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Storming Amargosa – The Awful Horror Of Ending A Series

December 17, 2018 TS Hottle

Storming Amargosa will be the end of the Compact Universe. For now. Until it’s not. But Storming must wrap up a…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Storming Amargosa

Beta Reading

December 12, 2018 TS Hottle

Beta readers are a boon to the independently published. When it becomes obvious you’re not going to be able to…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: beta reading

Among Wolves Update – In Which Starbuck And Starbuck Go To Tim Horton’s. Your Argument Is Invalid.

December 11, 2018 TS Hottle

So supposedly, I was going to write this one in 14 days. There is a character who eventually becomes known…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Among Wolves

Flight Blade Update – In Which Mal Reynolds Makes The Kessel Run On The Heart Of Gold In Two Parsecs

December 6, 2018 TS Hottle

Another one in the can. Flight Blade is done. It’s now fermenting and awaiting the first round of revisions. I managed to…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Flight Blade

Rewrites – Storming Amargosa Edition

November 29, 2018 TS Hottle

Science fiction novels are expected to be a certain length. Whereas the average romance or crime novel can get away…

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Flight Blade Update – Introducing Rick Sanchez As The Fourteenth Doctor

November 28, 2018 TS Hottle

Yet another novella is drawing to a close. I have only one or two scenes left to write. Then it’s…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Flight Blade

Flight Blade Update: In Which The Cylons Admit They Had No Plan And Pretty Much Winged It

November 13, 2018 TS Hottle

Tishla. Every time Tishla comes into a story, I end up spending three days, especially if a certain human character…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Fight Blade

Flight Blade Update – In Which Nero Finds Out Romulus Only Had A Lousy Flesh Wound From The Death Star. Is His Face Green!

November 6, 2018 TS Hottle

This past week was an adventure. Wife had a medical emergency. Then we had a sewer backup, which I had…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Flight Blade

Flight Blade Update – In Which Doctor Zee Realizes Starbuck Is His Mom Not His Dad. And Why Does Imperious Leader Sound Like President Palmer On 24?

October 30, 2018 TS Hottle

This week was another challenge, mainly on the weekend. But my protags have a moment for which they are getting…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Flight Blade, lower decks, novellas, The Amortals, The Exile

Flight Blade Update – In Which Gemora Encounters Captain Kirk And Gets This Rash…

October 23, 2018 TS Hottle

I wrote only three scenes since my last update, but about 4000 words, which is not bad when you often…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Flight Blade

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