heartfelt thank you to each and all of you who have stuck around for this twelve months. I am eternally grateful in knowing that at least some of you enjoy what I've here put down, and know that I continue to write, knowing that there is at least one of you who keeps coming back for more. NOW!  As you most astute Readers can tell, 5-6 is in the sidebar. Hurrah! In it the party split up and look for clues. For the keen reader, I’ve spread hints of who the murderer is here and there, and one of the chapters posted so far elucidates their motives. For those disappointed in the party NOT having found the Verdancy Pathogen by the end of part 1, I say to you: Let it ride! This story is a...

  Hello, dear Reader, August is coming to an end and so is my rotation. Here at the Mediterranean it is humid AF and hot, and your boy is sweating like a cold bottle of coke on a summer day every time he steps outside and is blasted in the face with a wall of heat. If all goes well, by the time you read this, I’ll be on my way, or already at home. One more rotation for this year and then we’re very nearly at 2027! Also, next week’s post will be the anniversary of this blog. When I started this I was on my final year of courses at maritime school, and the idea of consistently posting for one year seemed like a far-off, nebulous idea. But more on that next week. For now, I want you all to know that 5-6 is progressing slowly and has slowed down further due to the inexorably creeping exhaustion that I’ve been prolonging for a couple weeks. Working every day for six weeks will do that. Here is a sneak peek though: But fret not, the murderer shall be revealed, and even Bee’s fate...

Hello, dear Reader, I cannot begin to describe to you how fast time flies by. Feels like yesterday was Saturday, and boom, here it is again. Sorry for griping about the inexorable and speeding march of time, but it really is a bummer. Only a short update today. I’ve been chipping away at 5-6, and am about four to five pages in. It’s grueling work trying to smash through a block, but I’m slowly getting into the rhythm again. Resistance can kiss my ass. We’re on our way to the Mediterranean and should be there around the 25 th . Then I should be changing on the 28 th if everything goes well. So the next time you hear from me I’ll either be in a hotel or at home. If things don’t go well, well, I’ll still be aboard but getting ready to leave. Nothing special to add for today. Well, other than September’s first post will be this blog’s ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY POST!!!! I can hardly wait! I’ll endeavor to get 5-6 out before the Anniversary. Thank you for being here, I’ll see...

  Hello, dear Reader, Today marks the first day of the fifth week on board. Time has SHOT by so fast that I’ve whiplash. Seriously, I’ve got a crink in my neck. I thought 8-12 would’ve been better for me than 4-8, but for some reason the time between watches feels like I sneeze, cough or fart and boom, back to work. Then, after my evening watch, to bed, and the cycle repeats. I had high hopes for this rotation considering other things, (thesis etc.), but I feel like I’ve only been able to scratch the surface. I feel now, more than ever, as though time is not only slipping through my fingers, but also untouchable. As though I can’t even grab a hold of it. Maybe that’s a sign of aging. I’m only 27, but it still feels like every consecutive week speeds by faster and faster. I finished with my fifth draft, and promised you guys that I’d continue TLC, but I’ve been hit with a horrendous writers block, and I’ve only managed to rewrite the first sentence of 5-6 for the whole week....