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Blog postIt’s been almost a month since I’ve checked in. I’ve been busy, both with writing and with things associated with writing. Also, CorgiSan
Writing My WiP (work in progress) is at about 40K words and I’m eyeing it with some trepidation for several reasons.
The first is that my goal is 120K words (and yes, it really does need to be about that length; this is actually short for a novel for me) yet I’m definitely in the middle of the story. I’m trying something new, working -
Blog postI can see why Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone* is such a hit. It certainly struck a chord with me and I’m not even the target audience. I’m not a fan of fantasy. And normally I don’t go out and read anything that has been turned into a series because usually it’s not worth my time and I’ve been disappointed more often than I care remember.
Some comments about Shadow and Bone (they were dismissive of its YA roots and ‘simpliciy’ and some reviews even knocked it for using tropes as if t -
Blog postIf you’ve been dying to get back into watching movies in a theatre, you might want to skip The Lost City* a romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock (as Loretta Sage) and Channing Tatum (as Alan).
I had such high hopes for this. It’s Romance, right? It has a great premise–romance novelist and her cover model go on adventures that mimic what she writers. Great names, right? And then, something, I’m not sure quite what, happened.
Spoilers abound, in 3 … 2… 1
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Blog postWhen Stephen Lawson* asked me to be part of his new Baen* anthology, Robosoldiers* an anthology about augmented soldiers and military robotics I wasn’t sure what I was going to end up writing. Unlike all the militarily credentialed co-authors in this anthology (some of these guys are real heavy hitters) I am the fork-and-knife school variant, if even that. I don’t have any military service or credentials. Country of origin did matter in the mid-1980s when I was still a cadet and aspiring to b
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Blog postI admit to a shit-ton (official Texas unit of measure) of skepticism about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*. After what they’ve done to the different franchises I’ve pretty much given up on this IP. However, I’ve loved Captain Pike in every incarnation and that’s why I decided to give the pilot a watch when Paramount+ put it up on YouTube for free.
My reservations going into it are that it will turn into a shit-show just like Picard and Discovery, that Hollywood will turn this into some -
Blog postThe Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn* is a recommended read.
Kate Quinn’s writing always seems to draw me. While her works are classified as historical fiction, they are–more importantly–works about characters. And not just any kind of character. Well-developed characters. Her writing is technically excellent and her storytelling is exemplary (at least it has been for everything I have read of hers). I am of the firm belief that readers will jump genres for good writing, good storytelling -
Blog postIf you read my newsletter or follow me on social media, you’ll know that I have two dogs, a Skye Terrier* we call DespairBear and a Welsh Cardigan corgi* (the one with the tail) we refer to as CorgiSan. I do refer to them as my sons and also by other names, depending on what they’re doing. Here is an excerpt from that WiP (work in progress).
Maeve shrieked as she stepped out of the onsen and into the muted light of sunrise.
Talia looked down at the source of Maeve’s distress. -
Blog postThey say, “Write what you know” which is a good maxim, until you realize that it’s not going to work for what you’re trying to do. That’s why “Know what you write” is actually a much better thing, a more useful thing, one that is too often ignored and leaves you having done typing–as opposed to writing. The distinction being that writing is better because it’s not made up of fake details.
Yesterday was a good day because I got 1929 words in, all of them of the writing (not typing) -
Blog postMy good friend and fellow author Justin Watson has a new podcast where he talks movies and stories. Arcane is one of those shows that really took me by surprise. Before it came out, a friend had sent me two different trailers to get my opinion on them and I loved one and hated the other. It’s all about what appeals to me–fight scenes and mindless Hulk!Smash! doesn’t. Characters, do. And Arcane has amazing characters and characterization.
Check out Justin and friends’ take on it bel -
Blog postIt seems that if you want to make something sound cooler, you can do so by placing the word “quantum” (or “nano”) with it and voila, instant scienciness (yes, that’s totally a word now, deal with it).
But … (you knew there had to be a but, right?)
For storytelling reasons, I dove into quantum entanglement (thanks, a lot, Chuck Gannon). It was late at night (I try to use my fresh brain power for writing these days) and I figured, you know, I’m on YouTube anyway, so why not see
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Trouble in the Wind (The Phases of Mars Book 3)
Dec 9, 2019
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Chris Kennedy,
James Young,
Taylor Anderson,
Sarah Hoyt,
S.M. Stirling,
Brad Torgersen,
Kevin Anderson,
Kevin Ikenberry,
David Weber,
Christopher Nuttall,
Joelle Presby,
Rob Howell,
Alan William Webb,
Monalisa Foster,
S. Philip Bolger,
Justin Watson,
Peter Grant,
Jan Niemczyk,
Patrick Doyle
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To Slip the Surly Bonds (The Phases of Mars Book 2)
Sep 10, 2019
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Chris Kennedy,
James Young,
Joelle Presby,
Patrick Doyle,
Rob Howell,
Sarah A. Hoyt,
Richard Fox,
Christopher G. Nuttall,
Taylor Anderson,
Kacey Ezell,
Monalisa Foster,
Justin Watson,
JL Curtis,
Jan Niemczyk,
William Alan Webb
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