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Seven Months Into The Pandemic
Those of you who know what I like to do outside of Writing.Com have probably seen that I like to go hiking. Southern California has several mountains that are over 10,000 feet high and I try to hike a few each year.
One of the non-writing challenges I like to accomplish is called the SoCal-Six-Pack-of-Peaks. The task: reach six summits between January 1 - December 31 each year. The peaks used to be one specific list of mountains, but it has now been expanded. With the expansion of the possible peaks, the Six-Pack-of-Peaks has mutated into the Twelve-Pack-of-Peaks.
My family started the year off strong. We thought we would be able to accomplish the goal of bagging twelve peaks. 2020 had other plans. Because we started early in the year, we couldn't go up to the third peak because we got stuck in the snow. Yes, some people make it up there regardless. Some people also die when they try that. Nobody should be afraid of a mountain, but everyone has to respect the mountain. Even experienced mountaineers die less than five miles from a Starbucks in those mountains. Don't be that person.
Right around the time the snow was melted enough for us to go up the mountain, we had to shelter in place because the outdoors were closed because of Coronavirus. Once the outdoors reopened, they started burning. We can't catch a break in 2020.
You know what I really miss?
Amusement parks. Southern California is amusement park central. I know, there are those other places: Florida, Paris, Shanghai ... in order to get there, I would have to take a plane. That doesn't sound reasonable when I live less than 25 miles from America's oldest amusement park.
Amusement parks are a great place for a writer to spend a day. Not only is there plenty of people watching, there are the many attractions that all tell stories. Some have created their own version of historical or futuristic. Some just shake you up to a point that you are glad you got off in one piece. All of the rides, shows, attractions, and walk-through decorations get your imagination going.
And the best part? Just how our stories are a perfect way to live the wildest adventures from the safety of our seat, amusement park rides are similarly safe. The shaking, exploding, splashing is designed to let you feel just a little more than a book, but not so much that you are in actual peril.
Just in case you wondered: We did complete the SoCal-Six-Pack-of-Peaks a week before California started burning and all the forests were closed to hikers again. |
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I received these replies to my last Action Adventure newsletter "The Villain's Motivation"
StephBee - House Targaryen  wrote: Love your look at Villians and their motivations. I think by giving the villian a little depth, it really adds to the emotional buy in of the story.
BIG BAD WOLF is hopping  wrote: Try "Villains by Necessity" by Eve Forward, which is about a group of leftover villains trying to, ironically, save the world from the Forces of Good after Good went too far in getting rid of Evil, and put the world in serious danger, unknowingly, and because no Hero is going to believe a Villain anyways.
Another one is "Grunts!" by Mary Gentle, which is about a group of orcs who, just prior to the last battle of "Good Versus Evil", explore a dragon's horde, and find weapons that carry a curse - said curse alters the orcs to take on personalities similar to the weapons' previous owners - previous owners being U.S. Marines! Thus, what you have is basically "Lord of the Rings" (or some other similar fantasy series) Meets "Full Metal Jacket", with a lot of black comedy - word of warning, not suitable for children, at all! I would know.
Monty  wrote: I believe that the movies of today see the hero as doing good but often dying at the hands of the villain, such was a movie I watched last night. |
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