Time travel is one of my favorite memes. There are many ways to approach how REAL time travel would work. My own thinking has evolved over time, but since most scientists agree that time-travel is impossible (we’ll see how long that consensus holds), who’s to say which theory is more valid than any other. In … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Writing Wednesday: My Struggle with Additive Creativity
How do I wrangle a story into a place it doesn’t want to run to? Continue reading
Meandering Monday about the Habits That You’re Used To
We humans are creatures of habit. Habits are patterns we develop that help us navigate our environment (at least the good ones are.) Our brains are taxed by having to make constant decisions, so we establish behaviors that keep us from having to think – we operate on autopilot in regards to what’s stable around … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: Visiting Swordsmaster Again (with a Smashwords Coupon!)
Swordsmaster is on sale at Smashwords this weekend – check out some background, an excerpt, and find the pertinent link here… Continue reading
Writing Wednesday: Organizing Novel Chapters and Scenes
My blog entries were all posted on schedule. I have one story that has returned from market, and is waiting to be sent to another, but it is still within the allowed 7-day window. In marketing, I continued promoting with Indies Unlimited Thrifty Thursdays and Kindle Unlimited Fridays every week. No sign of any of the … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about the Divisive Damage of Forced Unity
You cannot force UNITY of thought, especially when facts are not only ignored, but forbidden. Continue reading
“In a Flash” (a FREE Hard-Boiled Detective Murder Mystery)
Last week was a fragment of the series starter for my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series. For this week’s Fractured Fragment Friday, we’ll focus on the starter for my other series: Detective Jimmy Delaney. I didn’t intend to write a detective story, let alone a series. Sure, I like to have a little … Continue reading
Writing Wednesday: Looking to Swordsmaster: Deception Draft’s End
How my writing continues in my first official week of 2021, how Swordsmaster sequel is coming along, and making a go of this writing gig. Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Gas-lighting US Into a Dimmer Tomorrow…
When I was in my teens, I wondered about how I could know that the news I was seeing was true. After all, the Soviets (that’s what Russia used to be, “back in the USSR, boys…”) had their own news that they claimed was true, how did I know what REALITY was? One of my … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “Purr Mission” (a FREE eBook!)
Before I return to cycling through all my short fictions in order of publication, I’m going to spend a little time on my two series. This week, we begin with “Purr Mission,” the first story of my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series. So – cats. Why did I decide to write a story … Continue reading