by Hyram Voltage | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
This weekend I participated, with a group of fellow amateur radio operators, in an event called Field Day. Field Day is where you take your emergency equipment out and contact other amateur operators using that equipment. To increase emergency preparedness points are... by Hyram Voltage | Jun 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
I recently read an article titled Looking For Ideas In All the Wrong Places. I was disappointed. This article did give you places to look, but only three or four tired examples. The article mentioned a writer using Jane Austin’s Emma for the foundation of Fast Times... 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...