I’ve been trying to figure out how to protect Earth from the greater multiverse. We’re the n00bs. There are civilizations out there that have been doing this for literal billions of years. I’ve written the post about “multiverses are really big” and “there is no such thing as ‘no one cares’” because in population ofContinue reading “ESFY?”
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Totally Stealing This
The week after the meeting had actually gone incredibly well. What a way to start a chapter! Bam! A week has passed. I hate both documenting every day and blithely jumping forward. That’s a bit of a conundrum. Right now, I’ve got 39 days in 26 chapters, which is pretty much every day. A lot,Continue reading “Totally Stealing This”
Structure Two
There’s always a two. The “one” is way back in January. I had good thoughts. I’ve made some decisions, since. At least book two is going to be continuing chapter numbers. The so-far unnamed and unranked army guy arriving in the first snowfall is going to end book one. Book two will pick up immediately.Continue reading “Structure Two”
Chapter 19 Has Fallen Before Me
Finally. What used to be the problematic Chapter 18 is now chapters 18, 19, and 20 – and they are all done. 21 and 22 were mostly done, already. A new chapter 23 got injected. It’s not done. Looking up the link, that took almost four months. Tempus has fugitted. I’m not in any particularContinue reading “Chapter 19 Has Fallen Before Me”
24 Cookies
I just put 24 cookies in the oven. (Ghirardelli Coffee Dark Chocolate Chip cookies.) Cookies are generally counted in dozens, so 24 is 2 dozen + 4 aka twenty eight. For those of you who don’t deal with non-base-10 number systems, this can be confusing. The digits work the same way base-10 digits do. TheContinue reading “24 Cookies”
Dystopias
Like them I do not. That’s my biggest issue with Dungeon Crawler Carl (once it gets going and stops info-dumping). I just tried to read Apocalypse Eater. It’s a bit unfair to the author, but I only made it to page 2. The universe is awful enough that I don’t want to know any moreContinue reading “Dystopias”
My Competition 4
This one is aspirational. Wormhole Mana is good (at least book one; I just started book two). In no particular order… It’s tight third person. There are internal monologues in first person of the character monologuing. It’s all very obvious. No weird point-of-view changes. There is incremental “what’s going on?” as the magic system isContinue reading “My Competition 4”
Who’s Responsible?
I really, really like black-and-white morality in my fiction. Unfortunately, that makes for unrealistic (and often dull) stories. A reasonable current events example is Iran. One of the problems with decapitation is that when you kill those responsible, who’s left to make decisions? Iran as a state cannot surrender because there is no one whoContinue reading “Who’s Responsible?”
Justification
Humans are really good at justifying themselves – especially to their own self. We all do it. The one that drives me nuts is “if I don’t kill this guy, my kid will suffer.” That’s all well and good when “this guy” is a knife-wielding maniac attacking your kid. It’s more than a bit differentContinue reading “Justification”
Obstacles
A story is basically a description of how the intrepid hero overcomes the obstacles between him and his goal. I have not been explicitly writing down the obstacles. That shall change. In my OutlineThingy document, I have the cross-chapter arcs and the chapter goals. I have not written down the obstacle. I will now toContinue reading “Obstacles”
