#cade mcgowan

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WIP Update 13.03.2018

Project: Wildfire Today’s word count: 476 Total word count: 20,217 Excerpt of the Day:

Landing a few blocks from the building he'd chosen, he drove the rest of the way with all electronics turned off, his ever-present slight paranoia leading him to make it as difficult as possible to be tracked, not that he expected anyone to care enough about a street kid to come looking. Still, better safe than sorry, especially considering the club he'd picked the kid up from.

Notes: 

Two days in a row! Woooo! AND I broke 20k!!! AND I almost reached my daily goal of 500 words. Daresay it was a good day, writing-wise. 

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WIP Update 12.03.2018

Project: Wildfire Today’s word count: 266 Total word count: 19,741 Excerpt of the Day:

"Almost there," he said as he reached into the storage box of the centre console and then, with a swift move, pressed the loaded hypo against the boy's neck and triggered it before Hunter could even react. An unintelligible word escaped his pale lips as he realised what had happened, but by then it was far too late. The drug Cade had injected was strong and powerful, and fast-acting, and there was enough of it to knock out a horse. Even so, with the boy's high tolerance, it took him much longer than usual to fall unconscious, lips still moving silently as his head lolled to one side. 

"Of course," Cade noted to the unconscious boy as he put the hypo away and settled his hands back on the wheel, guiding the car down toward the warehouse district, a satisfied smile on his lips. "I can't let you see exactly where we're going."

Notes:  It’s still slow going at the moment, but we’re about to get to the meat of the story and the part that I wrote out in the short story that turned out to be a novella and now is becoming a novel. So very hopefully, it will go a little smoother from here on out, at least with Hunter and Cade’s chapters. 

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WIP Update 27.02.2018

Project: Wildfire Today’s word count: 366 Total word count: 19,471 Excerpt of the Day:

"You know my name," Hunter said, a suggestive smile crossing his lips as Cade looked over at him, the boy's eyes flicking up and down his body, clearly liking what he was seeing, forgetting that he'd just gotten into a car with a complete stranger. Probably assuming that Cade had gotten his name back at the club. "What do I call you?"

"Cade," he answered, truthfully enough. It was the name he went by these days, after all, and there was no reason to tell the boy an equally false one. "You can call me Cade. Tell me, why did you get in the car with me?"

Notes:  Heyyyyy, I got some words in on Wildfire!  It’s not that I haven’t written at all this month; in fact, I’ve been super productive. It’s just that all my writing has been for my roleplaying characters. 

Anyway, decided to get back to Wildfire, and hopefully, I’ll make this a thing now and not focus all my energy on my roleplaying. 

After all, we’re getting to the exciting part now. Mwhahahah! 

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WIP Update 29.01.2018

Project: Wildfire Today’s word count: 622 Total word count: 17,669 Excerpt of the Day:

Turning his back, his looked over his shoulder, shooting a look across the club to the man in the corner and gave him a wink along with an inviting nod of the head. Even if the promise had been two hours of dancing in the cage, that didn't mean Rook would deny a direct request for his company. He'd just have to make up for it later on. And coming back to the cage after spending an hour or two with Dark and Handsome definitely seemed worth it to Hunter, so he kept on trying to lure the man with gestures that became more and more obvious until the bartender made a noise loud enough to carry over the music.

Notes:  Yes! Yes! Yes! Getting closer to Hunter and Cade meeting now! At least now, they’ve both seen each other. Question remains, will they actually meet in this scene...? 

(@kbcypher: Count this as the last sentence tag, mkay?)

[emweaver]

Honourable Mention

Welcome @cadewrites, and thank you for the follow! 

Why the honourable mention? 

Well, because the main antagonist of my WIP novel Wildfire is named Cade. You can find him under the tag Cade McGowan. 

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WIP Update 20.09.2017

Project: Wildfire Today’s word count: 532 Total word count: 14,064 Excerpt of the Day: A fierce wind had come in off the lake, and Cade's sharp eye caught sight of an airborne red umbrella, soaring up along the facade of the tower opposite his hotel, captured by an updraught that seemed like it might carry the thing right up into the sky. Then, without warning, the red umbrella plummeted back down towards the street, the wind giving up on trying to possess a thing that didn't belong up among the clouds.

Notes:  Nothing much to say today. I’m just happy I got something written today, and even met my daily goal of 500 words. So yay! 

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I love learning about other writers' characters! For the ask game, how about #18 for Cade and #48 for Rafael?

18. What kind of home would they want to live in? Where would they place this abode?

That is a good question. For most of his adult life, Cade has lived out of hotel rooms. Cheap ones, very expensive ones. Probably the longest he’s stayed in one place in the last twenty-five years or so is maybe six months? 

So, to begin with, if he was to settle down, his home would probably have an air of hotel room about it. With the one stipulation that it must have a large well-appointed kitchen. 

And bulletproof glass in the windows. 

48. Is there anything in particular that would ignite your character’s jealousy? Or does your character not get envious?

Hmmm... Rafael is probably one of my most open-minded characters. If anyone is likely to end up in a poly relationship, it’d be him. I think to make him jealous, someone would have to take over the role he sees himself in: that of a carer, a nurturer. I think he might not like being set aside as the one who cares for you when you’re sick. 

Get to know my characters. 

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WIP Update 24.09.2017

Project: Wildfire Today’s word count: 797 Total word count: 14,861 Excerpt of the Day: "Delivery for Mister Francis Tanaka," he told the receptionist on duty, sending the young man the tired smile of someone who had worked long hours and was just ready to go off shift. "The information from Blue Orchid Flowers should be in your system already?" 

"Yes, I have it right here," the receptionist nodded, a look of concern crossing his face as he saw the stipulations of the order that had come up on his screen. "Oh. It says here you're supposed to bring them up personally? To arrange them yourself?" 

"Yeah, that's right. I mean, that's not a problem is it? My boss won't be happy if all I do is leave them with you. I hear mister Tanaka is very particular about the way he wants his hydrangeas arranged." 

Looking up from his screen, Cade could see that the receptionist - Colin Poole according to his name tag - felt a certain amount of sympathy for him. More than likely, he'd been at the sharp end of demanding tenants more than once in his career and knew that Cade (or Victor Lorne as his ID named him) was at a very real risk of losing his job if he didn't do exactly what was specified on the order. Colin's gaze shifted back to the screen, then up again and past Cade toward the security guard, and then back to Cade. "Okay," he said, licking his lips and swallowing. "I really should have you escorted up by a guard, but Tom called in sick and Ellie is on duty alone..." He left the rest unsaid, and rose from his seat, giving a nod across to the woman by the door, quietly signalling her of his departure. "I'll take you up myself. If you'll follow me, please, Victor." The brief smile that followed was more than just common courtesy expected of a receptionist, and Cade responded in kind, adding a quick wink for good measure as he thanked Colin for his kindness.  

Notes:  Not too shabby, though of course, about 300 of those words I wrote in bed last night on my notepad. Cade is posing as a flower delivery man to gain access to a secured building, and is flirting subtly with the receptionist, which does seem to be working, doesn’t it?