Typically, Joshua's stories get put here
on the Author's Cut simply because I know not every TBAA
viewer and quite possibly not every JABB newsletter
recipient is Christian. However, due to some of the
plot elements of "The Keeper's Story," I had to make that
a newsletter. Well, at least I felt I had to.
And the fact that I had nothing else to send probably
contributed... So I didn't do everything I wanted to
with that story. Thus, this story kinda delves more into
Joshua's side of things: his motivations, his emotions,
his hopes, etc. It also solves the problem of Joshua
dropping a pretty big surprise on Andrew in
"Keeper." It just made sense to me that Joshua would
return, knowing Andrew would have questions and concerns
after having some time to think things over.
Originally, I wasn't going to put this anywhere and
instead just use it as a brainstorming piece. But
then I was afraid I'd lose it. Or just nitpick at
it. So the writing is not as crisp as I'd
like. It was more about getting ideas and feelings
down. Oh and I had some stuff leftover from "Abide
With Me" concerning Andrew and Joshua that I feel was
better addressed with some space of time having
passed. For example, I think Joshua would never have
brought up the Crucifixion while Andrew was in the
hospital trying to recover. That just seems
thoughtless. Yet, I felt Andrew really needed to
know how that informed Joshua's actions. So now he
does.
~Jenni
Asking
the Answer