Category Archives: Cold

Excerpts and information about the novel-in-progress Cold, a science fiction novel about two young women (lesbians? yes) on a planet in the late stages of terraformation.

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The short story “Cold,” which originated with my writing for NaNoWriMo 2007, will be published in the November 2009 issued of Crossed Genres. It’s about two young women, Boleyn & Bai, on a planet in the late stages of terraformation. Continue reading

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Eating (& breathing & crapping) in outer space

Research notes on closed ecosystems in outer space, for “Long Dark,” a story I’m trying to write in the same story universe as my 2007 NaNoWriMo “novel” Cold.

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Cold, Crossed Genres, & Flash homophobia

Writing a story in the Cold story universe for SF/F magazine Crossed Genres — while Crossed Genres has an encounter with Flash Fiction Online‘s homophobic editorial policies.

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Terraforming notes

A few notes about what terraforming is. A terraforming project on an extrasolar planet is the context of my SF novel-in-progress “Cold.”

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Cold, the blog

In which I set up the private membership-only blog cold-brrr.blogspot.com for the writing of my 2007 NaNoWriMo SF novel “Cold.”

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About "Cold"

“Cold,” my NaNoWriMo project for 2007, will be a science fiction novel featuring two young women who live on a planet in the late stages of terraformation.

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NaNoWriMo 2007: What I'm gonna write & how I'm gonna write it (the origin of "Cold")

On a cold-arse night in 2005 the question came into my head: “What does cold feel like?” Thus was born the science fiction novel-in-progress “Cold.”

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NaNoWriMo 2007: What it is

National Novel Writing Month: what it is and why I decided to give it a try this year.

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