Skip to content

An Extreme Blog Done Gone

If Only No One Won…

Menu
  • Home
  • Author’s Commentary
    • Local Boy Done Gone
    • L Extreme
    • Timely Persuasion
  • Of The Year Music Lists
  • JLCivi.com
Menu

Commentary 5: Five Seconds to Hold You

Posted on April 16, 2008 by LBDG

Although Timely Persuasion has a science fiction premise, I really wanted to ground the story in reality as much as possible outside of the time travel. Thus I knew I wanted to send the narrator back to save Kurt Cobain, but I also knew that his mission would ultimately have to fail. The physics of time travel in this world made sure of that, and the narrator and I continue to learn the ropes together in this chapter.

Other tidbits:

  • The record reviews stolen from the library were baseball box scores until the final draft.
  • Were you able to guess the name of the city 76.7 miles east of Seattle? An even bigger coincidence is the name of a town slightly to the west that I just noticed right now when linking to the map.
  • I went to Viretta Park and Kurt’s old mansion on a research trip after the first draft of the book was done and actually walked through the majority of the actions in this chapter. The rewrites came from that hands-on trip, including it starting to rain in the park as I stood photographing the bench.
  • All of the bad concert karma events (sadly) actually happened to me.
  • I’m trying to draw a red herring of a connection in this chapter by alluding to the sister’s death as a murder when it’s really a suicide, but I’m not sure if I actually pulled it off. Feels to me that the Cobain connection actually telegraphs how the sister died, but maybe I’m just too close to it.
  • The two men searching the house are Tom Grant and Dylan Carlson. It’s based on real life, though I don’t think they realized they had a ghostly visitor watching them…
  • My cousin Adam commented that “the world is rarely ever on a plane” (pun intended) after reading the first draft, which made me really scrutinize foot placement above and below the normal “ground” in subsequent drafts. I also inserted his comment almost verbatim into the narrator’s analysis of the situation.
  • The chapter title “Five Seconds To Hold You” comes from a great song by an LA band called Devics. It doesn’t hold much relevance, though I guess it could be the small window of time when the narrator actually thinks he’s going to solve the mystery.
  • There are 28 intentional musical references in this chapter.

Read Chapter Five Online

Related

2 thoughts on “Commentary 5: Five Seconds to Hold You”

  1. Pingback: 2020 Hindsight Commentary: Five Seconds to Hold You, 6ix, Tram #7 to Heaven | A Blog of Timely Persuasion
  2. Pingback: LBDG Commentary 22: People Talkin’ – An Extreme Blog Done Gone

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

New Novel: Local Boy Done Gone
a sequel to Timely Persuasion
Free Novella!
The Ballad of Heartman & Songstress
L Extreme: A Novel Based on the Songs of Benji Hughes

Buy LX

  • Bookshop.org
  • IndieBound
  • Amazon
  • Other Stores

Links

  • Author JL Civi
  • Timely Persuasion

Recent Posts

  • LBDG Commentary 28: Under the Covers
  • LBDG Commentary 27: Doo & Dum
  • Additions to the LX Hughesniverse
  • LBDG Commentary 26: Lyin’ Eyes
  • LBDG Commentary 25: Livin’ In The Woods In A Tree

Archives

RSS LB-DG.com

  • Wilco Winterlude: Imaginary Austin Night 4
  • Untitled
  • “Just like the pied piper led rats through the streets, we dance like marionettes—swaying to the…
  • Untitled

Reviews

  • Amazon.com
  • Goodreads
  • Hot Sauce Reviews
  • None May Say
  • Providence Daily Dose
  • Scott Schnaars
  • WFG: Gavin Williams
  • WFG: Linda Schoales

Some Other Mentions...

  • Angie's Adventures
  • ARG Stats by Christy Dena
  • Coverville 465
  • Coverville 551
  • Coverville: Musically Challenged
  • Cyberpunk Review Forum
  • Enumeration Podcast
  • Fark.com
  • Joy Of Sox
  • Lostpedia Forum
  • Ollington's Oracle
  • Plime
  • PR.com
  • RPG Fan
  • The Fuselage
  • TV.com
  • Web Fiction Guide
© 2025 An Extreme Blog Done Gone | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme