It’ll be an interesting challenge for me to pick up where I left off. I began writing my Source Chronicles fantasy series in 1998. It began with a scene out of classic epic fantasy: A lone sorcerer in flowing robes, staff raised, throwing his power around. It wasn’t long before there were more scenes, more…
Tag: Steampunk
Have you Read This Book Yet?
Welcome to Self-Promotion Saturday! Every week, I will be featuring one my books or novel series. This week, I am starting with a standalone novel. I wanted to create a kick-ass character. An extraordinary strategist, cunning tactician, an impressive combatant, too. Following the rise of this character would mirror Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. But there is…
Are All the Genres in Writing Transmutable and Combinable?
No genres are so set that they cannot be blended, altered, and mixed. Both of my recent sci-fi series are not entirely sci-fi. Mostly sci-fi, yes. But not completely. Forgotten Fodder crosses into police procedural, mystery, and conspiracy. Sure, it’s about clones and takes place in spaceships, space stations, and colonies within 30 light-years of…
What Inspires You?
What inspires will be variable but is always important. No matter what projects I am working on, I often look for inspiration. Even when I am striving to inspire – I need to find things to inspire me. This is especially important when you are not in a good headspace, or otherwise contending with unpleasant…
The Challenge of Plausibility in Writing
When it comes to science fiction, plausibility is an interesting question. For the most part, the fiction I write is in one of three genres. Fantasy, science fiction, and Steampunk. When it comes to fantasy, I get to make shit up. The worlds you create can operate with nary a thought towards certain scientific laws….
Musings on Being a Writer
Calling myself a writer is only the beginning. As most of you know, I am a writer. I have been a writer for nearly four decades now. Sure, there were pauses in between, and there were times when I wasn’t writing along the way. But then I realized that writing is my calling. In the…
I Am Me – What Does That Mean?
I am me. And that’s all that matters, really. It has taken me a long time to understand what this means. A lot of my life I have spent unsure of just what this amounts to. Lots of time inside my own head. There are a lot of different factors that go into how I…
Life Updates?
Let’s do some life updates, shall we? A great many things have been going on. If you follow my blog, you will see me post three times a week over at The Ramblings of the Titanium Don. If you don’t follow my blog, you may want to. Every week I explore Postivity, and striving to…
Who Sets the Rules for Your Worlds?
Your world, your rules. I am part of a Facebook group for sci-fi and fantasy authors. I have seen a lot of writers have questions about how certain matters are workable. The powers of Gods and Demigods, means of intergalactic space travel, attributes for specific characters, magical rules, and so on. One of the best…
Why Write? Shared Inspiration.
Why write? I write because there are worlds in my head that I feel the need to share. These worlds and characters have been swirling about for most of life. It began with sci-fi when I was nine. I called it Wildfire. Fifty pages, handwritten and illustrated…a world where a mad scientist invents robots that…
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