by Hyram Voltage | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
I need all the feedback I can get. Beta Readers are a great source of feedback, except they’re hard to find and half of the ones I do find don’t give me actionable feedback. A comment like; I don’t understand this paragraph (or sentence, or page), is... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 25, 2019 | Uncategorized, Writing
At the ConDor XXVI convention in San Diego I attended a talk on Space Navies and Space Marines. During the talk they got off on the subject of traditions. I felt that one thing they missed is traditions are kept because they are useful. There’s a simple... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 25, 2019 | Conventions, Uncategorized
Michelle Lowe on the right and her and her beautiful assistant on left Marie Andreas on right and her beautiful assistant on left Demi Hungerford on right and her beautiful assistant on the left. Are you starting to see a pattern here? I got to start writing down the... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Don’t start your writing day because you have to do it. Don’t think of it as a drudgery. Don’t think of it as something you have to do. Write because you want to find out how the hero is going to get out of the mess you got him into. This may take a... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized, Writing
If you’re like me you celebrate when you reach a goal. That’s not bad, BUT (and there’s always a but) don’t let that limit you. You’ve accomplished a major goal, go ahead and celebrate, but don’t stop. You’re on a roll. Use... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
There are tons of offers out there that with this software or device you can, help you or make you, write better, successfully, profitably. Resist. Resist the new word processor built just for novel writers. The word finder software that will find just the right word... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I have photographed two solar eclipses. So when I saw all the hoopla on the web about the lunar eclipse on the twentieth I decided to photograph it. What would photographing a lunar eclipse have to do with writing Steampunk? The experience and the problems of... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Warning rant. Lock the cranberry cannon on that ranting space turkey and let’s make Thanksgiving out of it. When I shut down my laptop last night I got the “installing update do not shut off computer” warning. Of course I wanted to shut off the... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Warning this is a rant. Warning Will Robertson, Warning Will Robertson. I was working away on my computer. I stepped away from the Lenovo ideapad FLEX 4 for 30 minutes to make lunch. I return to the computer and the Logitech K330 keyboard and the Logitech T-RB22... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
What does new boots have to do with writing Steampunk novels? Last weekend I went to a western themed Steampunk event. So I needed to throw together a western styled Steampunk outfit. I dug through the load of junk I have to see what I could make out of it. I found a...