Hugh Howey's Blog, page 110
May 31, 2011
May 24, 2011
The Hurricane
The proof is in-hand. Now it's time for some final tweaks before this baby is ready for your eyes.
April 6, 2011
The Black Beast
In the Long Ago there was a beast who couldn't be caught. She roamed the woods by a small village, where the men would hunt for her and the women would lay traps for her, but the beast could not be caught. She taunted them from the tree line in their own tongue, calling out [...]
April 2, 2011
Therapy (A Short Story)
Waking up in darkness is not like waking up at all. It is a move from dream to dream, a lateral shift from unknowning to confusion. For me, it was a birth into nightmare.
It is everywhere dark about my being. I cannot see, cannot feel. I become aware of me without sensing myself, my environment. There [...]
It is everywhere dark about my being. I cannot see, cannot feel. I become aware of me without sensing myself, my environment. There [...]
February 27, 2011
The Time Machine
I'm reading a ton of negativity these days. Peak oil, population growth, dire predictions, doom and gloom. Here's a mind game for these people to ponder: if you were presented with a time machine that would take you back to any year you chose, but you had no control of who you would be or [...]
February 25, 2011
What to write next?
Last time I put a call out for a vote, NaNoWriMo 2010 was around the corner. THE HURRICANE (A coming-of-digital-age story) won the votes, and that's what I wrote. Well, now it's wrapped up and I'm looking for votes on what to write next.
The options:
1. INVARIABLE – A work of fiction about a young girl [...]
The options:
1. INVARIABLE – A work of fiction about a young girl [...]
February 17, 2011
The Plagiarist: Thoughts on the Rough Draft
So, that's the bones of the story. This is what one of my rough drafts looks like. Of course, this is a tenth the size of a book-length rough draft, but the concept is the same. The goal is to get the story down. A successful rough draft is one in which the plot is [...]
The Plagiarist: Chapter 7
The interface room buzzed with giddy elation as Adam logged out. It hardly left room for his sadness as professors and researchers and guests exchanged notes. Adam tugged his temple pads off the wires, then slowly peeled them from his head. He sat there, looking at them for a moment, then wiped the crust from [...]
The Plagiarist: Chapter 6
The deletion notice hung over the planet Filster. Large white numbers on a red background flicked over, counting down. There were just over two hours left, real time. Knowing it was sometime around ten o'clock, Adam figured the official time of deletion had been slated for midnight. End of the day. End of all days [...]
February 16, 2011
The Plagiarist: Chapter 5
The interface room was packed. Adam had rarely seen it so full during a night shift. Usually they would find a lone professor or technician in the room, working late. Adam preferred it like that, preferred it more when he had the place to himself. He worried his facial twitches or some uttered word would [...]
