I used to be a big reader of science fiction but haven’t tried to do much along those lines in my own writing. Lately I’ve been musing over a few concepts for science fiction stories. The ideas I have come up with are mostly just background to a story rather than a story idea itself…. Read Article →
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I posted another writing exercise and finished my treatment for my Mars story. “The Werewolf and the Self-Satisfied Negotiator” This week’s random title for my writing exercise was “The Werewolf and the Self-Satisfied Negotiator.” I got it written, recorded, and posted by the end of the week. A man walking late at night in a… Read Article →
I was a bit lax with my blog in May. I did manage to record and post a couple of my writing exercises. I also went back to a story I abandoned 8 years ago and did a new treatment. The Rise of the Venerable Villain A reporter and a police officer discuss a villain…. Read Article →
I have not been very productive with my projects the last year or so. I hope that will change this year. I feel the problem I’ve had is that I keep jumping between projects and not getting much done on any of them. I’ve run into this in the past too. I really need to… Read Article →
A while back I developed my ideas about how Mars would be explored to firm up the back story of my story “Felix”. This week I came across some material that suggests that real scientists have thought along the same lines. In my earlier blog post: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/felix-and-the-exploration-of-mars/, I suggested that before people would visit Mars,… Read Article →
I haven’t done anything on my science fiction story “Felix” since last fall. This week I came across a couple articles on-line about a proposal for Martian exploration similar to what I had thought of as the back ground for my story. Last year I wrote a blog post where I laid out how I… Read Article →
When I looked into some of the ancient astronauts stuff a few weeks ago, I came across a lot of discussions of the Fermi paradox. I think I’ve come up with a possible explanation that I haven’t seen before. The argument made by Enrico Fermi was that while it would take millions of years for… Read Article →
I want to develop more back ground for my science fiction story “Felix”. This isn’t a serious proposal for Martian exploration, although I do think it is plausible. I’ve found “Felix” a real struggle to write. Partly because it is a longer story than what I’ve done before. However, more recently I have started to… Read Article →
I worked on both “Felix” and “The Barrier” this week. The “Felix” rewrite progressed well, but with “The Barrier” it just seemed like I spun my wheels. I still would call it a productive week though. “Felix” Rewrite I tried my new approach with “Felix” this week. I printed off the most recent version, then… Read Article →
I’ve had an interest in conspiracy theories for a long time, even though I am very sceptical about them in general. I’ve been tempted to create my own conspiracy theory for fun and profit. I’ve hesitated to do that because I was afraid that people might take it seriously. Years ago I got interested in… Read Article →
