I need two characters, brothers, who may be twins. I also want some diversity.
I want them to be of Pakistani descent, but after 100 years in space, their families will be different. I.e., diversity does not mean stereotypical. I do want them to be Pashtun and to be descended from a strong Pashtunwali upbringing. I [...]
Okay, the new start of the story is better, information is conveyed as part of the story and not as a means to the end.
But I quickly got more interested in the background events than in the dialog/action.
I’ll need to start the 3rd pass soon…
Jenny starts a pirate radio station before she ships out on The Voodoo Lounge. She broadcasts to Station 5 and down the corridor. When the Spacer ship starts its journey, she continues her show on the road - some tag lines:
“Beaming in from the Stars”
“Enjoy the slow ride”
“The view is worth the trip”
She sets the [...]
I’ve gone from having a neat universe with no story to having a little short story to having the potential for a book. One of the biggest problems with action adventures is how many times can the hero save the world? Either you have to get new villains (more powerful natch), do the [...]
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 [...]
The story Misfits is about Miri and what happened on Klamath.
What blowed me away was that as I reread the cycle of books, I came across little details which basically said the Lee and Miller already had either written Misfits or they had a good outline. I.e., Miri’s treasure box has the master key, she [...]
Steve Miller and Sharon Lee have a nice setup for doing Serialized Science Fiction over at korval.com: Home of the Liaden Universe®.
I’ve been reading their work for quite some time and I’ve even paid for some of their work in the Embiid Publishing electronic format. Luckily I’ve been quite good at backing up both [...]
