The latest chapter of Hi, I'm Lance brings about an opportunity that I like. At Lance's latest meeting, a reflection on a piece of glass-covered art reminds him of the night of his crash.
Read Meeting No. 8 [Chap. 5] here.
Regular readers will remember that event in If It Weren't For the Two of Us. Originally we saw it through the eyes of Trent when he received a phone call. The conversation in the waiting room between him and Lance's father was a significant turning point in the story — and what Lance did with his life following.
See If It Weren't For the Two of Us, Chapter 30 here.
If you were to go back and read it now and see it through both sets of eyes, it is a fuller picture.
Using flashbacks helps paint Lance as to who he is and how he developed into the man he is. I won't use a flashback in every chapter, but as this book is developing, I find it a useful tool. I think it helps get a complete picture.
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Another positive step forward for Lance. I'm curious to find out how events develop between him and Jakob. We don't always fall for our "ideal" man. My first partner wasn't at all what I envisioned in my fantasies, but we fell in love over time and were together for almost 28 years, until his death.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing that. I'm sorry for your loss, but warmed that you shared 28 years together. How wonderful. Relationships are a commitment, and while they do take work, sincere love makes all the effort worthwhile. Congrats on accomplishing that.
DeleteLance has a lot of questions ahead. Jakob too. As we move further into the story, other characters become influential as well.
I want to tell you again how very much I enjoy your writing, and this story of Lance, Trent and Mike is so utterly enjoyable! Thanks you so much for sharing, and do keep the story going for a long time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tim, for the link back to Trent's experience of "The Crash." The zombie phone "conversation" with Lance which preceded it sure reads different now!
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying a groove now of reading the new installment of whichever ongoing story it is, knowing as little as possible about it going in, and then coming to the blog for whatever background info Tim has chosen to share with it, plus the comments that have gathered.