Author's Notes for "Stakeout"
Sep. 27th, 2009 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starwatcher_fic.
As usual, I needed some dues for Sentinel Angst. Lacking inspiration, I went searching for an idea. For some reason, Sentinel Thursday Challenge # 7 -- 'School' -- caught my imagination, and this is what came out. (Let's just ignore the fact that the challenge was over a year old; inspiration is where you find it. Oddly enough, the challenge the week after I posted this was 'Stakeout'. Spooky. <g>)
Hmm... trying to see if I need to acknowledge Jess's or Arianna's help with this story. Going back through my email, Ari was giving me a lot of input for "Moving Forward" (I was getting close to the end), and we were discussing her writing of "Holocaust" for "Thin Blue Line" virtual movies, later renamed Shaman's Journey. Additionally, she was on vacation, and had limited access to a computer and email; we concentrated on the 'important' stuff. ;-) So, this was self-beta'd; no one to blame but myself. <g>
FYI - Blair's story about only understanding the physics that he had already been exposed to via reading science fiction was true for me; it's the only reason I passed that class. I vividly remember when a discussion of building practices on the moon (Heinlein, I think, though I'm not sure which book) led to a "eureka" moment, and I clearly understood that mass = weight only on our earth. What a revelation. That, and a few other insights allowed me to get a C in a miserable class by a miserable teacher; otherwise, I'm sure I'd have gotten an F. That led to a truth that I've ascribed to ever since -- knowledge is never wasted. I know trivial bits and pieces about so many subjects, just because it attracted my attention at the time. But, someday, one of those bits and pieces may be useful, so it's all good. (Sheesh! I must be tired; look at me getting all philosophical! <g>)
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As usual, I needed some dues for Sentinel Angst. Lacking inspiration, I went searching for an idea. For some reason, Sentinel Thursday Challenge # 7 -- 'School' -- caught my imagination, and this is what came out. (Let's just ignore the fact that the challenge was over a year old; inspiration is where you find it. Oddly enough, the challenge the week after I posted this was 'Stakeout'. Spooky. <g>)
Hmm... trying to see if I need to acknowledge Jess's or Arianna's help with this story. Going back through my email, Ari was giving me a lot of input for "Moving Forward" (I was getting close to the end), and we were discussing her writing of "Holocaust" for "Thin Blue Line" virtual movies, later renamed Shaman's Journey. Additionally, she was on vacation, and had limited access to a computer and email; we concentrated on the 'important' stuff. ;-) So, this was self-beta'd; no one to blame but myself. <g>
FYI - Blair's story about only understanding the physics that he had already been exposed to via reading science fiction was true for me; it's the only reason I passed that class. I vividly remember when a discussion of building practices on the moon (Heinlein, I think, though I'm not sure which book) led to a "eureka" moment, and I clearly understood that mass = weight only on our earth. What a revelation. That, and a few other insights allowed me to get a C in a miserable class by a miserable teacher; otherwise, I'm sure I'd have gotten an F. That led to a truth that I've ascribed to ever since -- knowledge is never wasted. I know trivial bits and pieces about so many subjects, just because it attracted my attention at the time. But, someday, one of those bits and pieces may be useful, so it's all good. (Sheesh! I must be tired; look at me getting all philosophical! <g>)
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