Where would we be if we weren’t willing to try new things? Think about something as “simple” as bread? What genius even thought to put those ingredients together, let alone EAT them? “Hey, Smerg – I’m going to take this funny grass and pound it with this rock.” “Still tastes like grass. Let’s try scraping … Continue reading
Time travel is one of my favorite themes. 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
Last Week’s Goals Blog posts out on schedule. A submission returned from market and was sent out again. A contest I entered was canceled due to lack of interest (and the accompanying fees.) There are now nine days until my next scheduled release day (May 13th) and I still haven’t decided what it will be. … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals: All my blog posts went out according to schedule. I had one submission return, and immediately sent it back out to market. I wrote on six days last week. I made my daily quota on only one of those days, and came up short again with only 1,192 words toward my weekly … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog posts made it out on schedule. I had two stories return from market. One of them (“Two Buttons to Eternity”) has been submitted to another market per Heinlein’s rules. The other may be a Heinlein violation – we shall see. It is the topic of this week’s post. “Getting Personal” … Continue reading
Time for the sixth story in the Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series. “Cats Out of the Bag” combined the final return of the Lost Baastards (the routed fleet from “Nipped in the Butt”), the escape of the exiled Empress Isabella, and the return of The Lynx with the introduction a new and powerful … Continue reading
“Imperial Purrogative” is the FIFTH Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire tale. It was time to revisit the Rotter Dame, and bring justice to the as yet undiscovered conspirators who had enabled the Rotters to return to Ramses in “Cat and Mouse.” The story introduces a new, recurring character in the mysterious Lynx, as well … Continue reading
“Baastard’s Revenge” is the FOURTH Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire tale. The devious cats of Baast don’t view our hero with fondness – Herc Tom has single-handedly (well, at least he thinks so) thwarted their last two attempts to defeat the Empire (in “Purr Mission” and “Nipped in the Butt”.) “Baastard’s Revenge” was an … Continue reading
In the third installment of Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire, I felt it was time to get away from a feline only milieu and add in a couple more evolved races – the subservient mice and their evil Rotter cousins. As in all generalizations, not everyone in a group fits neatly into their stereotypes. … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog posts continued on schedule. Another two pieces came back from market and were turned around and resubmitted to other publications. I wrote on only five days and made my daily quota on only three of them. I missed my weekly quota with only 2,001. The draft of Swordsmaster #3 is … Continue reading
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