I take the food aspect of worldbuilding pretty seriously, as you can tell. This is just as true in Sci-fi and Space Opera as it is in Fantasy. On some […]
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Worldbuilding: Alien Perspectives and Communication
I’ve been thinking of late about how aliens, upon first meeting, would establish communication, as well as how communication continues once those baselines of communication have been laid down. As […]
Read moreStory Sale and other Small Victories
So, to start, I got excellent news on New Year’s Day. Namely, I sold a short story, “Jump the Black“, to Rick Klaw’s upcoming anthology “Rayguns Over Texas“. Rayguns is […]
Read moreGoals for the Coming Year
So, from my clock, 2012 has a mere 13 hours and change left to it. 2013 is coming, so its high time to set some unrealistic goals for the year: […]
Read more2012 In Review
So, a year ago I put out my goals for 2012, for which I can say: some came to pass, some not so much. I still don’t have a book […]
Read moreHoliday Special Worldbuilding: Religious Texts
Given that it’s Christmas eve, I’m not devoting a lot of time to today’s blog. I’m sure you understand. But I was thinking about religious texts, and how they inform […]
Read moreWide Sprawling Epic Casts
It’s the nature of sci-fi and fantasy to go big, and big means a cast of “main” characters in the dozens, and hundreds of minor characters. And, as much as […]
Read moreThe Dark Side of Outlining
So, I was reading back through what I had written for Way of the Shield, trying to figure out what wasn’t working, and why it wasn’t. I am still most […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 5
Parts one, two, three and four of looking at Star Trek: Enterprise‘s third season Xindi Arc. “Home”, the third episode* of the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise served as […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 4
Parts one, two and three. The third act of the Xindi Arc is pretty action packed. On some level, it does make up for the heel-dragging and aimlessness of the […]
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