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Month: February 2018

Second Wave Arrives!

February 28, 2018 TS Hottle 1 Comment

Today marks the debut of Second Wave, Book 2 of The Amargosa Trilogy. A starship has fallen from the sky in…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction, The Compact Universe Filed under: Second Wave, The Amargosa Trilogy

Storming Amargosa Update: In Which Anakin Discovers The Daleks Are Part Of The Cloverfield Paradox

February 26, 2018 TS Hottle

The second act. The mushy middle. The saggy center. The part of a story everyone hates. OK, I know how…

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

Friday Flashback: The Incredible Shrinking Woman

February 23, 2018 TS Hottle

Lily Tomlin in a remake of The Incredible Shrinking Man.

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Posted in: Film, Science Fiction Filed under: Lily Tomlin, The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Storming Amargosa Update – In Which The Finale To Firefly Season 2 Includes The Appearance Of Darth Maul

February 20, 2018 TS Hottle

The great thing about writing in screenplay format is that the scenes don’t take very long to write. The bad…

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

The Compact Universe – Suggested Reading Order

February 19, 2018 TS Hottle 1 Comment

The Compact Universe. The Amargosa Trilogy. What’s the difference? Are they two separate series? Well, let’s put it this way.…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction, The Compact Universe Filed under: Broken Skies, Gimme Shelter, No Marigolds in the Promised Land, Second Wave, The Amargosa Trilogy, The Children of Amargosa, The Magic Root, The Marilynists, Tishla, Warped

Friday Flashback: Heavy Metal

February 16, 2018 TS Hottle

  Which might have been the inspiration for this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIiOsuDRFk

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Posted in: Film, Science Fiction Filed under: Heavy Metal

The Return Of Crime Fiction

February 15, 2018 TS Hottle

For 15 years, I wrote crime fiction under the name “Jim Winter.” I had one traditionally published novel called Northcoast Shakedown…

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Posted in: Writing

From A Certain Point Of View

February 14, 2018 TS Hottle 1 Comment

One of the things that came up in the Second Wave beta was how I handled point of view. For…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: point of view

Storming Amargosa Update: In Which The Protector Sends A Distress Call To The Daleks And Six Gets It On With A Cyberman

February 13, 2018 TS Hottle

After this week, I am really glad I did not make Duffy a POV character. I am now juggling five…

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

Preview: Second Wave

February 12, 2018 TS Hottle

The second installment of The Amargosa Trilogy, Second Wave, will be released on February 28. The live launch event has been rescheduled…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction, The Compact Universe Filed under: Second Wave, The Amargosa Trilogy

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