Year: 2012

Writing Update on Starveyors

This week I wrapped up chapter five of the novel. I need to go into my outline and work up chapter seven, as chapter six is already detailed. There has been a stretch of non-action now for at least a…

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Building a Sci-Fi Universe, One Story and Novel at a Time

For the past four years I’ve been writing novels and short stories that are all set in the same fictional universe. My intention is to world build on a galactic scale. My Epic Sci-Fi universe is book ended with the Star Trilogy…

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What I Liked About The Phantom Menace

I know everyone loves to loath Episode One of the Star Wars series, but here are some of the things I actually liked about the film. I’m not trying to convince you to to change you mind about it, I’m…

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Red Tails

I took my kids to see the new WW2 aviation movie from George Lucas – Red Tails this weekend. I’ve been waiting to see this film for years, ever since I first heard Lucas was trying to make it. Being…

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Featured Inspirational Art, 24 Jan 2012

Today’s featured art is by Stock7000 from DeviantArt.com This is how I imagined the planet Kirii from Starveyors. The planet is seen briefly in the novel, when the Silicant named Saibot visits the ocean floor looking for signs of the…

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Making of a Novel, Part 11

[*** DISCLAIMER:  THIS POST HAS SPOILERS FOR MY NEXT NOVEL. STOP READING NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE SURPRISED ***] This is a continuing series of posts about the writing of my novel, Starveyors. You can start at the beginning and catch up…

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Kindle Select Experiment, Part 1

This past week I put two books on the Kindle Select program from Amazon. On Saturday, the first book in the Star Trilogy – Starforgers was made free for four days. Then on Wednesday, I put last year’s release –…

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