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Improving Technique

Revising The Storm- Week 47

29 Apr 202230 May 2022
Last week I brought the second section of this middle act nearly to conclusion. Thus, I am in the middle segment of the middle section of the middle act...right at…
Improving Technique

Revising The Storm- Week 44

8 Apr 202215 Apr 2022
In my last entry we left things at the height of chaos. It was also all-new material, which was very pleasant to get to write after having repeated the same…
Improving Technique

Revising The Storm- Week 42

18 Mar 202225 Mar 2022
Last week I got started rewriting the middle section of The Storm, which I will be continuing with today. As a reminder, this is the outline of the segment I…
Lessons

The Trojan Surprise

14 Mar 202221 Mar 2022
That's One Big Horse) The story of the Trojan Horse is referenced most thoroughly in the epic poem The Aeneid. Here we learn of the Greek army, besieging Troy, and…
Short Stories

Hunt of the Others: Part Four

9 Mar 202216 Mar 2022
Perry flexed his hands nervously as the beast's snout writhed back and forth through the narrow slit of the window. Its face slammed sideways against his pinned fingers, but with…
Short Stories

Hunt of the Others: Part Three

2 Mar 20229 Mar 2022
"Gonzalez we are NOT ready for co-option!" Perry said through gritted teeth, eyes rapidly flicking between the man and the pulsing ripples being blasting through each of the pistons. "You…
Short Stories

Hunt of the Others: Part Two

23 Feb 20222 Mar 2022
"Good," Perry approved. "Bring it right here between my hands." O'Reilly pressed the nozzle through the rectangle of light. "Here?" "Little to the left. Little more. There." She started pulling…
Short Stories

The Salt Worms: Part Fourteen

1 Dec 20218 Dec 2021
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! The worm gave an ear-splitting screech as it blasted through the space that divided it from the truck. Its huge mandibles snapped shut faster than could be seen, cleaving…
Short Stories

The Salt Worms: Part Thirteen

24 Nov 20211 Dec 2021
Sixty seconds later Maxine had her rifle out and propped on the top of the perimeter wall. She turned the knob on the side of the scope, bringing Nathan's retreating…

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