Thoughts and words from some interesting authors
This is an over-all enjoyable book. I struggled a bit in the beginning with the alphabet soup of acronyms. Thankfully there is a glossary in the back. This is a military espionage book which is different from a general espionage work in that it assumes a certain level of knowledge…
Once you have created all of your cannon fodder in a format which works for you (electronic, paper, index cards, etc.) it is time for you to think about how to expose it in your story. Will your story begin before, during or after the extinction level event? Is it…
I sat on this novella a while, but I finally released it. Considering how big a role the Statue of Liberty plays in the underlying story I really couldn’t justify waiting to roll it into a bound trilogy which probably would take me years to get out. SmashWords should be…
I know, humans in general tend to focus on zero ending anniversaries such as 10, 20, 50, 100, etc. I probably would have posted something for last February, but I missed it. I’m also currently binge watching the entire “Babylon 5” series from the beginning. Yes, I’m a big fan…
While a good many of you reading this will continue to insist contemplating how the human race wipes itself out is something only science fiction writers need to think about, I must beg to differ. Just go talk to someone at the CDC or the NSA. Contemplating the end of…
Ordinarily I refrain from posting much, if anything, political on this blog. I can post such stuff on logikalblog.com if I wish. In this particular case though, I must breach this personal policy. Many of you reading this blog either have or will at some point in the future participate…
As a writer there are few things more annoying than finding out your work needs to be re-sized. Usually this happens because one of the printers you requested a quote from responds with a quote for a different size which is dramatically cheaper than what everybody else quoted for the…
