Time for a 'where I'm at' sort of post.
Fanfiction: Fire and Ice is now done, dusted and complete (only taken me two years, here...!). I can now completely leave the world of shipperdom - my work there is done. For the CBB'ers wandering by, my next fanfic task will be chapter 5 of Promises Made, which is about half done - look for that sometime around about Saturday evening, I think. For folks waiting on Five by Five's next installment (*waves to Steve amongst others*), I was hoping to deal with it over the weekend, unfortunately I spent a lot of yesterday trying to deal with pain issues so that got a little railroaded. I will do my best to get it done for next weekend.
Bandit Country: Not much in the way of progress to report (*insert tooth excuse 321834*), but what I will do is answer a few things that have come up...
1) Why Bandit Country as a title?
It's based on a line from Scars (Ian Foster cracks: "We're in the last barn before bandit country"), which should tell you how long I've actually had this plot bunny. It's a working title and unlike some of my other working titles, it is likely to change, if only because as I've nailed the plot down, it's less and less appropriate. That said, it'll probably always be Bandit Country to me!
2) It's [insert genre], right?
Unless you've said thriller, the answer's no. It's somewhere between Tom Clancy and Andy McNabb in terms of content - not political enough to be a political thriller, not spy-filled enough to be a spy drama. It's kind of its own thing.
3) Where's it set?
All over. Without giving anything away in plot terms, I have definite locations in five states of the USA and there's some potential for at least one location outside the USA - possibly more. The list currently includes California and Washington DC, but it's subject to change.
4) So, c'mon then, what's it about?
The same thing virtually all my writing is about: People and relationships.
5) That is so not an answer!
Sorry - it's the best I'm going to give at this point ;)
6) How can you write a story set in America? You're not American!
Research, research, research. Same way you'd write a novel set in Elizabethan England. Having a number of very good friends who happen to be American (and who weed out my occasional Englishisms) also helps. A good editor will also help me in due course.
There; think that clears those up...
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