Last week, I gave an Ignite talk at SFWA on the subject of sensory perception while sailing. The topic came from multiple compliments I received on the atmosphere I invoked for my characters aboard their airship, and I knew that came out of an experience I was privileged to have and wanted to share. The […]
Universal Translators, Alien Language, and Idioms
Last night I was watching Star Trek: Voyager and the episode “Nemesis” came across the queue. It sounds like a homage to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome with the inhabitants of a planet communicating in an “English” that is thick with euphemisms and idioms. It added interest to the conversation, but raised some questions in my […]
Working with an Editor: Not Change, But Evolution
While I worked for years – twelve of them – on my book, I knew one day I’d eventually send it to an editor as the final trial before publication. What I pictured that editor doing to my book either involved many measuring tapes and 10x magnifying loupes, many feather dusters or many match books. […]
All Around the Blorld
Wow, first, thank you SO much to everyone who came out of the woodwork to support FLOTSAM‘s launch last week. I am delighted and humbled by everyone’s purchases and their fantastic reviews. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Parvus Press and I are very happy with the way the novel is performing and are hopeful […]
Editors Make Writers Look Good
Between episodes of Phantom Traveler, most of my writing energy has gone into guest content for a blog tour to support FLOTSAM‘s launch. I seem to do okay with Non Fiction in general (I have written several guest spots on Ketovangelist.com and helped pen the first half of our book Kickass Keto), but these posts are […]
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This morning I promised Colin of Parvus that I’m done with FLOTSAM. No more revisions. No more layout changes. Forever and ever, Amen. Revisions to the manuscript itself were locked in last Tuesday, in reality, when Colin and I Zoom-conf’d for 3.5 hours to go over my notes from the audiobook review and prioritize any […]
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