Kapoor takes Praluna and the rogue archaeologist to the Forbidden Planet, where they nearly freeze to death, and where they meet the last living link to the Incarnate of Asti. This should have been an exciting chapter filled with thrilling developments, but it was not. From the critiques Kapoor got from his readers, chapter 32 has turned out to be ( Read more... )

Kapoor just can't seem to avoid Terry Goodkind. Publisher's Weekly has a capsule review of Goodkind's new novel, The Law of Nines. It is Goodkind's first thriller, and he's leaving fantasy behind him (though Goodkind claims he doesn't write fantasy, he writes about "Important Human Themes"). When Kapoor read the review, he thought it was a hoax:

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Chapter 31 of Gone to Earth is a short chapter that completes the change of course necessary to bring protagonist Shika Praluna to the novel's conclusion. She must come to grips with the fact that she's now cut off from all friends and allies, and ends up trapped on a shuttle with a crazed archaeologist who is determined to hijack her to the ( Read more... )

Another night in front of the group, this time with the pivotal chapter 30 of Gone to Earth. The station's under attack, our protagonist's resources are expended, she is separated from her friends, and must now rely on her own limited knowledge and abilities simply to survive. Praluna at last understands why a goddess incarnated as a mortal would ( Read more... )

Kapoor has decided that for Project A-Kon 21, he will try to go as The Monarch from The Venture Brothers. The eyebrows and beard will be the hard part as they will have to stick to Kapoor's face, and anyone who's seen Kapoor's face can understand why something would not want to stick to it. Therefore, for this costume, Kapoor will start looking for ( Read more... )

Kapoor entered Gone to Earth's first ten pages in the SF & fantasy category of the Writers' League of Texas 2009 Novel Manuscript Contest, and just got his report card back. The result: FAIL. Kapoor got 50 out of 100 points. Here's the complete text of the report card:

• Synopsis (needs work): Both too much and too little info in synopsis. Feels like ( Read more... )

Kapoor attended Project A-Kon 20 in Dallas, along with the Red Princess, Miz Eva, and QT. Kapoor did the driving to get himself and the Redhead to QT/Eva's place, and along the way exposed her to his execrable taste in music: A homemade CD set on random tracks, playing from a selection of DDR tunes, Gorillaz songs, Caramelldansen, Move Your Dead ( Read more... )

With chapters 28 and 29, Gone to Earth takes protagonist Shika Praluna right to the precipice. The war she has hoped to stop by finding the Incarnate of the goddess Asti appears to be breaking out, but it turns out to be something much worse ( Read more... )

Space is big. Kapoor decided he would not treat this like a bug in the universe (the Star Trek franchise regularly ignores its own traveller science, and the Enterprise travels at the speed of plot!) but as a feature, especially when coupled with Praluna's multi-century life expectancy. In chapter 27 of Gone to Earth, Praluna has her longest flight ( Read more... )

Kapoor's weekend got off to a bad start as he rolled up his sleeves and got to work on Gone to Earth chapter 27. Usually, when Kapoor turns a rough draft into a first draft, he'll read it aloud to make certain everything sounds right, and also check the text for sufficient conflict & motivation. In the case of chapter 27, it neither sounded right ( Read more... )