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Why Do Aliens Look Like Us?

October 29, 2021 TS Hottle

And for that matter, why do alien planets all look like either the California desert or Canada? It’s an old…

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Posted in: Science, Science Fiction, Writing Filed under: Aliens

What Makes A World?

October 26, 2021 TS Hottle

One of the biggest aspects of science fiction is world building. In a homogenized world where there’s something familiar to…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, Writing

The Long And The Short Of It

October 5, 2021 TS Hottle

This year, I’ve had opportunities to write for three anthologies. One I’ve already been paid for. One I’m waiting to…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: novels, short stories

The Children of Amargosa

September 23, 2021 TS Hottle

A runaway and a girl who falls from the sky must outrun an alien invasion. Before they meet up, they…

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

Don’t Read Too Much Into It

September 11, 2021 TS Hottle

“Person attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, Writing

Tending The Field

June 1, 2021 TS Hottle 1 Comment

Just before I started this post, I realized the reading order page is woefully out of date. It suggested Clayborn…

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Posted in: Publishing, Writing

The Stupid Writer Trick Is Finished

May 24, 2021 TS Hottle

Last year, a writer friend suggested I submit to his publisher. They had just signed a well-known actor, and my…

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Posted in: Books, The Compact Universe, Writing

Speed Reading

May 18, 2021 TS Hottle

Years ago, as in during Reagan’s first term, someone gave me a paperback copy of an Evelyn Wood manual to…

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Posted in: Life, Writing

Is This The End Or Just The Beginning…

April 20, 2021 TS Hottle

And now some of you over a certain age have a Led Zeppelin song stuck in your head. I recently…

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Posted in: Science Fiction, The Compact Universe, Writing Filed under: Compact Universe, stupid writer tricks, Suicide (character)

Stupid Writer Tricks

April 12, 2021 TS Hottle 1 Comment

Yes, I’m back! Stopped blogging for a while because it got to be a chore, something writers I’ve known in…

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Posted in: The Compact Universe, Writing

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