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The Silicants
Photo Credit: Ostia via Compfight In my Star Trilogy universe, I created a sentient android. This android debuted in this week’s free short story – Silicants Only. The story was a reworking of the very first short story I ever… Read More »The Silicants
Wind in My Sails Again
Photo Credit: darwin Bell via Compfight I’ve made my way out of the mid-novel doldrums and my sails are filling out. I’m still only at 46% complete, but I’ve moved out of the funk I was in with the story.… Read More »Wind in My Sails Again
Franchise Building
Photo Credit: Wally Gobetz via Compfight I was struck by how familiar the words of Lou Anders were in an interview he did for Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing podcast. Bye the way, if you are not already listening to that… Read More »Franchise Building
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.… Read More »WIP – Mid Novel Doldrums
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… Read More »Publishing Adjustments
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… Read More »Writing About Starfighters, Part 3
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… Read More »Writing About Starfighters, Part 2
Writing About Starfighters, Part 1
This is the first part of a long, multi-post series on writing believable starfighters in Military SF and Space Opera. Too often writers don’t have an extensive knowledge of military vehicles and when they write Military SF that involves hardware,… Read More »Writing About Starfighters, Part 1