Some time ago, I posted links to my various Worldbuilding posts. I’ve written quite a lot more of them since then, so it was high time to reorganize. It occurs […]
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Space Opera Worldbuilding: Building the Non-Humanocentric Universe
You are probably familiar with the Bechdel Test*- while not a test of quality or even feminist credential, it is at least an interesting gauge to be aware of as […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Villains Made of Straw
One of the easiest traps a writer can fall into is making their villains just be wrong. Especially if your story has some kind of political slant to it. I […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: 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 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 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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