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#TimeTravelAuthors

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D. G. Marshall<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 13 April: How do you keep time travel from being confusing?</p><p>I don't.</p>
Anderlandbooks<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> Apr 13 How do you keep time travel from being confusing?</p><p>The first paradigm - you cannot do anything that will affect your very existence. An impossible time loop á la Back to the Future will induce a time flip with lots of puking for those involved.<br>(Don't. Just don't.)</p><p>Then, there's the main 3 time lines: Earth Time (our time), Life Time (individual) and Chrono Time (of time travel).<br>Sometimes, the future may be the past.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/JulesNVera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JulesNVera</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeCurves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeCurves</span></a></p>
Ray Ingles<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> Apr 12: Self-promotion day.</p><p>Since yesterday was the anniversary of (a) the sinking of the Titanic, and (b) the release of Julie Bihn's time-travel romance, I'll promote "Titanic Voyage" instead!</p><p>She's the founder of the <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> writing prompts, and her book is *really* good. Not only are her characters well-drawn and believable, she takes the time to set up the rules and *follow them*! Too many authors don't...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@juliebihn/114264744284919527" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@juliebihn/114</span><span class="invisible">264744284919527</span></a></p>
Julie Bihn<p>I say that Titanic Voyage has no villains except the iceberg. But for antagonist questions, I usually pick Alistair Seymour "Rocky" Rochester IV, a heavyset, ridiculously wealthy teenage computer genius. He's prickly, but he has a heart of gold buried deep. A fan (and author) favorite character. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> (Prompts in profile!)</p>
Lyssa Chiavari<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 11: describe your antagonist</p><p>He took off his mirrored sunglasses and shot a glance in my direction. His eyes were a very pale blue, like ice, and they pierced right through me. I shifted uneasily. Something about this guy made me feel guilty, even though I hadn’t done anything.</p>
Quasi<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 11: Antagonist?</p><p>There are a few leading up to the final confrontation. Julie is an antagonist at one point, as is a mysterious individual from the future.</p><p>The big one though is Carrie Waterson. She's a temporal superweapon in the form of a fifty year old blonde woman, who has become bitter and cynical with age.</p><p>Oh yes, and the protagonist is Carrie Waterson, a temporal superweapon in the form of a teenage girl.</p><p>Time travel!</p>
Ixtli Dekami :coolified:🍕⚾🖖<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> 11 Describe your antagonist</p><p>Which one?</p><p>The Universe?</p><p>Lady Luck?</p><p>The owners of the many things the crew must get (steal) to keep the Engineer happy?</p><p>The Engineer himself when he's in a bad mood?</p><p>Their own consciences (for those who still have them)?</p><p>The aliens (‽) chasing the Engineer, his people,and the people who actually built the time-ship for the Engineer's people, for whatever the hell they did to them? =)</p>
Ray Ingles<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 11: Describe your antagonist</p><p>SECONDARY's an 'MC vs world' story. Jim eventually makes some actual long-term enemies, but at the start he's too insignificant to be worth attention.</p><p>He's already got enough problems, just trying to survive a world that diverged hard almost 6,000 years ago. A world that doesn't treat people like him all that well, anyway.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a></p>
Anderlandbooks<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> Apr 11 Describe your antagonist </p><p>Uhm. I can't. Because that would be a spoiler.</p><p>I could take the time committee instead, a bunch of future fools who thought tempering with the past was the way to secure the future. But they are already dealt with.<br>Jules and Vera want to find out how and why. The antagonist has other ideas.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/JulesNVera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JulesNVera</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeCurves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeCurves</span></a></p>
Ixtli Dekami :coolified:🍕⚾🖖<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> 10 Whatever</p><p>—But…<br>—Listen… the Boss is *MAD*. If he wants an Accelleratii incredibus, he will get one no matter what. If the team sent to get the damn bird dies in the process it's OK as long as he gets what he wants.<br>—A what?<br>—That's the bird's scientific name. I refuse to call it by its popular name. Don't ask why.<br>—But Brallan…<br>—He wasn't a white dove, kid. He deserved what he got. We all.<br>—He blew in pieces!<br>—So what? He wanted out, so what's the problem?<br>—😐</p>
