Tales of the Vuduri: Year One

  Here is the exact passage from Rome's Evolution, Intermezzo 1:

  Rei focused on where Sally was pointing. On this night, the constellation Orion the Hunter was just to the southwest of the Moon. Light pollution from the city drowned out many of the stars that would have been seen in an earlier age. But Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, the three stars in a row marking Orion’s belt, were still very recognizable.

  “The star you’re pointing to is the grip on Orion’s shield,” Rei said, trying to be analytical. “I don’t remember its name… Tabit maybe? But we’re not going anywhere near there.”

  Well Rei was right about the name of the star but dead wrong about not going there. The true love of his life, the beautiful Vuduri woman named Rome, was waiting for him there.

 

  Entry 1-364: December 24, 2013

 

  You have to know the end before the beginning, Part 1

 

  You cannot start out writing a novel like Rome's Revolution without knowing how it ends. Can you imagine an author writing a whodunit without knowing who the killer is beforehand?