Actually, I'm as curious about a guy named "Meltman" as I am about a seventh decimate.For past 14 months, I've struggling with a story called "Seventh Decimate" (the Short Novel Formerly Known As "Meltman's SEVENTH DECIMATE").
"Decimate" means to destroy 1/10th of something. You have to destroy 1/10th of something 7 times to get it down to below half of the original amount.
Yeah: no.
I am certainly glad for the rewrite if this is the case.I did a poor job of communicating why the protagonist holds my interest.
But I think this also shows that SRD isn't in a rush. Which is a good thing. If he started trying to get things done in a hurry, I would get worried.
Trilogies have certainly gone from de rigueur to cliche.(wait for it) a trilogy. (I don't know whether to laugh or cry.)
But somehow, SRD just sees a story in his head and says "3 books". I'm not sure if this is some sort of gut instinct or an analysis of the plot, though.
SRD is displaying a gift for intriguing titles, anyway.The second book I think of "The Intersection of Knowledge and Evil," while the third is "Gift of the Ungifted."
[I fixed up the picture above.]