Sam's Blog (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/1271546-Sams-Blog The man arrived at the table, waiting silently for Jrin to allow him to take the seat opposite him. Jrin took a pull from his mug, looking the man over again, before nodding to the chair. To his credit, the man moved very smoothly and naturally. Jrin preferred to think that he worked for an exclusive clientele, men and women who didn't move with the...[Read Full Post] Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:02:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/582313 if anybody is out there, i'm writing again Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:17:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/581689 so my timeline is starting to look downright beautiful. it's still a bit barren in places. ok, it's really barren in a lot more places than i'd like. but it's starting to give a good shape to the history of my empire. good stuff so far. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:41:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/579233 Well, after a lengthy period of not writing due to some real life -ness going on, I stumbled across my notes while doing some e-cleaning and got drawn back into my story (which I suppose is a good sign). Anyway, that brought me back here to WDC, and even though I haven't started writing anything, I've been doing a lot of thinking about plot point...[Read Full Post] Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:29:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/578456 i'm still not feeling the drive to write, though i have been kicking around a lot of new ideas Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:46:01 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/518068 taking a break from writing for a few days. i thought it was just the weekend, but i'm not ready to come back yet. hope i don't disappoint anyone too much -sam Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:06:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/515857 I rewrote Will's entire story, and it looks like I can squeeze an actual full-on novel length piece out of it. I also have a complete storyboard for Bral, and I am starting to plot out a second one for Will. Of course, now that I've accomplished all that, I don't feel my usual drive to write. Hopefully it resurfaces some time this weekend....[Read Full Post] Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:45:17 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/515384 For the time being, I am yanking all of the Will Ryder storyline except for chapter 4. I've been having a lot of ideas recently, and I am going to rewrite that section to reflect them. Hope nobody got too attached to them. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:43:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514958 ---Imperial Databank File 00-07-0BE-131665313-J--- INITIALIZING... READING FILE... DISPLAYING FILE... NAME: Becker, Jrin PLANET OF BIRTH: Sector 11, Endet Prime DATE OF BIRTH: IY2038 PARENTS: -Becker, Denod [LINKED FILE] -Becker, Nidra [LINKED FILE] CURRENT EMPLOYER: Unemployed CURRENT POSITION: N/A LENGTH OF CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: N/A N...[Read Full Post] Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:14:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514869 So do I actually have any readers of this? I'll keep blogging because I want to, but I want to get a feel for my viewership. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:23:32 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514703 [Link To Item #1274934] It's totally made up, but if you feel creative, I'd love to see you guys come up with lyrics to any of these songs. Good ones may even get GPs. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:22:05 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514347 It looks like this is going to be a novella, from the storyboard I created yesterday to organize what was happening. I think I have a full-length novel in me, if not three or four, but it won't be the one I try to use to get my foot in the door. I'm only going to make the first twelve chapters available on WDC, so that the whole story isn'...[Read Full Post] Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:56:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514218 The Empire spans over three million inhabited systems, and even more uninhabited ones. While expansion is always an Imperial priority, the energy required for a ship to move about the Empire under its own power is enormous. It is possible to move a ship about independently, but the cost is highly prohibitive and requires advanced knowledge. Fortunately, ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:48:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514125 The Empire has existed for over two thousand years, and under the current House of Sam'tai for nearly three quarters of that. In reality it occupies roughly a third of the known galaxy, but Imperial Galactic Exploration officials have acknowledged on record numerous times that they are sure the current 'known galaxy' makes up only about forty...[Read Full Post] Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:05:44 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514028 So I started doing something the other night in scroll (great fun, you should check it out). I started asking them for names. Now obviously, I can't let them dictate the names of major characters and all that, but I can have them name the various members of the Corporate Alliance (see [Link To Item #1271387] for the full background). It's a fut...[Read Full Post] Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:56:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513861 The legal age for an Emperor to assume the Imperial Throne is sixteen years. Should an Emperor die before the heir reaches the legal age, a Regent is appointed to rule in the heir's name. The Regent is usually appointed as a contingency when it becomes apparent to the ruling Emperor that he will not survive to see his heir take power, so rarely is th...[Read Full Post] Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:28:05 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513570 It would be impossible to write something with the scope of my story if I didn't keep good notes. I was lucky to stumble on a program called Notebook, which functions more or less as a personal wiki. I link to it in the piece at the top of my port, and if you're thinking about writing anything longer than a short story, it is definitely worth you...[Read Full Post] Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:24:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513569 Now, I'm not saying anything about anything, but if you find yourself with a nice pile of GPs burning a hole in your pocket, gifting them to [Link To Item #1261374] would not be a bad thing. Especially since I'll be writing a regular column for them about scifi movies. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:31:23 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513371 [Link To Item #1272402] Speaks for itself, basically. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:02:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513258 I can be incredibly self-centered when it comes to my writing ability, but from time to time I like to give credit where credit is due. Case in point: this. [Link To Item #1272229] I've written a pair of flash fiction pieces, just to see if I could write such a short piece. "Fiat Lux" was written for a FF contest on steroids: the ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:25:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513174