One of the beautiful things about Scrivener is that it has a bunch of built-in tools to make some of the “creative” elements of writing just a touch easier. For example, it has a “Name Generator”, complete with a set…
Come forth, mortal! Know that you stand before one of the great gods of your existence! Which god? I could tell you my name, but for your flimsy body much of it is unpronounceable. On top of which, were you…
I don’t really want to, but … I have to. Right now, the scope of what I want to write for the book is conflicting heavily with what I currently feel … capable … of writing. I know enough to…
I’ve hit a weird combination of an overall writer’s block and what I can only describe as a … research block. “What on earth is a ‘research block’?”, I can hear you questioning. [Ok, maybe you’re not questioning it, but…
Outside of one of the Birthing Huts, there is a small cluster of men keeping watch over another — younger than those waiting with him. That man, turned nineteen in the past year, stands apart, pacing back and forth in…
A couple of months or so ago, I stumbled across this gem of a meme… I really felt this one,as I had so recently (when I read it) needed to research the amount of time typically associated with healing from…
[These are just the first two scenes of the first chapter. There’s more to come…] Outside of one of the Birthing Huts, there is a small cluster of men standing watch over the youngest of them. That man stands apart,…
After unpacking his meager belongings and taking a brief read-through of the overview packet Veevers had handed to him, Cowell decided to take a short walk around and attempt to familiarize himself with the station. Even with Spacer Poole’s explanation…
[This is actually the second chapter.] Space flight occurs with three separate types of “propulsion” systems. The term propulsion isn’t necessarily valid for all three, however. The first has been around since some scientist decided to shove a controlled explosion…
[I’m amused as I realize I’m adding this post on October 31st … mere hours before November starts. Why is this amusing, you wonder? There’s this tiny thing … somewhat related to writing … which happens in November. Maybe you’ve…
I’ve been reading the light novels for “The Saga of Tanya the Evil” (just started Vol 4) … and there’s an … interesting little tidbit from the very beginning which seems to be very … ignored? … by a lot…
Yes, it’s that time again. Rather than going through with what I’ve started / dropped, though, let me just talk about the stuff that I’m pretty sure I’m watching for this season. But First … a micro-Rant Before I jump…
