for those who follow my blog, but don't follow the other lotus-related blogs, Ben Langhinrichs (i think i actually spelled that correctly without looking, i think for the first time ever), started up a story cycle. the idea is, a bunch of authors agree to participate, and each person writes one chapter, or mini-chapter.

the story is called Web of Deception. Ben has already written the first installment, and Julian is up next. jules will pick someone from the list of authors who volunteered. as it happens i'm one of the people on the list (thanks, Ben, for the invite), and at some point i'll add a chapter right here on this blog.

fourteen people have signed up to do this! which means the story will take a little while to reach its conclusion. i can't wait to see where this goes.

for the extra curious, and for a more well rounded take on this, check out the blog posts from Rob and Jess. i love how jess is all helpful and cheerful, explaining the rules and extolling Ben's generosity, while the good cap'n O is, as usual, erroring (yeah that's the geek version) on the side of snarky. which tells you something, i think, about how the story will go. should be some interesting twists and turns ahead in the web of deception...