by Hyram Voltage | Jun 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
The fourth of July holiday is coming up and I plan to cook up some beef ribs for the neighbors to celebrate. But I haven’t cooked ribs or even grilled anything on the barbecue in months. The rule of a smart cook is “You don’t serve your first try at... by Hyram Voltage | Jun 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Time and again I have read a story where the steampunk inventor creates a device, at the last minute or there would be no suspense, that saves the day. Is this trope becoming a clique? The villain has a time machine that always delivers him to the right time or... by Hyram Voltage | May 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
My simple definition of what a story or book is; A story is about an interesting character, doing interesting things, for a reason. But to be an interesting story you need to start with a hook. Starting a story by showing the surroundings is not interesting. Even if... by Hyram Voltage | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m out to save the world and everyone is against me. I must be right. Many scientist proclaim that there is global warming. They may be right. Like a character out of a steam punk novel I’m out to stop it or it’s effects. Effects, I am told, will... by Hyram Voltage | May 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m talking about the writer not a character. From the 1930s through the 1970s there was serious concern that over population would destroy the world as we know it it a very few years. In 1966 Harry Harrison published a book Make Room Make Room about the over...