#mtik excerpt

[aritany]

alright, you can have the opening to my current novel. as a treat for all of us

[aritany]

Hiya Alex! What's been the most intriguing thing to write regarding a character's journey and they change along the way?

hi athena! excellent question. i loved writing laurie's internal journey in maybe tomorrow i'll know - his discovery of self was such a fun and unique storytelling experience for me because he started with absolutely nothing. he's an amnesiac stuck in a time loop.

i mean, these opening lines tell you pretty much everything you need to know:

When the nightmare ends and I open my eyes, I know three things only: first, freckles spatter the backs of my hands where they rest on the steering wheel; second, the radio is blowing static; and third, I’m going a hundred and twenty clicks on a highway I’ve never seen before in my life. The fourth thought comes late, like the sting after a slap: I love the hell out of this car, which is a strange thought to have, because it’s not mine, and I have no idea who it belongs to.

having him stumble into who he is from zero was such a fun journey - i won't say more than that, due to The Spoilers, but i look forward to sharing him with the world!

[aritany]

this body that’s all wrong stretches skin over my bones like a glove made for someone else

[aritany]

put this on the former bird app so figured i should slap it in here too have some achyyearny angst

[aritany]

For the orange game-- tangerine and bronze for Gideon? :)

TANGERINE - Describe them!

gideon is tall (6'1 or 185 cm) and fairly muscular, with shoulder length black hair. he's very... intense looking. strong features, broad browbone, square jaw, etc. he spends the loop day with a black eye because <3 i said so. he likes to wear an assortment of leather and beaded bracelets & is absolutely a doc martens kinda guy. here's laurie's initial impression of him:

It’s a guy, probably in his late teens, with sun-bronzed skin and high cheekbones, long black hair tied back, tendrils escaping and clinging to his face in the rasping heat. The aftermath of what must have been a nasty hit to the face ripples under his eye and over the bridge of his nose, dark purple bruise. Up close, he’s kind of a lot. Flyaway hairs catch the light and glow blown-glass orange, and when he turns, his eyes in the sun are amber and honey-warm under straight dark eyebrows.

BRONZE - What do they do when they lose? Do they lose often?

gideon is a great sport about losing. arguably one of his flaws is that he's too good a sport (to the degree of being a pushover) because he's so paranoid of being seen as an aggressive guy. he is absolutely not afraid of losing and does so regularly. lowkey he's kind of a loser in general and everyone knows it including him because truly what is better than a man who is kind and beefy and also a loser

thanks so much for the ask!

ask me about laurie and/or gideon!