30 Days: The Singularity Matrix

30 Days: The Singularity Matrix

This adventure started at 12:00 AM on Saturday, November 1, and has now ended at around 3:30 PM, Sunday, November 30, and 70,644 words later. I'm exhausted, spent, and pretty sad that it's over. I've put my life on hold while I spent every minute I can working on this sequel to the original 30 Days. It's a little too soon for a post-mortem on it, I'll give it a week and then think about how I did. My first impression is that I did pretty well. I created a couple of characters I really like and care about, and I hope to write more about in the future. It's like any good book you're read: you're dying to know what happens after the book ends. I've thrown in a few teasers for ideas I have, but nothing's set in stone at this point. I don't know if I want to wait for November 2009 to pick this story up again.

At some point I also hope to edit it, maybe not into something marketable, but at least reduce the number of plot holes and inconsistencies, fix up the time line, and add some more descriptive scenery so people get a better picture of the action. I'm at least going to put some notes on each chapter so I have something to remember if I ever come back to it.

Now it's back to my normal, boring, unexciting life of paying bills and going to work. See you next November!

Here is the final list of chapters in order. PINK is Agent Ellie, BLACK is Alex Ross:

• I'm Not a Terrorist
• Hit Girl for Hire
• Kastle Klingon
• Misty
• Announcing a Partnership
• Betrayal and a Kiss
• Some Election...Some Danger
• Partnership Troubles
• Pirates...and YKW...again...
• Death Storm
• The Plot
• The Meeting
• The Storm
• The Singularity Matrix
• Assault on Kastle Klingon
• The British Royal Marines
• Planning our Assault
• Chit Chat
• Queen Carrie
• QC1 Takes Flight
• Piratry
• Xyllan the Villain
• Monster
• Beware. I'm Coming.
• Sabotage
• Carrie Park Talks
• Recovering
• Julia Suncatcher
• Strange Dream
• Sea Pizza
• "Captain"
• The River Battle
• Escape from QC1
• Nuclear Thanksgiving Part I
• Nuclear Thanksgiving Part II
• Nuclear Thanksgiving Part III
• Nuclear Thanksgiving Part IV
• Introducing Alex, Misty, and Julia Ross
  

And here's an "alternate" or "extended" ending by Agent Ellie:

• The Reports of My Death...