The Dizzy Dean caretaker crew has to admit that they haven’t a clue as to whether or not any of the popsicles are infected. They will be paying rapt attention to new decontamination and quarantine protocols that are being developed. Some of the crew will have served in the Interdiction Patrol and will [...]
I’m at that point where the stories are coming to life in my mind, but I don’t have the experience or confidence to write them.
In some cases, details just pop into my head. The Dizzy Dean is the name given to the hijacked ship, Jenny Dalton will become the main driving force in defining the [...]
In the The Plague Years, I had a story idea:
A story arc might be a hijacked ship going close to where a spacer ship goes. During the long journey, the two crews keep in contact to pass the time. The spacers help the hijackers deal with emergencies. The crew disgorges the popsicles on the planet [...]
I want the initial exodus from Earth to start out slow and controlled. This would the colonization of our solar system. And I want them to be self sufficient. But I don’t want them to be self governing.
And I want some probes sent out to Alpha Centauri and Bernard’s Star. Some asteroid ships with [...]
