Pausing my re-drafting of Mike Sierra Echo to remind you (and myself): your art matters – even if it sucks. It’s been a tough couple of weeks, re-writing entire scenes, re-configuring and re-architecting the novel. I have a better sense now of what the emotional beats of the story are and I’m making sure the…
Happy Wednesday – exciting news to share – the Mike.Sierra.Echo is draft done and now beta editing is underway! This Spielberg-ian space elevator novel draft is now written and we take a moment to celebrate that. It’s not easy to write 72,000 words and if I’m being honest there were a lot of days I…
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A chance discussion on Mastodon results in new changes to Mike.Sierra.Echo – let’s talk the nutty world of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)! As you’ll recall, I’m writing a novel where humans build a space elevator in the future – over a hundred years from now. The novel is set in the future for a number of…
Happy to share some cool new free scifi and cyberpunk wallpapers with you! My work with MidJourney continues and it gives me great pleasure to pass along some of the awesome things the AI art is helping me to make. Take a look: It’s important to note – MidJourney is not doing all of…
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Always fun when your stories happen in real life – an asteroid fly-by happened a few weeks ago – that’s just like Mike.Sierra.Echo! CNet reports: “An asteroid the size of a car was discovered the same day it made a close approach to Earth, coming closer to the surface than the ring of large telecommunications…
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One of the questions I’m anticipating with Mike.Sierra.Echo is “Why does Mike go to New Mexico?” After all, I live in Eugene, on the West Coast. My last book took place in San Francisco – a traditionally futuristic scifi locale – what’s the deal with putting the characters in Santa Fe? New Mexico has a…
Ran across an exciting video that connects directly with Mike.Sierra.Echo – our space elevator future is getting closer! Anton Petrov runs What Da Math on Youtube, and he explains science, math or other complicated topics using simulations, video games and easy to understand words. Naturally, this makes him the perfect person to explain a complex…
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Happy Monday, let’s talk more about Space Elevators on the moon while I continue to draft Mike.Sierra.Echo. Scientists believe that it’s much easier to build a space elevator on the Moon instead of Earth because, less gravity! This is an awesome idea of course, let’s learn more! According to NASA, Liftport is funding a precursor…
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As I’m re-writing my ‘space elevator’ novel I want to make sure that this draft is meeting some quality standards. Who better to ask for advice than Pixar? I’m using the ‘Rules of Storytelling’ to talk about why Mike Sierra Echo is going to be a great story. Read below for Part One: #1 –…
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