When you need lots of power, nuclear cannot be ignored. The second article of “The Science Behind” explores nuclear power and how it’s used in Eternal Shadow.
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"Impossible" Technologies #2: Light Swords
The lightsaber, made famous thanks to Star Wars, is a fascinating representation of medieval weaponry in a future far, far away. But can it really be built?
"Impossible" Technologies #1: Ringworlds
A new series where we review different technological concepts that many would consider to be “impossible.” Our debut article focuses on one of my favorite concepts: the ringworld.
The Plottepantser, or How My Writing Style's Evolving
After trying to figure out where I fit among the endless “plotter vs pantser” debate, I now have an answer: I’m a plottepanster. Wait, what?
My Writing Life: Progress Report
I realized that I haven’t publicly shared some details regarding the state of my writing career. Find out all that I’ve been doing! Quarterly goal articles don’t count. :)
Source of Inspiration: My Video Games
Can video games be a healthy source of writing inspiration? I believe so! A sort of continuation of my “Reading While Young” post, I talk about how video games influences my creativity.
The Writing Zone: Stage 10 - Conducting Research
Conducting research for your novel is a great way to make any aspect of your work more believable. Come here to learn more details on four methods I’ve personally used in researching for my book.
The Writing Zone: Stage 9 - Inspiration from Music
Do you find music and books to be united as much as music and movies, or music and video games?
Google and Writing
All of the research I spent for my book started with a simple Google search. However, all of those searches add up to what amounts to a very... interesting search history.
The Writing Zone: Stage 4
"Hard science fiction" versus "soft science fiction". Today we explore these two concepts, as all sci-fi novels fall into one of these two categories... or do they? What are the differences between these terms, and how much do they actually have in common? Can a book be a mix of both?