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A year on Refuge

Ember (Refuge’s primary) orbits Oasis at about 70,000,000 kilometers. I realized today that Refuge’s seasons would be tied to the axial tilt and orbital duration of Ember, and completely unrelated to the speed with with Refuge orbits Ember. Oasis is .71 solar masses.Ember is 3,487 times the mass of the Earth. I

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Revision

I just wanted to share that revision is the worst part.  There are a couple of reasons. These words have come out of my mouth in the last few days. “I ******* wrote that?” “Oh my GOD, I just want to play one more game of World of Tanks, THEN I’ll get

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First draft is finished.

I finished the first draft of my novel, and came in at 72,360 words. First draft is the key descriptor, now there are holes to patch up, character voice to look after, cutting, adding, and then it’ll be a second draft manuscript.  Fortunately I think the first draft is probably the hardest

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Black holes and mass

((2 * G) / (c^2)) * (1 000 000 000 000 000 kg) = 1.48512969 × 10-12 meters A 1 quadrillion kilogram mass, compressed into a singularity, creates a black hole that is  .00000000000148512969 meters in diameter. I was thinking about the FTL drive on my starship for my novel yesterday, the method by which the mass

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Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’… into the future…

I have created a calendar for my universe. 24 hour day (it’s hard to step away from the human biorhythm too much.)10 day week 40/4 week day month. 400 day/40 week/10 month year. A galactic standard for trade purposes. Each planet in the galaxy would still have their own year, their own

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Red Robin

Red Robin is my favorite chain restaurant. There are other local places I like better, but for a chain, Red Robin is top notch. Apparently someone got two sacks in some sort of sport, and I get a free tavern double burger as a result. I’m not a sports guy, I actually

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Nature

Nature likes to remind us how powerful she is.  I need to remember this as I write. I think I look for the parts of nature that advance the story, such as the radio conditions near a gas giant. I’m not sure if I can exactly put random weather into a story,

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Underline and Italics

This would be a nightmare to change by hand, so I thought I’d share something I just learned. http://annlittlewood.blogspot.com/2010/10/ms-word-for-authors-underline-to-italic.html Now you can change italics to underlines or underlines to italics within your documents with ease. Don’t say I never did you any favors. 😉

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Character

I’ve been busy writing, and playing a game online called World of Tanks. Yes, I play online games sometimes, and this one currently has me hooked.  I just rewrote chapter one, however, in an effort to make my protagonist, Captain Sarah Dayson, more lovable, more easy to identify with, and more real.

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The Dead Ship

Ever have a dream where you’re walking through some place and everyone is dead? Neither have I, but there is a scene of just such a think in my fourth Chapter.  The Yascurra, a small shuttle carrier, is close to a nuclear weapon that detonates.  The radiation is brutal, killing much of