So, this post has been a long time in coming, but it was one that I wanted to be sure I finished (for point of reference, I first started writing this over a year ago). Back then my hair was short, my thesis was months from completion, and I was still querying agents. My, howContinue reading “Thoughts on being The Only Pirate at the Party (or the only sci-fi/fantasy writer in history class)”
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Writing Talk: Interplanetary Civilizations (Case Study: The Galactic Alliance) Part 2
In Part 1 of this short series of posts, I talked about the first part of Planetary Defense Command’s series of posts about galactic empires, or interplanetary civilizations in general, where he went into actual science to look at how densely populated a galaxy would theoretically be, and some of the ramifications of this, andContinue reading “Writing Talk: Interplanetary Civilizations (Case Study: The Galactic Alliance) Part 2”
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
I would’ve shared this excellent post by Brian Niemeier sooner, but I haven’t had reliable internet access. I have some now, though, so here’s a fascinating and enlightening post he wrote about Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, the first novelization of the original film, written from an earlier draft of the film’s script.Continue reading “Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker”
Writing, Ascendant 