The Basics of Watershed

As I said in the last post, I'm kind of letting Watershed write itself.  I have a general idea of the direction I want it to go in, but it is almost like a living organism; it chooses its own direction.  Nonetheless I do still have a general summary/synopsis of the prologue and 1st chapter to share.


Watershed opens on February 7 (tentatively of next year, but that can change).  We are quickly introduced to some of the main players:  John Walters, Rose Lowell, Isadora (Izzy) Poole, Joseph Williams, and Matthew Myers in the prologue.  As the five page intro comes to a close, a mysterious figure later known as the Master activates a computer program that causes a mass blackout around the world.


Chapter 1 picks up the next day as the main characters try to deal with the destruction caused by the black out.  Worse still, with the exception of short wave communications all transmissions are blocked.  With relief forces disorganized and spread thin, the survivors begin to migrate to two points:  St. Jude's Church lead by Father Michael and the local hospital.  St. Jude's was built on an old bomb shelter which becomes home to a few dozen people over the coming days.  The hospital is flooded with injured.  As the survivors begin to settle into the their temporary habitations, the Master activates another weapon.  With a massive earthquake levelling the city, Father Michael declares that the apocalypse is beginning.


Kind of scattered and not a lot of information there, but I just wanted to possibly tease some interest.

I'm behind on my writing goals for the day so I will not be posting any character bios today, but when I do I am thinking of throwing in an Easter egg for anyone who reads this and, hopefully, eventually the book.  I am normally against basing characters in my books on actual people, but I decided to throw in certain mannerisms or personality traits into a few characters so maybe, just maybe those will be revealed in character bios.

Stay tuned.

Thanks,

Matthew