Another snippet…

Fresh off the computer. My question is, enough detail to ‘get’ what is happening? Or do I need to add more explanation? VF-211’s third launch of the day recovered aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard, and the grizzled maintenance master … Continue reading

Stray snippet…

Still playing with this one… Comments/recommendations appreciated! Morgan stowed his sniper rifle in its proper place in the armory rack, scratched an itch in his beard, picked up the debris from the rifle cleaning, and dropped it in the burn … Continue reading

Snippet…

Grumble… I truly hate it when the muse goes off on a drunken wander… Comments? Recommendations? Bueller??? Morgan racked his rifle in its proper place, scratched an itch in his beard, picked up the debris from the rifle cleaning, and … Continue reading

If, big IF…

You are either bored, or need a laugh… I was the guest this week on Writer Dojo. HERE is the link to their site, with the options to listen to the podcast. We talked primarily about writing, education of writers, … Continue reading

Writing stuff…

This is ‘my’ approach to writing short stories, take it for what it’s worth… e.g. $0… Seven little items I use… A character In context (e.g. what genre) With a problem Try/fail cycle by the character (fail) Try/fail cycle by … Continue reading

‘Hearing’ the words vs. seeing…

This came up yesterday at our work day at the Legion. Imagine if you will, a bunch of grumpy old men taking a break and sitting drinking Navy coffee… 🙂 Talking about the ‘old days’ before everything got transmitted via … Continue reading

Random snippet…

As usual, straight off the screen. As always, comments and recommendations appreciated! Colonel Gig Halvorsen’s attention was drawn to the small placard on the shuttle’s glareshield. JAaSA Same Japanese Astronautics and Space Administration, and our callsign is Shark, he thought. … Continue reading

Research follow-up!!!

My friend Stretch sent this as a response to my research post- Some additional search resources you can use to find things! www.refseek.com – Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines. www.worldcat.org – a search for the contents … Continue reading

Research, writing, and info dumps…

Or how far down the rabbit hole do you go??? TL;DR everyone writes differently! Now that I’ve said that… I started writing because I hated the perfect characters and how often the weapons were misportrayed (e.g. WRONG). Now I have … Continue reading

Hooks…

Or how to grab your readers with those first lines of your stories… These were collected and shared around a number of years ago, but hold true even today! Note that a number of the authors are women… DON’T LOOK … Continue reading