Right when you write about them… This was I post I did over at MadGeniusClub.com A 10,000 foot view… First, forget everything you’ve ever seen in the movies, it’s all BS! Take a moment and think about Newton’s laws, especially … Continue reading
Category Archives: Writing
Our local library is doing an Indie Author day on Saturday at the main library… Apparently there are at least a dozen local authors (color me surprised), who will be there. It’s an opportunity to sell some books, and maybe … Continue reading
Okay, you get one snippet, then I have to get back on Rimworld… The usual caveats, and as always, comments appreciated! Prologue The east side of Horsehead Crossing was a mass of bawling cows, dust, flies, and tired cowboys … Continue reading
It’s TRULY the bane of a writer’s existence… I might have gotten a thousand words done today, but I DID spend almost six hours on research… 1870s Colorado 1870s guns/modifications to 1851 Colt Navy for cartridges/Trap door Springfield .45-70 Goodnight-Loving … Continue reading
Yeah, yeah, I know you smell something burning… :-p Writing is a solitary endeavor, engaged in by various methods and practices, by a wide variety of people across many cultures. Which is a polite way of saying there isn’t really … Continue reading
The bane of the writers existence is research, last night I spent five hours digging around in a variety of links and NATOPS. All for what will probably be two or maybe three paragraphs in the short story. Having experts that … Continue reading
Travelling today, so you get more, still no plan… sigh… Chapter 3 Danny had done all the planning he could. Everything was dependent on his ‘bump’ being right. Now it was time to execute it. He had waypoints programmed, but … Continue reading
Still no idea where the hell this is going… Unedited, etc… Chapter 2 Danny slumped back in the couch, Well fuck me. This isn’t good, not good at all. He scanned the holo, but it was blank. How the hell … Continue reading
Yeah, yeah, you smell something burning… 🙂 Discussion yesterday with a young lady at the library who is breaking in as an author. In the two hardest possible genres, romance and young adult (YA). She indie too (self-published via Amazon). … Continue reading
The muse decided to hang a left, and go haring off across country the other night… So this… whatever ‘this’ is going to be… Danny looked up blearily from his drink as Daniella slapped a mug down in front of … Continue reading