Happy New Year! Long time no see. But now I’m back. I’ve got a plot bunny that’s running wild, and I’m chasing it as fast as I can.
It’s Alex Rider this time, and it’s going to be good. And, in a word, epic. Three days old and already 15,000 words!
It’s set after Snakehead, and is almost my version of Alex 8, only with an additional main character – Yassen Gregorovich. Yeah, what is it with me and my fascination with Russian supervillians (see the Tempest)?
Oh well – at least I have finally discovered the benefits of all the poli sci classes I’ve taken. They give you great ways of making up plausible plots to take over the world. This one involves, of course, a Russian supervillian, Chinese chemists and Iranian oil. Add stunts, fight scenes (and I will say I do write good fight scenes), poisonous snakes, assassins, and two people rediscovering their pasts, and you get…. Balance Point!
On other fronts, I’m finally publishing There Be Dragons, which I started in the summer, and an update to Flash. I also want to finish the Fanfiction Letters before the summer: there’s only 3 chapters to go!
But anyway. I’m super excited about this Alex fic and just hope I have enough time to finish it.
