Uber Spies and Technology

First, would you kiss this in public? ;-)

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Did she even know what it looked like she was doing?! Inquiring minds want to know, LOL.

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On the writing front, you'll be happy to know that yes things are moving along. I've introduced Armando Chang and he's so mysterious and angsty, I'm dying to write his story ;-). The fun part about this book is, I still don't know exactly who my own hero is and I'm trying to make every male character I introduce as yummilicious, mysterious, sexy, different, and interesting as possible. I haven't had this much fun in ages because it's like telling all the guys in my head that they all get to audition for the right to be Helen's true mate. Heh.

So now that Armando is done, I'm working to deepen the intrigue by introducing the enemy's POV. This is the hard part because I'm also trying to keep them a secret for now. How does the uber-writer write whole scenes without identities? Most of the time, when I'm reading a lone scene, it has one POV--the bad guy thinking about his next step, or watching his next victim, that sort of thing. But I'm not introducing the bad guys that way in this book. I sort of do it through the victims' POV, with conversation between the victim and the bad guys, with no referencing of time and names. The only way the reader gets a clue is the reference to place at the top of the scene. Confusing, ja? It's been a headache trying to encapsule a conversation that doesn't sound like EViiiiiil characters talking to each other about eviiiillll things they're going to do. I'm hoping that the way I'm doing it will not confuse my readers (who are VERY INTELLIGENT!!!).

This book is different because I'm introducing so many techy spy stuff. I think outside of the Rimbaldi Albatross, I can give ALIAS' Sydney's gadgets and talents a run for her money. Heh.

But I'm also writing this book for readers like, oh, like Ranger Buddy. This is the man whose 2005 New Year's resolution was NOT TO SPEAK ON A CELLPHONE ALL YEAR because he hates the technology. He hates the fact that people talk, talk, talk into this thing and never get things done. He hates the fact that people would use ANY excuse to dial and talk into it. He just hates the thing, period. And I don't blame him.

Ranger Buddy was rolling on the floor today. While we were having lunch, there was a conversation next to us; one man was asking his friend about his new TV. The friend was very enthusiastic about it--it was this big, with his great resolution, with these things that it could, with fantastic this and wonderful that. The man asked his friend whether it was hard to program because he was thinking of buying this new fantastic gizmo. The friend answered, "Oh, you can read how to start the TV on page 57."

At this, RB started howling and he couldn't stop for minutes. The guys next to us stared at him and didn't get what was so funny. I did;-).

First of all, you must understand RB's mentality. This is the man who had such an old TV for a while that when visitors ask him where the remote channel was, he would get up, walk to the set and turn it on. The man had no remote for 45 years of his life; it was only when the thing broke down that he was forced to become a remote user.

So...to this man, having to read FIFTY SEVEN pages to figure out how to start a television is incomprehensible. He's always ranting that technology gadgets slow down one's life, not make it easier. And you know what? After standing in line waiting for Home Depot attendants to figure out the price of an item when it doesn't scan...he's right! ;-)

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