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"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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The pace and direction of this story are beginning to pick up! Marcius was scheduled to arrive in District 9 on December first and stay for two days. Clark was grateful that December first was also Parcel Day, since it meant that he would have to spend less time around the irritating Hunger Games escort. In spite of Haver had said about Marcius calling in favors to get Becky’s remains removed from the arena, Clark still couldn’t bring himself to like the man. His character is different, incredibly shallow, but compassionate. Is there more to come from him in the future? The photographer had been demoted from her position as the victor photographer and put back to work taking pictures of Capitol’s most vapid celebrities and newsmakers. She had secretly been relieved, though she would never admit it to anyone — Clark had scared her, especially when he’d shaken off a Peacekeeper’s strong grip like it was nothing. Only his mentor, Haver, had been able to get him to back down, and then Clark had turned, pushed his glasses down, and stared at her camera and her bag of film with an intensity that puzzled and frightened her. She wouldn’t have given up the job on her own — it was a highly desired and high status position — but being demoted gave her a way to do something safer without admitting defeat. Anything special happening with this particular Photographer? “Writing?” Marcius raised an eyebrow. “Are you sure you don’t want to do something that will put you more in the spotlight?”
“You gave me a list of potential talents, and I chose writing.”
“It just seems kind of … obscure.”
“I like writing!” Finally Clark's true talent come to light. It had been, but Clark didn’t say so. Instead, he opened the door for Marcius and watched as the District 9 escort carefully make his way down the icy steps and along the icy sidewalk. He wasn’t looking forward to going over ideas for his writing with him, but perhaps he could tolerate him. He had, after all, defied the Gamemakers to send Becky’s body home. Definitely a new direction!
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A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.
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Marcius was scheduled to arrive in District 9 on December first and stay for two days. Clark was grateful that December first was also Parcel Day, since it meant that he would have to spend less time around the irritating Hunger Games escort. In spite of Haver had said about Marcius calling in favors to get Becky’s remains removed from the arena, Clark still couldn’t bring himself to like the man. His character is different, incredibly shallow, but compassionate. Is there more to come from him in the future? Marcius will remain a character throughout this story. He's definitely a Capitolite, but he has his compassionate side, too. The photographer had been demoted from her position as the victor photographer and put back to work taking pictures of Capitol’s most vapid celebrities and newsmakers. She had secretly been relieved, though she would never admit it to anyone — Clark had scared her, especially when he’d shaken off a Peacekeeper’s strong grip like it was nothing. Only his mentor, Haver, had been able to get him to back down, and then Clark had turned, pushed his glasses down, and stared at her camera and her bag of film with an intensity that puzzled and frightened her. She wouldn’t have given up the job on her own — it was a highly desired and high status position — but being demoted gave her a way to do something safer without admitting defeat. Anything special happening with this particular Photographer? She's an OC, but she does work with a certain gossip columnist we're all familiar with ... “Writing?” Marcius raised an eyebrow. “Are you sure you don’t want to do something that will put you more in the spotlight?”
“You gave me a list of potential talents, and I chose writing.”
“It just seems kind of … obscure.”
“I like writing!” Finally Clark's true talent come to light. Yep, he's a natural-born storyteller (and investigator). He has a lot to learn, but the talent is there. It had been, but Clark didn’t say so. Instead, he opened the door for Marcius and watched as the District 9 escort carefully make his way down the icy steps and along the icy sidewalk. He wasn’t looking forward to going over ideas for his writing with him, but perhaps he could tolerate him. He had, after all, defied the Gamemakers to send Becky’s body home. Definitely a new direction! The next chapter will be up soon. I wanted to re-read Catching Fire before I started on the next part, but couldn't find it. I finally went over the to school library I run to check out a copy -- and found that my copy was on the shelf there. I'd lent it to a co-worker when the library ran out of copies, and when they returned it, I'd just neatly shelved it with the school copies without a second thought, then gone on summer break. The new chapter is being beta-read now.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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I look forward to reading the next part. That's a funny story about your book.  So glad you were able to find it, especially now that the new movie is coming out a lot of people are going to be re-reading the series. Any idea how many more chapters will be taking place?
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