Tev of Mala

Northern Leaf Season, Year of LessaContar fastened his weapons belt and then checked his pack. “I think I’m carrying most of the heavy tech, as always. Clever of you. What’s the name of that accursed planet?” Contar growled ( Read more... )

GATES Chapter 1: The World Goes Pear-Shaped ( Read more... )

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It's the new year, or will be soon, by both academic and Jewish reckoning; an excellent time to return to work on GATES.

here's the summary, very briefly, of the beginning situation:

Mirim Otech is an oceanographer living on a post ecodisastrous Earth, not so very far in our future. When his research funds get cut (again!) he uses one of his ( Read more... )

I did some worldbuilding awhile back. Decided to post my notes as I build here, as a good place not to lose them -- and perhaps to inspire questions or comments from others who also have worldbuilding issues or sekrit world building methods ( Read more... )

This is a far different journal than the one with my name (Kestrelsparhawk) attached. Mirim is the lead character in Gates, a novel I've been writing for five years now. I've reached the point I want to talk about him and his friends, with a view of slouching toward publication. I plan to post some of the book, if not all of it, here, so probably I ( Read more... )