I’m a big fan of indirect sequels, where each book tells a standalone story but incorporates many of the same characters as other works and is set in the same world. Sharon Creech did this with Walk Two Moons and Absolutely Normal Chaos: the main character from ANC was a minor character in WTM. The… Continue reading Drawing up the starmaps
Tag: astronomy
Gliese 581g: The first New Earth?
My friends, the revolution has begun. Scientists from UC Santa Cruz announced today the discovery of Gliese 581g, the first planet discovered in the habitable zone of its star. Let me repeat: the first planet discovered in the habitable zone of its star. In this habitable zone, temperatures are just right to support life as… Continue reading Gliese 581g: The first New Earth?
Update on things
Revised the first chapter of Mercenary Savior today. I will probably revise it a couple more times before this draft is finished, but at least I’ve done it once. For some reason, most of my alpha readers didn’t give me too many comments to work with. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or… Continue reading Update on things
New Background
My old blog background was starting to get old, so I decided to change it. What do you guys think of the new one? Is it too busy and distracting, or do you think it works? The image, by the way, is of the Greater Carina Nebula, taken from NASA’s excellent Astronomy Picture of the… Continue reading New Background
Gah! It sucks
I’m about a third of the way through To Search the Starry Sea, and my greatest fear at this point is that it isn’t as good as the last novel I wrote. Because if it isn’t as good, that means that I’m getting worse, not better, and if I’m getting worse, that means I’m never… Continue reading Gah! It sucks
It’s full of stars!
I have a confession to make… I should have been writing these past three hours. I really should have been writing. But a couple of days ago, I downloaded this awesome program called Celestia. And when I say awesome, I mean awesome! Imagine Google Earth. Now, imagine Google Earth…for the Universe. I told you it… Continue reading It’s full of stars!
Quick worldbuilding question
For To Search the Starry Sea, I’m writing from the point of view of a far future starfaring culture completely independent of Earth. They’ve preserved our concepts of “hour,” “day,” and “year,” but these units of time do not correlate in any way with the revolutions of the worlds on which they live (basically, a… Continue reading Quick worldbuilding question
Never a good time to write
I’m on vacation now, staying with my uncle in Midland. The rest of the family will be out here in a couple of days. In the meantime, I’m visiting with relatives, going Christmas shopping, and trying to finally finish Bringing Stella Home 2.0. It’s not going to be easy, though, with all the family stuff… Continue reading Never a good time to write
Movin’ along
I submitted a story to the Writers of the Future contest today. Basically, I took the scene from Genesis Earth that won the Mayhew Contest this year, slapped just enough of an ending on it to make it feel like a coherent story (inshallah), changed a couple of universe details, and sent it out. Time… Continue reading Movin’ along