Julie Bihn<p>No "silly" in Titanic Voyage.</p><p>He extends his hand like an old-fashioned gesture of friendship.</p><p>A part of me expects to be greeted by a joy buzzer or perhaps chewing gum, but I shake his hand anyway. It's not nearly as sticky as I'd expected.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> (Prompts in profile!)</p>
Quasi<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 9: "Silly"?</p><p>*<br>"Julie, were you responsible for what happened at the dance?"</p><p>"What? I thought we covered this, of course not."</p><p>"You're lying," Carrie contested. "What's more, I think you're setting me up."</p><p>A laugh. "Whatever gave you that silly idea?"</p><p>"Time travel."</p><p>Silence from Julie's end. Then, "Interesting answer."</p>
Sandra Bond<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 9 Apr: Weds post-sized snippet (optional word: silly)</p><p>Bonding over hatred of Archie Comics:</p><p>Darroll underlined his tirade by ripping a page clean out of the comic as he finished speaking.</p><p>For a moment Vanessa looked startled at Darroll’s outburst. Then she laughed, grabbed the book from him, and tore a second page out, then a third. That made Darroll laugh too. He liked Vanessa’s laugh. It wasn’t a silly, shrill giggle like a lot of girls’; it sounded real, unrestrained.</p>
Lyssa Chiavari<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 9: silly</p><p>I forced a small chuckle. “Oh, how silly of me. I completely forgot I was wearing it.”</p><p>Eliin smiled again, hesitantly. “I understand. You wore one your whole life. But that’s behind you now. You don’t need it anymore.”</p>
Ixtli Dekami :coolified:🍕⚾🖖<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> 9 Snippet/Silly</p><p>—The Boss doesn't need to give us a valid reason for his orders. He pays, we obey. His can be the most silly of reasons, and we will get him what he ask. Period.<br>—But…why do you all obey without question? Brallan died because of that damn bird.<br>—It was his fault. I told him to not touch that dynamite mountain and he went there anyway. I told him that physics laws were different, and he didn't listen. His fault, not yours.<br>—But…<br>—That's how things are…</p>
Steve DeGroof 📚🛸<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> Apr 9: Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: silly)</p><p>From "Edge Condition"...</p><p>Jacob rolled his eyes. “And you recognized the symptoms of cross-time drifting because you’d seen the same thing in her.”</p><p>“Exactly!” Charlie replied cheerfully. “That whole voice warble thing tipped me off.”</p>
Anderlandbooks<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> Apr 9 Post-sized snippet: silly</p><p>“I can so relate,” Angel purred. “I have three boys to raise, two teenagers and a tweener. My rules are set in stone too, or otherwise, there would be mayhem.”<br>“We should get together sometimes, as families.” Barb smiled this silly smile again. “Having such a similar fate.”<br>“Of course, that’s a lovely idea.” Angel smiled just the same.<br>And it would never happen, Vera thought, since Barb could never see Jules alive and breathing.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/JulesNVera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JulesNVera</span></a></p>
Ixtli Dekami :coolified:🍕⚾🖖<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> 8 Whatever</p><p>The time ship is a dull, light grey flattened aluminum block, not unlike a logo-less Mac Mini. The innards are a maze of "containers", connected by nothing more than the internal teleport system, and those places are full of color. Be it in the form of the "wall-around" screens and consoles, the decoration that some of the crew put against the Engineers will, or the very people living there. They're mostly humans, and some have "naturally" colorful skin…=)</p>
Anderlandbooks<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 7: Color in your story</p><p>There's this one exchange between Jules and Vera:</p><p>“What do you want to know? My favorite color?” She cocked her head.<br>“As starters, why not? Mine used to be green, but I think I’ll change it brown.” He gazed into her eyes, making her laugh.<br>“Smooth. Mine is blue, like the sky.”<br>And like his eyes. He grinned.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/JulesNVera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JulesNVera</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/TimeCurves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeCurves</span></a></p>
Julie Bihn<p>I always associate Titanic Voyage with the color blue—navy blue uniforms, the blue of the iceberg, blue of (spoiler), Rocky's blue eyes...even a blue screen! (Weird piece of lore, until relatively late in the drafting process, Liam was colorblind and wore glasses to show him colors! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistorytownAZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistorytownAZ</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> (Prompts in profile!)</p>
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