kosmikoverse

Behind the Scenes 
          	Killing Lies || Chaoter 46: Into the Unknown
          	
          	• cordova’s slip
          	okay i need to talk about this because it almost didn’t happen.
          	
          	my original draft had cordova shut jane down completely. clean deflection, no information. but that felt too neat. too controlled. these are people too, not just plot devices, and people make small mistakes when they’re caught off guard. cordova isn’t cruel. she’s just following orders. and when jane asks a direct question in that quiet, matter-of-fact way she has, cordova lets “monthly assessments” slip before she can catch it.
          	
          	that one phrase is the whole engine of what comes next.
          	
          	• a note on jane
          	writing jane in institutional settings is both the easiest and the hardest thing. easy because her voice is so clear. she’s observational, precise, a little dry, always three steps ahead in her own head. hard because she’s also someone who is genuinely scared and refuses to perform it. the fear shows up sideways. in the way she counts cameras. in the grounding exercise with her prosthetic hand. in the fact that she notices kuya ross’s exact words about hydration and holds onto them like something warm.
          	she doesn’t get to be openly afraid. so everything she feels has to live inside what she notices.
          	
          	• what’s coming
          	no spoilers. but november 1st is four days away in the story timeline.
          	
          	and jane is very good at pulling threads.
          	
          	thanks for reading. genuinely. this arc has been a slow build and i know not every chapter is high-octane, but jane’s story has always been about what happens in the quiet before everything breaks open.
          	we’re almost there.

kosmikoverse

Behind the Scenes 
          Killing Lies || Chaoter 46: Into the Unknown
          
          • cordova’s slip
          okay i need to talk about this because it almost didn’t happen.
          
          my original draft had cordova shut jane down completely. clean deflection, no information. but that felt too neat. too controlled. these are people too, not just plot devices, and people make small mistakes when they’re caught off guard. cordova isn’t cruel. she’s just following orders. and when jane asks a direct question in that quiet, matter-of-fact way she has, cordova lets “monthly assessments” slip before she can catch it.
          
          that one phrase is the whole engine of what comes next.
          
          • a note on jane
          writing jane in institutional settings is both the easiest and the hardest thing. easy because her voice is so clear. she’s observational, precise, a little dry, always three steps ahead in her own head. hard because she’s also someone who is genuinely scared and refuses to perform it. the fear shows up sideways. in the way she counts cameras. in the grounding exercise with her prosthetic hand. in the fact that she notices kuya ross’s exact words about hydration and holds onto them like something warm.
          she doesn’t get to be openly afraid. so everything she feels has to live inside what she notices.
          
          • what’s coming
          no spoilers. but november 1st is four days away in the story timeline.
          
          and jane is very good at pulling threads.
          
          thanks for reading. genuinely. this arc has been a slow build and i know not every chapter is high-octane, but jane’s story has always been about what happens in the quiet before everything breaks open.
          we’re almost there.

kosmikoverse

Behind the Scenes
          Killing Lies || Chapter 45: Walls Have Secrets
          
          
          In this chapter, I needed to show that Jane’s friends are genuinely trying to protect her while also making it clear they’re absolutely hiding something. That balance between care and secrecy? That’s the kind of thing that breaks trust, even when intentions are good.
          
          Gale continues to be my favorite morally complicated character to write. They’re honest within constraints, which is somehow both helpful and maddening. “I would find a way to warn you” hits different when you realize how limited their options are.

kosmikoverse

NEW CHAPTER ALERT
          Killing Lies, Volume 3
          Chapter 44: I Wish For More Than Survival is now UP!
          
          Six days post-surgery, Jane has fallen into the rhythm of her new reality: white uniform, sublevel 3, eight hours analyzing the thing that killed the world. Her prosthetic fingers barely twitch anymore. Small victories.
          Then lunch ends normally. Too normally. No one mentions the date.
          Until she returns to her room and finds six people crammed inside, holding contraband cupcakes and singing off-key.
          
          Read Chapter 44 NOW
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/209654133?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=kosmikoverse

kosmikoverse

So… I may or may not have gone slightly feral this February.
          
          I have written four romance one-shots. FOUR. Because apparently I decided the best way to learn how to write romance is to just… throw myself into the deep end and see what happens.
          
          Your girl is experimenting and I’m taking you all down with me. 
          
          Think of it as my personal romance writing bootcamp, except instead of getting yelled at by a drill sergeant, I’m just here nervously cackling at my own keyboard while my characters do things like have feelings and communicate and other terrifying concepts.
          
          Will they be good? Questionable. Will they be chaotic? Absolutely. Am I learning things about myself in this process? Unfortunately, yes.
          
          Stay tuned. I might publish all of them this coming Valentine's day.

kosmikoverse

Behind the Scenes
          Killing Lies || Chapter 43: Caged Duty
          
          This chapter is about adjustment. 
          Jane’s adjusting to:
          	∙	The prosthetic arm
          	∙	The lab routine
          	∙	Being watched constantly
          	∙	The reality that escape isn’t happening anytime soon
          	∙	The possibility that maybe, just maybe, things aren’t completely hopeless
          
          She’s not happy. She’s not healed. But she’s adapting, because that’s what Jane does. She survives.
          
          Also here’s the challenge I set myself: Jane’s been in this facility for 15 days. How do I convey that passage of time, that routine, that suffocating sameness WITHOUT boring you all?
          
          The answer: specificity in the mundane.
          
          I wanted you to feel the cage even though it’s called a “room.” Even though they’re giving her work and pretending she has purpose. It’s still a cage.

kosmikoverse

NEW CHAPTER ALERT!
          Killing Lies, Volume 3
          Chapter 43: Caged Duty is now UP!
          
          Jane’s been locked down for 15 days. She’s learned the guard rotations. Memorized the hallway routes. Accepted that “patient” is just a prettier word for prisoner. But then a supply delivery changes everything.
          
          Read Chapter 43 NOW
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/209654133?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=library&wp_uname=kosmikoverse