When synopsizing the plot of A Far Sun, I forgot to mention a couple things that might be important ( Read more... )

Though there's a blatant Adam and Eve reference in my synopsis of A Far Sun, it's a red herring. They aren't the only "humans" and they won't be expected to repopulate anything, unless of course, they want to. :-) The story also has some "New Eden" characteristics, or maybe a "Science is Bad" flavor, but that assessment will be left to the reader ( Read more... )

Well, it looks like I have an artist for my graphic novel/web comic idea. I am supremely stoked over this, because she's very good. With the creative power we have assembled, we should kick some serious butt ( Read more... )

(cross-posted from rlaenterprises.net/blog)

Lately I've become a regular reader of about ... ten web comics. I have also been mulling over a story idea I've resurrected from something I started back in 1979. And by started, I mean I wrote about 30 typewritten pages and let it drop. That said, I really like the characters. The story, though not ( Read more... )

Craylon Space Battle

The alarm went off. It was 0430 hours, and Kilgore rolled over in his bunk and waved his hand into the clock’s field, shutting off the insistent beep. He laid back down and rested a few moments, gaining wakefulness gradually. He knew if he didn’t get out of bed within about a minute the alarm would begin beeping again, so, ( Read more... )

Yes, this picture is me. It may be a couple of years old, more or less, but I still have the shirt (and the graying hair and white beard). What I don't have anymore is the entertainment unit you see in the background. Gave that to step daughter and husband ( Read more... )

I met Kerry in the Rich's department store in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. I was shopping on my lunch hour and mistook her for a salesclerk. I was a little embarrassed to have made such a mistake, but she seemed like a nice girl, and also seemed to have some interest in me. Considering how stunningly beautiful I thought she was when I first saw her, ( Read more... )

I decided to post the first entry of my novel. We'll see how it goes.

Background:

• Written in the first person from two different characters points of view.
• Takes place starting in 1983, covers ... a few years, at least.
• Love story.
• Story of recovery (from alcoholism).
• Story of redemption.

Prologue

There's a little black spot on the sun today
That's my soul up there
It's the same old thing as yesterday
That's my soul up there
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
That's my soul up there
There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop
That's my soul up there

-- Sting, "King of Pain"

Chapter 1

I was born near a small town in ( Read more... )

The TV Tropes "wiki" is moderately humorous, and quite accurate as well. I should have known this, but I found out redheads have a special place (next to the hero, for one). Ahem.

I like redheads, and though I've read a great deal of Heinlein (he always had heroic redheaded women), not even he can explain why I dig them. Now, I have had a redheaded ( Read more... )