With my mind still focusing on worldbuilding for my next novel, “Warp Dawn”, I have fleshed out and expanded some of the races and groups that are out there in my far-future space opera setting, a thousand years after the events of my first four … Continue readingSisterhoods and Hives of my Space Opera
In the course of writing my next novel, provisionally titled “Warp Dawn”, I’ve done some brainstorming for the various alien races the leading man and woman (and their baby daughter!) will encounter during their voyage of cosmic exploration beyond the frontiers mankind has yet reached … Continue readingThe Strange New Worlds of “Warp Dawn”
“Letters from the Airy Deep”, my third novel, is now published on Amazon! Click here to purchase the paperback version, or click here to purchase the ebook version. It’s also available to read on Kindle Unlimited! Having begun this novel about two months ago, it … Continue readingLetters from the Airy Deep: New Sci-Fi Romance Novel Released
Click here for full resolution. This is my new oil-on-canvas painting depicting a zeppelin exploring an airborne wonderland filled with floating air reefs, birds with wings like manta rays and lifestyles like whales, floating “gasbag” lifeforms, and great insectoid hives the size of skyscrapers with … Continue readingCharting the Airy Deep
After the completion of my first two novels, I’m in the mood for a third, and I’ve already chosen a title: “Letters from the Airy Deep”. I for one thinks it’s a nice title. What is the story the title denotes? Why, none other than … Continue readingLetters from the Airy Deep: New Novel Coming Soon
“Dear Future Me: A Finishing School Romance in Outer Space”, my second novel, is now published on Amazon! Click here to purchase the paperback version, or click here to purchase the ebook version. It’s also available to read on Kindle Unlimited! Having started on “Dear … Continue readingDear Future Me: New Sci-Fi Romance Novel Released
The Hunt for Count Gleichen’s Treasure is now up to 13,355 words, the Venus section accounting for most of the additions. But rather than bore you with an incremental update on my novel, I will offer a change of pace by outlining a concept for … Continue readingWorldbuilding the Cool, the Romance, and the Fantasy into my Space Opera Setting
In the science fiction setting I am worldbuilding, Proxima Centauri b as in real life is a roughly Earth-sized planet with an orbital period of 11 days, and is the closest known exoplanet. In real life we don’t know much about Proxima Centauri b aside … Continue readingThalassa, or Proxima Centauri b: The Pale Green Dot
Although humans are Earth’s only sapient species, the range of intelligence among animals is quite diverse. For a long time many assumed primates, the clade closest to humans, outclassed all others in intelligence. Now, however, it is much more widely known that several other species … Continue readingWorldbuilding Avian Intelligence