Progression Status Update 1

I have had to rethink my post title. Now you will see the name of the work being updated in the post title. All previously unnamed updates refer to Basein.

As you can see from this posts title I am updating a book called Progression (working title of course).

I will need a sequel to Basein which I have been planning diligently. However, I have another book that I want to write first, and so that is taking precedence.

Anyway, since I started editing Basein I let my 600 words a day slip to the way side and was not writing anything new (shame on me). I mean, I have been busy and a lot more things have priority, but I can always find some time to type a little. I was being lazy. Today I decided to rectify that. I have not finished the 600 words for the day yet, but I do have the short prologue written. Unlike the prologue for Basein I don't see this one getting too much longer. Of course, time will tell. Lets see if I still like it six months from now.

Anyway, I have decided to post the new prologue for the new book here. Hope you enjoy.


The following piece is Copyrighted 2009 by Brendan Rowlands

PROLOGUE
Men think that the gods are omniscient. This is not, strictly speaking, the truth. There are major gaps in their knowledge. However, they know so much more than mortals that the difference between non-omniscience and true omniscience is negligible. Besides that fact, mortals are predictable enough that most gods learned how to fake omniscience millennia ago, and this was enough to fool the lesser beings.
Appearing omniscient with your intellectual equals is far harder to achieve, especially considering that not all gods have the same mental capacity. No matter what their mental capacity all have room to learn a few more things.
People also make the mistake of believing that the gods are somehow superior in personality. They do not share the same weaknesses and foibles that plague humankind. If anything, the opposite is true. They have the exact same shortcomings, but on a much grander scale. These are often balanced out by their admirable attributes, which are on the same grand scale.
The cold reality is that people would be embarrassed to watch their gods interacting with other gods. It has an eerie resemblance to teenagers and children squabbling. Even when they are playing nice there is an underlying tension that shows how fragile the peace is. It is not unusual to hear the phrase, ‘you’re not my friend anymore’ screamed in the divine tongue as the gods argue and the unavoidable rebuttal ‘I don’t want to be your friend anyway,’ followed by the gods stalking off to different corners of the cosmos.
None of the gods were immune to this. You might think that what mortals would consider gods of ‘good’ would be above this, but you would be wrong. They are some of the worst offenders, whining and sniveling when the other gods did not follow the same code of ethics as the other gods look on disgustedly.
Of course, there are exceptions and some gods are definitely more...divine...than others. However, they do not draw much attention to themselves, and are not much fun to watch. That is why this story is not about them.