After a a six-year hiatus, I’ve picked up from where I left off on writing MILK RUN! Before then, everything was going fine till I ran into the dreaded writer’s block. The story felt flat and typical, and I didn’t like that. So, in 2016, I stopped everything, including publishing the already completed HEAVEN’S ANT FARM SciFi novel to the bookstores. I guess I just needed to clear my head a bit. Besides, I was…
Category: The Writing Experience
The 77 Challenge
Hey authors, suppose someone goes to the bathroom and while there opens your book. But not at the beginning. They just start reading from any old random place in your book. Will they get some idea of what your book is about by perusing just a few random lines? Will they want to read more? Or will they use the pages for something else having just realized there’s no toilet paper in the stall? Hey…
The David & Goliath Giveaway Promo Has Returned!
Hello fellow SciFi authors & readers! The David and Goliath giveaway promo has returned! And the cause remains the same: Partner with established (Goliath) authors to promote SciFi books by new (David) authors. So, I’m looking for authors (the Goliaths) with good sized email lists to help us small fry (Davids) just starting out to bring exciting new SciFi stories to our reader audience! The Goliaths benefit because they can add value for their existing…
Fear, Curiosity and Determination Drives the SciFi Story
What does flying an airplane have to do with SciFi story character development? Read about my personal experience to find out!
Matrix Resurrections- A Movie Review
Thinking about watching MATRIX RESURRECTIONS? Well, MATRIX RESURRECTIONS should have been called MATRIX REMINISCENCE. Find out why.
Judge Jehoel and the Cherubim Commander- Playing Card
In GOD GAMES, all the characters are named after biblical angels, although I did take some liberties as is the norm in SciFi. In general, I used an angel’s name whose description came close to matching the trait of a particular character. Each playing card features two main GOD GAMES characters reflecting their role in the book and their relationship to each other. Check out this blog post for more information on how I named…
Don’t Touch That!
As I said in earlier posts, believability is one of the three most important things for successful SciFi writing. The most important of which is believability. Put yourself in the reader’s position. It doesn’t matter what genre. You got to think that what the person is doing in the story is something you might do in the same situation. Or better still, is it something that makes common sense? If it doesn’t, then there had…
Raphael and Gabrielle- Playing Card
It’s been a while since my last post. But been busy preparing GOD GAMES for a December 2021 eBook launch. To that end, I’ve commissioned Jon Stubbington to create images of key GOD GAMES characters that shows their relative roles in the story. Wanting to have fun with the book title, I decided to present the characters as playing cards. See the post, “A New Book Cover and a Dark Side,” on how that idea…