Sacred Cows Slaughtered While You Wait. No preconceived ideas are safe
Grace I would like to ask you about extending. The telepathic message was not unexpected. I had twelve days – three Imperial weeks – to go in my twenty year commitment to the Imperial military. In our capacity as Merlon’s Eyes, Asto and I had been all over the Empire in that time, from the … Read more
Too Wyrd The Good: The writing flows well. I was able to (mostly) keep reading smoothly. The elements of magic and fantasy feel organic and not forced. Works around the flaws in the protagonist to send the story where it needs to go. Lengthwise, this is an actual novel, unlike many Amazon books that tease … Read more
The microwave dinged. I was being pulled in too many ways too fast. I didn’t trust myself to speak, so I simply opened the door and handed him one of them. Beef and cheese enchilada with rice and beans. I had machaca burrito with the same sides. Soon as I started eating, I realized I … Read more
A Spell In The Country 30days30authors #30authors30days The Good: This is an enjoyable little story I like the characters, the dialog and the narration are good, and it kept me reading and interested. As jaded as I sometimes get about books, that’s not a trivial feat. If what you’re after is a fun little read … Read more
Last week, I followed the Facebook page of an author I once used to respect. After three days where literally every post – roughly 10-12 – had lengthy screeds against those of differing political persuasion, I dropped him. If he’d been using facts, or talking about the science of the matter, that would have been … Read more
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to be potentially out of touch for a few days. Too cheap to buy a month of mobile broadband for a week, and I have no idea if there even is wifi coverage available. The blogs and FB Author page allow scheduling in advance, so I’m taking advantage of it. My … Read more
I got this from a fellow member of the 30 days, 30 authors group, a review I did back in 2017 and want to keep up https://www.amazon.com/Showdown-Wyrd-West-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B06XC85VJZ The Good: A setting rich in thought, with lots of world-building behind it. The Wild West with Elves and Dwarves and Trolls and many more such things, including … Read more
I sometimes write non-fiction, too. Sometimes, I even talk about it here. Like right now. The first thing to understand is that the entire machine of loans is completely impersonal. I don’t mean that you’re necessarily just one more cog in the machine to your loan officer, as I can’t remember encountering a loan officer … Read more
and you notice something they could do to blow your plotline up, do you 1) Ignore it and hope people don’t notice because what you want to do is cool 2) Paper it over with some nonsense nobody is really going to believe and proceed. Because cool or 3) Fix it and come up with … Read more
Trying to write sf about exploring a few nearby stars. Apparently, the mechanics of Tau Ceti are reasonably nailed down, with five planets deduced from data of the star. It had to be a lot easier fictionalizing planets of nearby stars before the bleeping astronomers could actually find them!