For the one or two people on the planet that actually are waiting for these chapters I keep promising, I apologize for the delay. The question I posed here about gravity got me thinking, and I have to make some changes to the early chapters.
Hopefully it wont take too long :)
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Friday, November 15, 2019
Gravity - not the movie
Im stuck on a technical detail. The new story takes place mostly in space, with spaceships and the like. Where Im stuck on is gravity; does my universe have artificial gravity? Would this be accomplished by creating internal spin and using thrust on the ships? Or some kind of gravity field (including inertia dampers like in star trek).
The first is more realistic, at least for tech as we understand it now. But second gives me a bit more creative freedom (people are free to walk around etc. with ease, crew quarters could be similar to a sailing ship rather than the sleep sacks used on the international space station.
But to y'all think? Does the less realistic version (star trek) ruin the SF for you? Have you heard of any other tech or ideas that might be fun to explore?
The first is more realistic, at least for tech as we understand it now. But second gives me a bit more creative freedom (people are free to walk around etc. with ease, crew quarters could be similar to a sailing ship rather than the sleep sacks used on the international space station.
But to y'all think? Does the less realistic version (star trek) ruin the SF for you? Have you heard of any other tech or ideas that might be fun to explore?
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Just for fun I changed the name of my facebook community. It used to be focused mainly on the Savage Queen - with my focus now slowly changing to this SF, it was time for change. Made a pretty new banner image for it. It accidentally reminds me of the cover I did for SQ -- what can I say, I like gradients.
I am kind of excited that I'm gearing up again here. Im actually doing some writing along with all these "admin" tasks. I have a beta reader or two lined up (which is very important for me -- I need people nagging me to write to push me on). Hopefully soon Ill have something to share.
I am kind of excited that I'm gearing up again here. Im actually doing some writing along with all these "admin" tasks. I have a beta reader or two lined up (which is very important for me -- I need people nagging me to write to push me on). Hopefully soon Ill have something to share.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Halloween
Why does it always rain on halloween. Ugh.
Im almost done the 2nd chapter of my new project. Main character can be a dick and I love him.
Im almost done the 2nd chapter of my new project. Main character can be a dick and I love him.
Monday, September 23, 2019
Dream
So I have this idea for a SF thats been rattling around upstairs for a while. I have a couple cool characters I really love. It has a setting I enjoy, but the plot didnt really spend enough time there. I had a damn good opening. I knew where I wanted the story to go.
And thats about it.
The entire book from about 2 pages after the great opening to the second from last page was missing. Hence, I didnt really have a story, but just the faintest glimmerings of an idea of a story. I did some world building. Ive thought about who I wanted the characters to be. Ive thought about what I wanted the story to be. But story? Nope. What I had would fit on the wrapper of a Double Bubble.
I drove to Cleveland for work a couple months ago, and made a bunch of voice memos on the drive. Plot stuff. I thought I had it. I came home and tried to write it and -- nothing. The plot I had sucked. I supposed someone could turn it into a story, but not me. It was too boring to me, and not really the story I wanted to tell. It turned my character for a badass x-junkie drifter (kind of) into something of a professional soldier or mercenary. Sure, there is a story, just not my story.
So off to the back burner again.
Over the last few days, I have been deathly sick (aka the man cold). Spent several sleepless nights just thinking. Still nothing. Cold started to break, and I slept like a rock for 10 hours Saturday night. Last night, Sunday, I... well, I kind of wrote the whole novel. I remember thinking at 330am that I finally had it, and just needed to write it down. It wasnt exactly a dream, because I was mostly awake. My brain just didnt want to go to sleep and found something else to occupy it. Of course, I was also stuffed up and suffering from dry mouth because of it, so getting comfortable was impossible. Anyways, whatever the reason, I think I finally have it.
Ill spend some time to do outlining, and then Ill probably spend some time thinking about it, making sure it all works. Making sure its actually something I want to write, because that's very important.
But who knows -- maybe Im actually start writing something with some kind of regularity again. Or not. Who know.
And thats about it.
The entire book from about 2 pages after the great opening to the second from last page was missing. Hence, I didnt really have a story, but just the faintest glimmerings of an idea of a story. I did some world building. Ive thought about who I wanted the characters to be. Ive thought about what I wanted the story to be. But story? Nope. What I had would fit on the wrapper of a Double Bubble.
I drove to Cleveland for work a couple months ago, and made a bunch of voice memos on the drive. Plot stuff. I thought I had it. I came home and tried to write it and -- nothing. The plot I had sucked. I supposed someone could turn it into a story, but not me. It was too boring to me, and not really the story I wanted to tell. It turned my character for a badass x-junkie drifter (kind of) into something of a professional soldier or mercenary. Sure, there is a story, just not my story.
So off to the back burner again.
Over the last few days, I have been deathly sick (aka the man cold). Spent several sleepless nights just thinking. Still nothing. Cold started to break, and I slept like a rock for 10 hours Saturday night. Last night, Sunday, I... well, I kind of wrote the whole novel. I remember thinking at 330am that I finally had it, and just needed to write it down. It wasnt exactly a dream, because I was mostly awake. My brain just didnt want to go to sleep and found something else to occupy it. Of course, I was also stuffed up and suffering from dry mouth because of it, so getting comfortable was impossible. Anyways, whatever the reason, I think I finally have it.
Ill spend some time to do outlining, and then Ill probably spend some time thinking about it, making sure it all works. Making sure its actually something I want to write, because that's very important.
But who knows -- maybe Im actually start writing something with some kind of regularity again. Or not. Who know.
Friday, March 15, 2019
Lies!
All lies.
Im still writing, but not much. I am not sure what I WANT to work on, but it will not be Iron King.
Hopefully, it will be something :)
Im still writing, but not much. I am not sure what I WANT to work on, but it will not be Iron King.
Hopefully, it will be something :)
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