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- Here's my photos of Savage Love Live at UAA, 9 Feb 2012. I'll have a story up later at Bent Alaska. #dansavage http://t.co/XHT4IilS @KTVA 15 hrs ago
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Category Archives: NaNoWriMo
The Daily Tweets, 2009-11-02: Vai watches me write
My cat watches me write. Continue reading
Posted in NaNoWriMo, The Daily Tweets
Tagged cats, Crossed Genres, NaNoWriMo 2009, Väi the cat, writing
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Taking life support for granted
Pina Chomko: s a story character in my novel-in-progress Cold. She’s not like us: she grew up in outer space. Her dream: to take for granted all the life support services that nature provides for free — just like us. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged biospherics, CELSS, Cold notes, Long Dark notes, NaNoWriMo 2009, Pina Chomko (Cold), research for writing, science fiction, writing
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Biospherics
More on my evolving knowledge about closed ecological life support systems (CELSS) for use in my novels-in-progress projects Long Dark & Cold: biospherics is a handy new term for what it’s really all about. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged biospherics, CELSS, Cold notes, Long Dark notes, NaNoWriMo 2009, research for writing, science fiction, writing
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My October reading list
What I’m reading, or at least looking at, in the rundown to NaNoWriMo 2009: space exploration, growing food in space, consensus government, & more. I’ll be writing Long Dark, about the people making the long journey between the stars to colonize another solar system. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Cold notes, Long Dark notes, NaNoWriMo 2009, research for writing, science fiction, writing
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Despite distance
Chris & Rozz & Jesse & Mel (with Jesse’s dog Sweetheart) on a Kenai Peninsula hike in 2006 — & now, all over the place. But still good friends. Continue reading
Posted in Journal, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Chris, Green-Lieght family, Jesse, NaNoWriMo 2007, Ptery, Rozz, writing
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Now I REALLY feel like a writer again
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
Posted in Cold, Journal, NaNoWriMo, Short fiction
Tagged accepted for publication, Crossed Genres, NaNoWriMo 2007, science fiction, writing
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October plans
October. Change of seasons, change of gears: I’ll be resuming my title of occasional political blogger by becoming a far less occasional writer. Plans for October include gearing up for NaNoWriMo in November. Continue reading
Posted in About writing, Journal, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Cold notes, Crossed Genres, Long Dark notes, NaNoWriMo 2009, science fiction, writing
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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. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo, Short fiction
Tagged CELSS, Cold notes, Long Dark notes, NaNoWriMo 2009, research for writing, science fiction, writing
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