About two weeks ago, I uploaded my first version of “Invasion“; an alternative universe where one event during WWII never happens (if you can name that event, you get five points). I’ve learned over the past few years that writing projects are never truly finished. For instance I’m drafting the idea of introducing Gloria with Rose rather than a sobbing wife in a water puddle. I wanted to give Rose companionship outside of Bernard to give her a more integral story-line emotion. Her appearance is really brief and we don’t examine her emotional state other than sobbing for her younger brother, Johnny. It’s hard to connect with her.
I have a companion piece with Invasion that takes place around the time we’re introduced to Bernard early in 1940. Later in the original story, we’re introduced to “Tin Man” — former SAS — that integrates with the Freedom Fighters. I wanted to follow Tin Man from young kid until his introduction with the group. The two won’t likely meet until the very end.
Finally, I’m prepping a storyline that follows Invasion that will be from the perspective of Bernard’s son, Jonathan that sees the end of the occupation but prepares his own son for another threat that’s briefly referenced. This could be a bigger piece than the typical short story. I’m playing with the idea of introducing Josen as Johnathan’s son leading up to a bigger project. If you don’t know, Josen Kir is my primary character that I’ve developed stories through the course of his entire life called the Chronicles of Josen Kir. You saw a glimpse into him in “In the Beginning…” (originally called Choice… and “The Choice of Destiny”. “In the Beginning” refers to the first of many important events in Josen’s life.
Again, I’m not sure if I’m going to introduce Josen in the Invasion series. The thing that holds me back is the idea of Josen’s existence within a parallel universe… though the Invasion series would tie into the Chronicles series rather nicely.
I hope you enjoy reading them as I did writing them. The plan is two-fold; (1) to practice and develop my own writing skills (grammatical and story telling) and (2) to create a universe that’s only mine.
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