#TimeTravelAuthors Jan 1: Intro
First, Carrie meets the person trying to kill her. Later, he encounters her for the first time. Also, one of the assassination attempts succeeds in killing Carrie, meaning... does he actually go back to the start of the book then? Well, he might, since someone else will go back and save Carrie...
Having a day job isn't the only reason this thing has taken me almost ten years to work out.
#TimeTravelAuthors 3: "Deal"
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“There will be a blast rendering you unconscious. I want that data recorded by the chip. Particularly if the blast kills you, so that I know how for it to not do that again.”
Carrie did a double take at the cavalier way Heather had presented that. “What, for your next guinea pig?”
“No, for after we go back to save your life, idiot. I do not want to have to deal with all this again with someone else,” Heather said irritably.
Touche.
#TimeTravelAuthors 5: Projects?
Main one is "Time Untied", the sequel to "Time & Tied". It's been a WIP since 2017 and is now over 300k words with the final climax approaching. T&T is currently reposting to AO3.
Epsilon's "Angel Pasta" serial featuring the lesbian duo of Angel and Patty in 1963 France was put on hiatus after 8 episodes in 2024. It will return.
"Last Magical Girl" has been on hiatus since 2010. It MAY return. Annual XMath parodies continue. There's always something.
#TimeTravelAuthors 7: name?
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“Your name is actually Sherlock? For real?”
“For real,” Sherlock asserted. “Why? You expecting a more African-American name?”
“Oh. I, uh...”
Sherlock’s hands moved to his hips. “Might I also point out that my stated interest in mysteries is related to my family in general, not merely my name in specific? Moreover, the famous fictional detective could have been black.”
Carrie frowned. “What?”
#TimeTravelAuthors 9: Goals for 2026?
That's a question. I've kinda stopped setting them, since my life derailed about two years ago, and I have no guarantee it won't happen again.
I really would like to finish "Time Untied", and I have mentally caught myself back up to where I was in 2023, so it's again plausible. The reposting of "Time & Tied" to AO3 is added incentive.
Then there's a BUNCH of reading to catch up on. We'll see what happens.
#TimeTravelAuthors 11: Love time travel tropes?
I'm a fan of Time Loops, to the point where I compiled a website of their use in visual media: https://web.ncf.ca/cz159/TLoops.html
Also a fan of characters meeting themselves, time masters, clever mental time travel, LGBT ("time travel lesbians") and screwing with destiny.
Bonus: The essence of "Quantum Leap", that time itself doesn't change but that individual lives can be made better, is huge in my writing.
@QuasiTemporal Yeah, it's a clip. The main character, Cricket, wants to win a rodeo competition and not get bucked off, but it would take too long, so I believe it's Remy who proposes a training montage. Of course, things get wilder when they decide to speed things up further.
The time loop itself is played pretty straight/nightmarish until the end, when we see Cricket probably imagined it due to a concussion. (But I THINK it ends with him and Remy high-fiving and starting it again, soooooo)
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Julie Bihn