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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

Friday Flashback: Heartbeeps

February 9, 2018 TS Hottle

Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters in a light-hearted (and light-headed) comedy about robots questioning what their existence means. Some things…

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Posted in: Film, Science Fiction Filed under: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Heartbeeps, robots

Endurance: A Year in Space by Scott Kelly

February 8, 2018 TS Hottle

When veteran astronaut Scott Kelly was selected for NASA’s first year-long mission in orbit, he opted to read the book Endurance:…

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Posted in: Books, History, Science Filed under: Endurance: A Year in Space, ISS, NASA, Scott Kelly, Soyuz, space travel

Storming Amargosa: In Which Kylo Ren Takes The Tardis To Find All The Skittles On Pandora

February 7, 2018 TS Hottle

Last week, I realized JT Austin, one of the heroes of The Children of Amargosa and Second Wave, wasn’t pissed off enough.…

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

Show. Don’t Tell.

February 6, 2018 TS Hottle

One of the things writers hear from their editors is “Show. Don’t t ell.” There is an aversion to exposition…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Show. Don't tell.

No Marigolds in the Promised Land – Episode 19

February 5, 2018 TS Hottle

This is the nineteenth episode of No Marigolds in the Promised Land, a serialized Compact Universe novella. To get the entire…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction, The Compact Universe Filed under: No Marigolds in the Promised Land

Friday Flashback: Escape from New York

February 2, 2018 TS Hottle

Kurt Russell rescues the president from America’s most notorious maximum security prison: New York.

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Posted in: Film, Science Fiction Filed under: Escape from New York, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell

A Question of the Day: The Andre Polk Memorial Anthology, edited by JJ Claybourne and TL Evans

February 1, 2018 TS Hottle

Full disclosure: I nearly submitted to this anthology, but I was working on getting a draft of No Marigolds in the…

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Posted in: Books, Science Fiction Filed under: A Question of the Day, Andre Polk, Anthology

Storming Amargosa Update: In Which Poe Dameron Tells Adama To Reverse The Polarity

January 31, 2018 TS Hottle

Week 2 of writing found me writing JT’s first scenes. And I reached a stunning conclusion. He wasn’t pissed off…

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

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