Andrew Moore's Blog, page 33
November 15, 2024
A New Shapeshifting Paradigm
You've heard of losing your clothes. You've heard of keeping your clothes, magically and conveniently. But how about every time you shapeshift, you end up in new clothes, completely out of your control? People like roguelikes and roguelites these days, after all.
November 14, 2024
Modernizing Fantasy
Instead of a cursed sword, why not a long explanation about fracking? That's what interests people today.
November 13, 2024
The Dominance of Fantasy
Over the years, fantasy has overtaken science fiction in the speculative fiction field as far as popularity acclaim. The reason for this is simple: We're closer to the future. There isn't as much future fiction left. We're going to run out approximately 2082 at this rate, so find a real job, science fiction idiots.
November 12, 2024
Addendum
Radscorpion, however, is a less rad name than scorpion by itself.
November 11, 2024
About Scorpions
Would scorpions be as popular if their name weren't as cool? No. They would not. Scorpion is a rad word for a mediocre animal.
Alien Motivations
"We've finally caught you, space alien! Those decades of coverups were worth it."
The FBI agents sneered at the small gray humanoid tied to the chair.
"How about it, space alien? What do you want? Why were you skulking around the launch site?"
The alien spoke. "We want to find out how you got to your moon. It's so cool. We just bounce around planets. And what's with that internet? How do you guys come up with this stuff? Maybe you have to have cats. We don't have those. Can I have a cat?"
The agents stared at one another.
Finis
The FBI agents sneered at the small gray humanoid tied to the chair.
"How about it, space alien? What do you want? Why were you skulking around the launch site?"
The alien spoke. "We want to find out how you got to your moon. It's so cool. We just bounce around planets. And what's with that internet? How do you guys come up with this stuff? Maybe you have to have cats. We don't have those. Can I have a cat?"
The agents stared at one another.
Finis
November 9, 2024
The Biggest Obstacles to Space Colonies
The people who live there have to not care about the freshest internet memes, but everybody with the skills to make it work cares deeply.
November 8, 2024
How to Integrate Mechs Into Your Setting
Do it on page one.
Writing a Proper Epilogue
Be sure to include the fact that every character dies within twenty years, ideally ten. Readers love that.
November 7, 2024
On Plot Armor
You'd think nobody ever lived through a single day the way people talk about plot armor sometimes, Sheesh. Check fatality rates in wars and find out how unlikely surviving a battle is.
