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The Structure of the Serial: Gamma Story

γ The late eighties and early nineties was a time of serialized television narrative that was very, very alpha, with an occasional sprinkling of beta. I watched Murphy Brown with my parents, and Star Trek: The Next Generation and Sliders … Continue reading →

Weekly Writing Update (Apr 5, 2013)

Holy Shit, What a Week On Tuesday, I had the honor of being interviewed by the awesome Emma Larkins, for her Community Days series. I got to talk about Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, running an upstart author collective, and my Insomnium … Continue reading →

Preview of Voyage: Embarkation Episode 7 “Duality”

Did I mention Kal’s gay? So, I wrote a blog post last November after the United States general election about marriage equality and what that meant for me and Voyage. At the time, I had yet to publish a single … Continue reading →

Weekly Writing Update (Mar 29, 2013)

Accomplished This Week I finished up my edits of Embarkation episode 13, “Taboo.” I completed an outline of Insomnium episode 7, but didn’t do much writing thereof. To Accomplish Next Week I will devote the coming week to preparing Embarkation episode 7, “Duality,” for release. … Continue reading →

The Art of Feedback

If you’ve read any amount of my writing, you’ll quickly realize that forms of societal organization and social problems fascinate me. And, like it says in my bio, I find the stories particular to a culture the most fascinating of … Continue reading →

Weekly Writing Update (Mar 22, 2013)

Accomplished This Week I got caught up with my schedule, managing to finish my rough draft of Insomnium episode six. I edited the first quarter or so of Embarkation episode thirteen, “Taboo.” Will attempt to finish that up this weekend. I wrote … Continue reading →

The Structure of the Serial: Beta Story

β When I was in elementary school, I could tell that the prevailing attitude among my peers was that Star Trek was lame. And not just the original series, but that crazy new Next Generation thing also. Throughout all of first … Continue reading →

Weekly Writing Update (Mar 15, 2013)

Accomplished this Week I published Voyage: Embarkation Episode 6 “Norselands.” I outlined my draft of Insomnium Episode 6. With all the “Norselands” prep going on, I haven’t been able to get much movement on that front. I might do some … Continue reading →

Voyage: Embarkation Episode 6 “Norselands” Released

Voyage: Embarkation Episode 6 “Norselands” is out today. I’ve submitted the file to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and Smashwords. It should be available at all of those vendors soon. Next up is Episode 7, “Duality,” which will be released on April 11.

The Structure of the Serial: Alpha Story

α Everything begins with alpha story. Characters dance in your head. You imagine planets, spaceships, alternate universes, unreal locales and space-time anomalies. The stage is set and the casting complete. You start writing. The ideas spill forth into episode after … Continue reading →