From the author:
Now and then, I’m already writing a book when I realize that I haven’t given a name to a place or a very minor character. In this case, it was a mobile game made by a main character’s company. Names are always a struggle for me so sometimes when this happens and I don’t want to get stuck, I’ll throw in a placeholder name that I change later. Here I chose the name Triangle Ships because someone I know (who actually writes games for a living) had shown me a demo that had little triangles as placeholders for some of the artwork. By the time I was ready to publish this book, I’d envisioned a pretty fun game called Triangle Ships and the name had grown on me so I didn’t try to imagine anything else.
From the book:
Lunch was already on the dining room table. Chicken salad in a crystal bowl sat waiting to be applied to the sliced bread on a silver platter. There were a few lemon slices in the glass pitcher of ice water and the table was set perfectly for two with cloth napkins that matched the blue and white checked place mats. The meal itself was modest, but Gloria Foster believed in the power of presentation.
“This looks great,” Luke said as he took his seat.
They bowed their heads briefly in silent prayer and then Luke picked up the spoon to make his sandwich.
“We shipped an update to Triangle Ships yesterday.”
Gloria made herself a very dainty sandwich. “That’s good,” she said. “I believe you said Friday was the goal.”
Luke nodded. “Right on time. We added a new destination planet and mostly defensive upgrades.” He knew his mother’s support of his company didn’t yet extend to playing the games they made so she didn’t fully understand the details. He also knew she’d still want to hear the details so that she could later prove she had been paying attention.
“Do you think people will buy those upgrades?” she asked.
“I hope so. That’s why we offer them.”
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