The Fan Fiction Project

Two people are reading my fan fiction project for the Myst/Uru universe. It was my Nanowrimo project and introduces a new game Age called M'nine. One has finished it and given me his comments.

Based on his suggestions, I'm going to write an introduction to the game and the characters within it. Even he, who has played the game for a long time, had a hard time at first keeping track of the characters introduced. I do have a section for the characters in an appendix. I may use that and move it up to the front with the introduction.

I have a couple of friends who haven't played the game at all. I may have them read the introduction after I'm finished to see if it flows well.

Another option is that if this is just to be offered online as a pdf download, is to refer the reader to a link where Ellen has already created an introduction to the game. Still have to introduce the Friends of the Fissure part of it and those characters, but it would be shorter.

The Writing...

The writing has really suffered lately. My son's disappearance has cost a lot of time with the writing. But ideas are still coming and I'm still putting together different pieces of work on my free time.

I have started writing a book length piece on being the parent of a runaway as part of my therapy. Still not sure if it will become a memoir-style private writing or if it will be given to the public.

Website for my son

son update...

After we created the website and started passing out the six hundred fliers, we got a call of a possible sighting of our son in Lincoln Nebraska. http://sites.google.com/site/findmikehawkins/ Still don't have this confirmed. Also, not confirmed is that he is heading back to family in our home state of Iowa. Something we were trying to work on making happen for him in the spring. Not sure why he felt as if he couldn't wait.

We truly hope it was him. At least if it's him, he's alive.

The local sheriff is doing a great job, but we're in a small community and they are limited. State patrol said all we could do is wait, basically, and that he doesn't qualify for the Amber-alert system.

Luckily our pastor made that call for us - or I would have said a thing or two. I'm getting pretty punchy and already barked at someone who was being nice to me when she said, "Did the sheriff say we should do this?" I said, "We're saying you should do this!" Hubby said he's never heard me do that before.

Some of the media has been notified so far. Can't get him on the one Lincoln channel unless it's the police calling them. Another had a voicemail. We have more media to call and get him on if this sighting does not lead to him.

Help Us Find our Son

http://sites.google.com/site/findmikehawkins/

Important Matters

Dealing with a missing son right now. I will be trying to work while trying to find him, but may be absent from blog if searching for him takes my time.

Amazing how using Web 2.0 helps generate leads in this situation. In the last few hours a multitude of people have changed their status to reflect well wishes for us and to encourage help.

Our status - without going into details. Getting closer, but things aren't adding up right, and the aftermath of this could get bad. Obviously, we're very worried about him...beyond thinking he just wants to be away from home.