So... here's how it went down. · 12:21am Aug 4th, 2022
So, as you may have noticed, Twilight Learned is late. That's because I answered a call for help that ate up the last days of the month I had set aside for writing time. It was an epic journey across a 30 mile wide stretch of water, an international border, six discreet biomes, and three major geologic features of the continent, while going past landslides, deer, and a trio of kamikaze raccoons. I will now use the words of my editor to describe why and what happened, with her permission, of course:
"It all started when a car broke down on a highway. it was 113F, and half an hour later a tow truck came to the rescue. one trip to the mechanic later and back on the road, adventuring to see family. The car was pushed to the limits of the heatwave, and alas broke down again. an hour of trying to restart the car to no avail, so a call went out to another tow truck.
An hour after that, they said 'sorry, we're too busy' and went away. My editor, now fully in heat exhaustion and battling the symptoms of heatstroke sent out a call for help. In the mean time another tow truck was called, but was sent to the wrong location. So while she labored under the sun, praying, she used the meager means at her disposal to contact loved ones in case this was it. Barely conscious, help finally arrived, and after a night in a cool hotel, the car was jump started the next day as the emergency lights had killed the battery.
From there she fled to her old hometown, trying to recover with family. But alas, her hometown was also having a heatwave, barely dipping to the 80s at night, and within minutes of leaving the house she was staying in she was getting heat exhaustion yet again. And so she called, begging for help. As not only her client but her close friend, I jumped in my car and bent time and space to my will to drive from one country to another to save her.
Not just because her golden touch is what delivers these stories to you, but because she is a guiding light in my life and the one who saved me from my marriage years before. I personally put her into my car, and drove her home to safety where her worried husband was able to care for her."
As you can tell, she's still recovering somewhat
Oh god, what an odyssey.
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yeah, it was a hell of a trip.
I am very happy your editor got home safe and sound. Well done.
i might end up delaying it further, sorry. brain keeps slipping into fogs while i'm recovering.
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No worries. Good minds are supposed to be rare, not well done.
Sounds rather epic. P