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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Should we make up our own Gods?
In modern fantasy novels it’s very common for the author to make up their own deities. It is a tradition better honored in the breach than the observance. I don’t say it’s never appropriate, if you are writing about Ancient … Continue reading
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Ultimate Goblins
I watched a couple of episodes of the Ultimate Warrior recently. A good example of how ‘experts’ can get it wrong. They did an amazing job analyzing the factors they looked at. Unfortunately they ignored obvious vital information that made … Continue reading
Poll #2 Swordfish or Martin T4M?
I have an idea for a story with a 1930 ish Carrier. The Carrier is a small one, about 9.000 Tons about 30 aircraft. So that would be 12 Boeing F4B’s, 8 Curtiss F8/02C’s and 8…hmm. Well the logical US … Continue reading
Character names
Always tricky finding good character names. My favorite source is obscure public historical figures, like the top 21-50 aces of WWI. Tricky when you meet someone who shares a character name. I’ve really only had to change one for that … Continue reading
Other media
I worked on a scenario for “Star Trek Online” called “Revenge of the Holodeck.” It’s fun to play around with other media some times. It’s hard to really give it your best as this is only for fun, no chance … Continue reading
Dogfight 1930
The beauty of SF/Fantasy writing is you can make up scenarios for interesting military equipment that didn’t happen to get much use. E.g. the Boeing P-12. Wonderful aircraft, but unfortunatly (for it’s reputation) no big war broke out in 1930. … Continue reading