by Hyram Voltage | Jun 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last post I talked about using current problems (global problems) in your story. But your characters have problems. Problems that were of great concern during the character time and place. In the 1800s there were concerns about over population. The air in London was... by Hyram Voltage | Jun 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
You need a story idea and you can’t think of a thing. Pull a Terry Pratchett and write about today’s problems set in your story world. You don’t think the 1800s had problems with bizarre political actions, you need to read some history. Both US and... by Hyram Voltage | May 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
It seems like it takes forever for the seeds to start to come up. Doesn’t it seem like forever to get a book written? Seeds are like ideas for stories. There’s a little bit of DNA in a seed with lots of food to feed that DNA. Sprouts are like stories. They... by Hyram Voltage | May 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Things are getting in the way of my writing. I’ve been doing a lot of gardening; pulling weeds, tilling the ground, and planting seeds. I got a big garden with over a hundred planters/flower pots and a 80 foot long three foot wide... by Hyram Voltage | May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
I had a Web Designer build this web site. The gurus for selling books hound me that I need a freebie to get people to give me their email addresses. I don’t fight the advice of authors that are more successful than I am. The web designer built a pop up that... by Hyram Voltage | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’m almost finished editing my second book for the tenth or twelfth, or is it the fifteenth time. I approached an editor for a quote on a developmental edit. I sent him a sample of the book, five thousand words. That’s a little more than the first chapter.... by Hyram Voltage | May 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
I attended the Filmore Steam Train Rail Festival 2018 Saturday on April 28. They had a good crowd. People like riding on steam trains. Of course they had The Frontier Gnnfighters performing regularly scheduled train robberies. I had just arrived and a lady, with a... by Hyram Voltage | May 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Some how between when this was first posted and a week later it disappeared. I re-posted it. There is a ad in old Byte magazines (a personal computer magazine that no longer exists) from the 1970s. It’s a picture of a father in his pajamas, wearing a 1930s style... by Hyram Voltage | Apr 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is not the San Diego Comic Con, it’s better. Smaller but better. I had a blast and learned stuff. They had a full schedule on Friday starting at 10:00. That meant I had to leave the house at 5:00 AM. I made good time through all the traffic jams in LA, Long... by Hyram Voltage | Apr 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
The April update to Windows 10 has a bad feature in it. If you use Photoshop or Clip Paint Studio and draw fast, after three strokes, the pen or brush tool will change functions and you don’t want it to. I find the pen tool will become the move tool or alternate...