Stories, opinions and notions
I posted an additional three chapters of the novel at 3500years.com over the past two weeks. Chapters 18 & 19 are in a single post, followed by Chapter 20. We’re starting to get into the meatier part of the story at this point, where people really come to realize Zsallia is capable of truly monstrous […]
This is starting to get annoying. I need to write- I’ve got so much piling up inside me, but it just doesn’t get out in any meaningful way, so instead I just post novel excerpts and ignore this site and pretend everything’s fine. In the end it’s really my own fault- I let myself get […]
Chapter 16 is up at 3500years.com. I haven’t got a lot to say about this piece- it’s pretty much classic Zsallia, particularly the confrontation with Joshua. My only regret here is that we didn’t take the time to develop both Edna and Joshua earlier on in the story because I’m not keen on introducing new […]
I’ve been busy for a bit, so little posting is the result. Built my new computer- Athlon X2 64 5300, 2GB DDR2 800 with a Gigabyte GeForce 8500 GT 512MB PCIe graphics card. The thing screams under XP 32-bit, but I’ve noticed the drivers from the Gigabyte motherboard leave a bit to be desired. Reports […]
I’ve done it before- start a story, things are shaping up nicely… and suddenly you run out of ideas, or the story takes a turn you can’t seem to flesh out. I’m staring that in the face right now with a story line on 3500years.com. It starts with this post, titled Dalene. The comment thread […]
Latest two chapters are up on 3500years.com. It opens with more talk between Int and Zsallia, then moves forward with the tale of Att and Attuz. As the book progresses a real antagonism develops between Zsallia and her ghost writer, reflecting the growing tension between Dean and me that eventually culminated in our ending the […]
The Bishop’s parlor was comfortable, but not ostentatious, bearing an air of studious contemplation: incense and old leather, the smell of libraries, every chair an invitation to sit and lose oneself in some weighty tome. Both Dralosahde and Cocia had spent many a day in such rooms in Temples, Churches, and guildhalls. His Excellency Bishop […]
Chapter 11 of Methuselah’s Daughter is up at 3500years.com. This marks the beginning of Part Two of the book, subtitled Destiny’s Road as a quiet tribute to Larry Niven, a favorite author of mine. Part One was subtitled Where The Sidewalk Ends in honor of Shel Sliverstien. The subtitles were chosen with care to attempt […]
So, a chapter at a time I’m going through the Novel and trying to fix stuff. Mostly it’s grammar an d punctuation- so much of this was written in a stream-of-consciousness mode and that means lots of commas and weird sentence structures. It all looked right two or three years ago, but now it’s just […]
