Any word choice you make will impact your work. Whatever you are writing – words matter. The English language is messy. Someone I know described English as the language that takes other languages into back-alleys and shakes them down for loose grammar. Because English is how it is, many different words can be applied to convey this, that, or the other thing. Some words are simple and direct while others are more nuanced. For example
Sci-fi has always represented potential and possibilities to me. As a kid, I wanted a lightsaber. I mean, c’mon, who wouldn’t? Laser sword! So cool! Rockets leaving Earth and orbiting the planet are amazing. Probes into the solar system expand our knowledge. But how awesome would it be to board the Millennium Falcon or Serenity and visit different worlds moving and/or smuggling cargo? Exploring new worlds with a crew like the original or next-gen Enterprise
Stories come in many variables – true, false, and everywhere in-between. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone. Some people tell stories quite matter-of-factly. Thing ‘A’ happened with person ‘B’ at time ‘C’ and the outcome was ‘D’. It may not seem like much of a story – but it still is. Many people don’t think of themselves as storytellers. But that’s seldom true. They might just not offer up a lot of color, flair,
Perfect, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I have nearly finished my edits of the final book in the current arc of my Forgotten Fodder series. When I’m done, it will be time to send Bold Moves to my editor. When I started, it was clear that I had rushed some parts. It is the final book of a 4-book story arc and I was excited to be at the end. A
The world is a crazy place. We all need an escape through fiction from time to time. Many of my childhood memories are vague at best. But among those that are clear, there is this: Sitting in the theatre, the massive swell of music from an incredible theme and an unusual, scrolling text – and then a starship is flying in, being blasted by another, larger ship behind it. I was almost 5 years old
Sharing the sci-fi projects that I am writing and working on. As a self-published author, I set a rather ambitious publishing schedule for 2021. Six novels total. This weekend will see the publication of the 3rd novel in my Forgotten Fodder sci-fi series. One more to go for this plot, coming in November. In October, I will be publishing the 4th novel in my Void Incursion sci-fi series. The series will be concluded with the
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