by Hyram Voltage | Mar 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
My critique partner pointed out a plot hole that my Beta Reader found and I haven’t fixed yet. That’s not a good way to write a Steampunk book. She also found another plot hole I missed. It is not easy to fix plot holes. It takes work and time. I did not... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Time; you can’t buy it, you can only measure it, use it, or waste it. You can write a Steampunk book. You can write a good science fiction book. But it’s going to take time. Lots and lots of time. You can crave out time to write. It’s not easy. The... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Does your character need a character arc? Think about it. Did Sherlock Holmes change after each investigation? No, he was and always will be Sherlock Holmes. Did Bilbo Baggins change at the end of the Hobbit? No, when he got home he wanted to be a hobbit. He did not... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s Thursday. The wind is off the ocean and blows into the garage where I am working. A cold, bitter wind. I had a deadline due on Friday for a electronic project. I was pushing it. I had been pushing it for days and things kept coming up to delay the project.... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
It happened again. A friend had a thumb drive die. Of course it contained the only copy of a file that he needed. Thumb drives are good, useful, even necessary, but they will fail just like hard drives. Always back up your files on two or more thumb drives. And keep...