I'm a new writer of science fiction and adventure tales. I also make occasional forays into fantasy and realistic fiction. I love post-apocalyptic settings, utopias and dystopias, coming-of-age stories, and stories about underdogs struggling against the machine.
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The end, and other stories

I wrote the end of Sweet Heart Catalyst yesterday! Now all I have to do is write the, ahem, pesky middle part

But before I do that, I have to finish up that shortie about my bad guy who’s bad, bad, bad, and how he got that way. It’s about 1700 words so far. For [...]

things are moving... slowly...

Wow, that really doesn’t look like much progress since the last time I posted a progress bar, does it?

I’ve become a big fan of the Stuff You Should Know podcast. It’s a really good resource when you don’t know much about a topic, and need to find out the basics in like, 20 or 30 minutes. [...]

Flogging the Quill: Crafting a Novel that Sells

If you follow Ray Rhamey’s blog Flogging the Quill, then you know the premise: Send in the first page of your novel, and Rhamey will read, analyze, and tell you if he found it compelling enough to make him turn to the second page (and why or why not). The key word here is “compelling”. Editors [...]