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A World of Warcraft Story by Gre7g Luterman

Been pretty busy. Didn't finish nearly as much as I had hoped this week.

Oh well.

Here's a little more...

( Part 2 )

I really, really, really want to work on my untitled short story, but I'm working crazy hours this week to try and meet a deadline. I'm working during lunch, and working in the evenings until I'm ready for bed.

Bleah.

I'm glad to be employed and needed to get this project done, but it's a shame that this big push couldn't fall when I don't have a story I want to work on.

It's past 10 and I'm pooped. I've got to go turn in.

Don't expect more story this Friday. I don't see it happening.

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A World of Warcraft Story by Gre7g Luterman

I've been working on some Kaja backstory for a while. It's looking pretty good, but I'm going to need to flesh out a few areas that I neglected. Sadly, that means that I don't have much to share today -- only an introduction. Oh well. It's better than nothing. Happy new year!

( Part 1 )

I hadn't planned to do one of these, but after reading brodycatsmouth's, I feel like it's my last chance (for the decade, at least). So here goes the year in review (all dates are approximate since I'm not great at keeping good track):

January - Life is looking up! Creditors have been appeased and I just need a steady stream of regular paychecks to get back on track.
February - Hopeful planning that perhaps we'll get to take a vacation this year.
March - Ky falls and breaks her face. We get her fixed up, but it kills the vacation savings.
April - Only working half time now, just can't find anyone who needs work.
May - Found a little work. Worry and depression set in.
June - Feeling depressed. Write a chapter of "Brick and Mortar," but not playing much WoW (or doing much of anything else).
July - Not paying taxes. Will worry about it next April.
August - No work at all. Write another chapter of "Brick and Mortar".
September - No work. Writing constantly and posting chapters online.
October - No work. Writing. Posting. Job possibility. Interview. Offer. Decide to move and sell the house.
November - Mad dash to empty/clean/sell the house. Give Brandon away. Moving. Fall in love with Alabama.
December - Suddenly realize how insanely happy I am, and how perfect life is. Post the last of "Brick and Mortar," but am too happy to get depressed. Post tiny tidbits. Too busy to write seriously.

For my life in review, the dates are even sketchier. I may be misremembering some of the earlier events, but it was a long time ago and memories get cloudy:

1967 - Born in NYC.
1968 - Moved to Wisconsin.
1969 - Dated a rock star.
1970 - Toured with the Grateful Dead.
1971 - Moved to Puerto Rico.
1972 - Won the Nobel prize for economics.
1973 - Find the cure for cancer, but misplace it on the way to school.
1974 - Move to Missouri.
1975 - I'm the odd kid, but I make friends with the other odd kids.
1976 - I become the weird kid.
1977 - I become the obnoxious kid.
1978 - Other people hang out with me because I'm amusing, I guess.
1979 - Quite possibly as obnoxious as a human being can get.
1980 - Get my first computer. It's an Apple ][!
1981 - Get locked in a locker. Not very popular in school. Contemplate suicide a lot.
1982 - High school is better than junior high.
1983 - I suddenly realize that I don't have to keep playing in band. Quit and get happier.
1984 - Spend every minute with my friends.
1985 - Go to college. Lose virginity. Date and have fun.
1986 - Meet Dana. Fall in love.
1987 - Dana moves in. Life is good, but she complains that I don't give her time to study.
1988 - Dana is stressed out. Best friend commits suicide. Stop talking to all those friends from high school that I thought I'd be friends with forever.
1989 - Get married. Dana's parents stress me out.
1990 - Move to Kansas City. Get first real job. Graduate.
1991 - Life is wonderful! Buy my first house.
1992 - Buy my first new car.
1993 - I make a lot of friends and try the whole "suburban" thing.
1994 - Dana decides to quit working and goes back to school. It's a long commute, so I don't see her often.
1995 - Job may go out of business. Change to a job I don't like. Find out that Dana cheated on me. Contemplate murder a lot. Get divorced.
1996 - Depressed, but start dating again. Job goes out of business. Change to a job I hate.
1997 - Meet a cool guy. We quit our jobs and wander the country in a van, and have a great time.
1998 - Change to a new job. They go out of business too, but I start working for the customer. Write my first book.
1999 - Goldenwolf moves in. We create wolfhome.com.
2000 - On a trip to NYC, I met Ky and fell in love-at-first-sight.
2001 - Ky moves in. Towers fall and we're glad to have each other.
2002 - Work is going well, so we decide to move to Utah. Why not? We both work remotely.
2003 - Company sells out and stocks become valuable. Pay off house, and have money in the bank!
2004 - Have the house redone just the way we like it. Get married. Roommates leave.
2005 - A friend talks me into going into business. Lose my regular job. wolfhome.com crashes and I don't resurrect it.
2006 - New company is going badly. I do a lot of contracting to pump more and more money into it.
2007 - New company is sucking me dry. New roommates move in. Decide to sell company to my business partner.
2008 - Business partner takes everything without paying me any money. I get stuck with the bills somehow, but fearing for my credit, I pay them off.
2009 - Life gets good once more!

And that's it in a nutshell. I hope I didn't leave out anything major, but I probably did...

The Adventures of Naked Boy
A World of Warcraft Story by Gre7g Luterman

( Part 2 of 2 )

Had a real bad day today. Was in a hit-and-run accident. We're okay, but man I'm pissed.

Anyhow, I've been working on this short for a while. The ending isn't quite complete, but I'd really like to put something up. So here's the first half of a fun little tale that doesn't take itself too seriously.

If you read Brick & Mortar, then the setting should be familiar.

The Adventures of Naked Boy
A World of Warcraft Story by Gre7g Luterman

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Episode 11: A Scuffle With the Outriders
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Episode 9: Rut
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Hey guys, I'm toying with writing another. But instead of having a main character that is simple and good, I'd like to write flaws into all the new characters. Big character flaws, like pride, wrath, greed, etc.

Have a peek at the following test chapter. What do you think of the characters? Do you like them? Do you hate them? Do you want to see them succeed? Would you rather see them fail? Are you curious enough about what will happen to them to follow along, or do you not care?

Please look it over and post a comment with your thoughts. Let me know if I should bother writing more. And if you have ideas/requests, then post those too!

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Test Chapter

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OMG! Final part!

Part VI
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