After completing my first writing week on my second novel, I turn my thoughts to that all-important element of novel development: the title! Because calling it WIP, or Eliza’s Story somehow lacks the attention-grabbing zing an epic fantasy title requires. And there’s no way I’m calling it Renegade’s Door 2: The Sequel. Any suggestions from [...]
ShellyT over at Futurism Now has posted a sobering article on the key findings of the Global Climate Change Impacts Report released this week. In her discussion she compares the stubborn but influential group of climate change deniers to the three wise monkeys, Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru. Or as they are more commonly known to [...]
I’m back in the thick of it again. Eliza just couldn’t wait for JulNoWriMo to start. Protagonists can be so pushy sometimes, can’t they? So with the outline, character descriptions, and scene mapping for the sequel to the Renegade’s Door, I started writing again yesterday. The picture to the left is the plot scene tree [...]
Ah, the long awaited Dear Author letter. Or not so long awaited in this case. First the good news: TOR fantasy responded to my submission of The Renegade’s Door two months ahead of schedule. I wasn’t expecting to hear anything until August, so imagine my surprise when I found the SASE from Tom Doherty Associates [...]
I’ve written a new article on wave power in my renewable energy series over at Associated content. You can also read a copy with figures and pictures on my Professional page or in my Renewable Tech series. Be sure to check it out and let me know if you have any questions.
In this fifth article in my continuing series on renewable energy technology, I’d like to talk about ocean power. The term covers virtually any technology that extracts power from the sea, ranging from fairly well-known wave energy and tidal energy conversion systems to more experimental ideas like ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) and salinity gradient [...]
Ahh, the first greens from our garden! We went away for the weekend to dance at Camp Jitterbug. I was worried that the garden would wilt away in our absence without anyone to water it. Evidently though, the plants are well enough established now that they can go several days without watering. In fact, the [...]
