Tag: writing
group name: scifi
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September 26, 2007 09:19 AM EDT --
This is a raw draft of Chapter One from the steampunk-ish book I am. The working title is The Basics Of Flight. The two characters - Katherine and Alethia - have prequels in an science-fiction anthology . . . more
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March 15, 2007 09:55 AM EDT --
Anybody who has been on gather for the last month or two has probably heard about the First Chapters writing competition. Frankly Science Fiction doesn't seem to be doing too well over there. . . . more
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April 06, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Here is a link to the Prologue, which is fairly short, if you want to read it first:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976948376
Chapter One
July 27, 2008
6:03 A.M. . . . more
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August 08, 2007 02:25 PM EDT --
Q. QUANTICOshows inside knowledge of the government’s anti-terrorism efforts. How did you become involved with these efforts?
A. In the summer of 2000, I attended a conference . . . more
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July 06, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
I never really thought too much about book covers until I started sitting on the other side of the desk. They seem to be one of those things you take for granted. We all like to think that . . . more
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July 03, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
I don't pretend to be all that important. I run a small...tiny...itsy bitsy...press, Bards and Sages. It turns a profit, but I don't do it full time. I haven't published . . . more
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March 18, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
I'm saddened to bid goodbye to legendary scifi writer Arthur C. Clarke, who died recently at 90. His work is much more than 2001: A Space Odessy. So many of his novels were brilliant. The Rama series . . . more
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April 02, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
FLAME - Prologue
Six days after the spring equinox
9605 B.C.
Atlantis
Zanfor knew that by dawn Atlantis would be destroyed in a watery cataclysm, and mostly he felt relief. . . . more
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April 07, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
This is the scifi novel I did NOT submit into the First Chapters contest. Perhaps that was a mistake. Before I send this to professionals, please let me know what you think. Good or bad, I can take it. . . . more
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February 26, 2008 09:06 AM EST --
Forget everything you think you know about the planes.
The Cosmology of Karma explores the true nature of the planes, where the gods are far from the most powerful beings and the fight for . . . more
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October 16, 2007 10:26 AM EDT --
Chapter Three:Balance Of The World: Interlude
The balance of the world was not just the balance of an antiquated globe left behind by history. It was not a fixed world, with arcane words . . . more
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May 16, 2007 12:04 PM EDT --
Each year, Bards and Sages sponsors a speculative writing contest to benefit various charities. Each year is a little different than the last, because I get bored easily and need to do new things..um...I . . . more
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May 05, 2007 12:06 PM EDT --
It's a whole new contest after the latest fraud sweep at around 10:30 Central Saturday morning. Everyone went up this time, with some entries going up a lot more than others
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May 12, 2007 11:56 AM EDT --
I orignially wrote the following article for the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA) a group of about three dozen members of science fiction fandom, some published authors and some not. I decided . . . more
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July 02, 2007 10:43 PM EDT --
A few years ago, I wrote an article that was syndicated over a lot of writer sites regarding the importance of following publisher guidelines. I think the actual method of submitting a work to a . . . more
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April 11, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
After the great comments from more than 90 people as a First Chapters submission, the Leviathan has been revised to meet YOUR suggestions. Most of them, anyway. The entire story is now in the past tense . . . more
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October 01, 2007 08:35 AM EDT --
This is the second chapter for "The Basics of Flight", the steampunk story I am writing. Warning: it is a long chapter.
Chapter TwoFinding Her Balance: Standing On Two Feet . . . more
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August 21, 2007 08:50 PM EDT --
NEW GENESIS
by Andrew T.
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May 21, 2008 02:00 PM EDT --
One whole year after the outbreak and the doctors are still watching us. They live apart, even posting guards. What are they afraid of? Only half of them survived their vaccine. . . . more
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August 27, 2007 02:59 PM EDT --
I miss Frank Herbert.
From my earliest memories, various versions of his original novel, Dune were on the spinning paperback carousel at the library. The original cover art had this sandy landscape with . . . more
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