Author: KenMcConnell

WIP – Mid Novel Doldrums

I spent some time this weekend adjusting my outline for the next four chapters. I need to do it all again in a few weeks to stay on course. Outlines are living documents that change as you write your novel….

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Baseball Fever

It’s the final week of Spring Training for Youth Baseball here in Boise. My kids have been living at the ball park for five days a week, through rain, snow and a cold wind. After this week, they’ll get Spring…

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Twitter Posts from 2012-03-10 to 2012-03-16

And thus the plaintiff calls for baseball umpires begin from coaches everywhere. 2012-03-14 You probably already know this, but 21 by Adele, is one hell of an album. 2012-03-14 @natemcintyre You know you want the Steve doll for your desk….

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Spec-Fic Writer Meeting Tonight

The Boise Spec-Fic Writer’s Group is meeting tonight at Rediscovered Books on 8th street in downtown Boise. We start at 6:30 PM local and go until 8:00 PM, in the back of the store. If you write SF/F come on…

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The Renoke Short Story

The first SF short story I ever published will be free this Friday and Saturday on Kindle. You can read it for free right here on the blog, but sometimes people like to read on their e-readers instead of their…

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Partner’s In Crime Guest Speaker

Tonight’s guest speaker for the Partner’s In Crime mystery writer’s group will be Nate McIntyre from Black Label Press. Nate is a good friend of mine and not coincidentally is who I’ve decided to go with on my ebooks. New versions of…

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Publishing Adjustments

A few days ago I did a random search for a short story of mine on Amazon’s web page under Kindle books. best online pharmacy with fast delivery buy augmentin online with the lowest prices today in the USA The…

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Writing About Starfighters, Part 3

This is the Third part of a long, multi-post series on writing believable starfighters in Military SF and Space Opera.  Part 1 | Part 2 6. Battle Damage Every combat fighter sustains battle damage at some point. How does your starfighter defend…

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Twitter Posts from 2012-03-03 to 2012-03-09

The best tech coverage is always on TWiT TV. Listening to the Apple event coverage now. 2012-03-07 If it does my laundry, really fast, I'll get an iPad 3. It doesn't even have to fold them. Just wash and dry….

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Writing About Starfighters, Part 2

This is the Second part of a long, multi-post series on writing believable starfighters in Military SF and Space Opera. You can read Part 1 here, Part 3 here. 4. Maneuvers Starfighters fly and fight in space. Sometimes they enter a…

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