by Hyram Voltage | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s been a hard year with several friends passing away. Now I lost a family member. I find writers fall into two clichés when they write about death. One is they have the main character work through the seven stages of grief. The other is the hero is consumed... by Hyram Voltage | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
I went to the Wild Wild West con (WWWC8) in Old Tucson last weekend. I attend steampunk events to keep tabs on the readers of steampunk. I’m a writer, I have to keep my finger on the pulse of the readers. I also visit with the authors that are selling their... by Hyram Voltage | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Time, we think we control it, but we don’t. This morning I was in Tucson for the Wild Wild West Steampunk convention. At 6:30 I walked down to the lobby to get some breakfast. The breakfast nook was closed. I asked the check at the front desk when the breakfast... 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...