David & Bebe walked back to Angels' Wings with Bebe blowing her whistle the whole way. The whistle produced an ear-splitting, warbling shriek. People looked & pointed & covered their ears as they went by.
"Bebe?" David began tentatively.
"Yes, David?" she said between blasts.
"You know if the other Angels see your whistle, they're going to want one too."
"Bebe understands!" she said nodding vigorously.
David opened the hatch & they went inside.
"LOOK WHAT BEBE GOT!" Bebe screamed.
#BetterAngels

David was filling out an application when Zaza came in.
"Can I get you anything? Water? Some juice?"
"No thanks, Angel," he said. "I need to focus on this."
Zaza smiled & left.
Two minutes later, Bebe came in.
"Bebe wants to bring you a snack!"
"That's nice. But I'm too busy right now. Maybe later?"
"Bebe will come back!"
After she left, he'd just started to work when Popo came in.
"David! Would you like…"
"Yes," he said, leaning back in his chair. "Yes, that would just fine." #BetterAngels

David found Mumu sitting off in a dark corner by herself, looking depressed.
"What's wrong, Angel?"
"I never get any screen time," she said. "Everyone loves Zaza and Bebe's so cute. And everyone else has roles! Nene does communications & Sisi's the weapons master."
"You're like the tsukomi to the others' bokeh," David said.
"Even my name is weird: Mumu," she sighed. "It's like a baggy dress. Why couldn't it at least be Momo?"
"Sorry. The author already used Momo in Revin's heart." #BetterAngels

I have finished my first draft of The Better Angels and the Absolutely Apropos Arrangement. It's a Better Angels' Story! #BetterAngels

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#WritingWonders 19. A first friend… #BetterAngels edition

Since the Angels were only replicated (molecularly assembled) to spec within the last year, their first friend was David. But they make lots and lots of friends after that: Lusa, Rect, Bull, Tau, Lambda, Cherry, Charlie, Sssindy, Koguma, Ĉiaki, Lin, Nadeŝko, etc. And, of course, they have millions and millions of adoring fans. But not everyone's a fan, like Professor Thombert.

I now have an outline for the quadruple-T (a new #BetterAngels story). #amwriting

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The #BetterAngels are non-human biological androids (a clean-room re-implementation of the human genome) that have a programming stack and were designed as magical-girl singing-and-dancing idols by Magicorps. There were 8 originally, but a 9th, "Bebe," joined them more recently and, although it's hard to pick a favorite, I have a hard time not picking her because she's got a cute way of speaking.

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#WritingWonders 16. setting process #BetterAngels style

The Better Angels stories are set on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy, a shared-world setting created by a group of authors at Water Dragon Publishing. The authors include a bunch of detail-oriented engineer types who were fanatical about making the math work. It's been fascinating to watch stories emerge: It's as though you have a plethora of universes that all intersect at this one place. It's been fun!

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#WritingWonders 15. What's your setting? #BetterAngels edition

The Better Angels stories are set on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy. But they travel on their spaceship Angels' Wings and visit many other places, like "The Ironball" -- the asteroid resort of La Menageriste; the embattled world of Palisade on a military morale-boosting tour, and Daphnae-3, to go camping with the Gyarakushīsukautos. New stories coming soon! https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels/

#WritingWonders 14. character arcs, #BetterAngels style

"They sing & dance & find creative days to make David's life difficult until threatened, and then they turn around with a bit of the old ultra violence."

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I have completed my first draft of the Better Angels and the Complicated Camping Catastrophe and shared it with my beta readers.

It's wild. It's weird. It's a "Better Angels" story! ❤️ #WritingCommunity #BetterAngels

At the very last minute, I drafted a a blog post to serve as my June newsletter: Summer Begins! https://stevendbrewer.com/summer-begins/ #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #betterangels #revinsheart

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