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I did a little bit of work on Apochswords tonight, the massive space opera trilogy that I’ve been working on since… 2003? 2004? A very long time indeed. Maybe even 2002, since I remember that I discussed StorySage.com with my roommates in college my freshman year.

Tonight’s work consisted of some chapter outlines for the third book in the trilogy. Apochswords has dynamic characters, lots of them. Some of them have a broken moral compass, or a moral compass that breaks in response to the drama of the conflict around them. One such character is, well, evil at the point I’m writing about. But how to show that this character is evil?

In the release order, what’s the very first thing Darth Vader does in Star Wars? He steps over the bodies of those that oppose him. And, for that matter, some of the people that were helping him.

So, of course, my character is going to kill someone, without any chance for surrender or mercy, and in the goriest, most over-the-top way possible. [Evil smile]