Tag: Science Fiction
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A SF Writer’s Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving, a purely US holiday. I was talking with a friend of mine, an immigrant, who told me that he really didn’t get the whole idea of Thanksgiving, so he mostly just ignored it. I’ll say this, everyone has their own take on it, but for me, it’s a time to reflect on all…
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Free Space Opera / SF Novella
For a limited time, I’m giving away free copies of the first novella of my Renegades series. For the next five days, if you use the coupon code MG57A when you check out, you can get Renegades: Deserter’s Redemption for free from Smashwords (link). Mike doesn’t want to be anyone’s friend. He doesn’t want to…
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Thor: Dark World Review
I’ll preface this by commenting that I grew up on action and even a few comic book movies… but I never read comic books. So while I’m sure there are some diehard comic book fans who know far more about Thor than me, well, that’s fine. I’m reviewing this as a movie, and also as…
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Ender’s Game Review
In keeping with the general theme of this blog as a SF/F platform, I’m going to strictly limit movie reviews and comments. However, Ender’s Game being a major influence on me as a kid in me in book form, I think the movie deserves some attention as well. First off, let me clear the air…
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Writing habits and what I do in my off time
So, dear readers, the question arose in another setting as to what I do in my off time, and just how I recharge my mental capacitors in order to write more. This in turn, came up as a result of an offhand comment that I wrote 5800 words in four hours last weekend. It’s not…
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The conniving plotters
Plotting is an essential part of writing any story. There are a number of ways that people plot out their stories. The first one is what is sometimes called ‘discovery writing’ where the writer has, at most, a vague impression of where they want to end up and they just write wherever the story…
Kal Spriggs 