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- November 12th, 2014, 6:09 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Do you enjoy technothrillers or cyberpunk?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8320
Do you enjoy technothrillers or cyberpunk?
After eight years of serious writing, my debut novel is finally being published via a small publisher called Breakwater Harbor Books. It's available for pre-order now and will officially be out on November 24. It will have both print and ebook editions. Blurb: Moscow, 2138. With the world only begin...
- April 15th, 2013, 7:50 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: 2013 Bransford Blog Tournament Challenge
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26804
Re: 2013 Bransford Blog Tournament Challenge
I can go for four in a row next year!Nathan Bransford wrote:Amazing!!knight_tour wrote:Heh! There really ought to be some sort of prize for this--if Louisville wins, which I expect, I will have finished second in Nathan's challenge for three straight years!
- April 7th, 2013, 4:55 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: 2013 Bransford Blog Tournament Challenge
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26804
Re: 2013 Bransford Blog Tournament Challenge
Heh! There really ought to be some sort of prize for this--if Louisville wins, which I expect, I will have finished second in Nathan's challenge for three straight years!
- October 26th, 2012, 1:02 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: On Post Apocalypse And Writing Perspective,
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7963
Re: On Post Apocalypse And Writing Perspective,
Do post apocalyptic stories necessarily have to be right at the collapse of society, or can they be on the brink of collapse? I'm doing something where after many wars, the armies of this one continent have almost completely folded to this superstate, and they are on the losing end of a war. It is ...
- October 26th, 2012, 12:59 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: How many Characters do you have?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23055
Re: How many Characters do you have?
In my fantasy novel I used 3 primary POV characters (with two instances of minor POV characters) and a fairly large cast of named secondary characters.
In my sci-fi thriller I use three primary POV characters, one minor POV character, and a smaller supporting cast than I used in the fantasy.
In my sci-fi thriller I use three primary POV characters, one minor POV character, and a smaller supporting cast than I used in the fantasy.
- May 7th, 2012, 11:32 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: I may be in the next Die Hard movie!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2311
I may be in the next Die Hard movie!
I blogged about my first day on the set today -- http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2012/05/im-in-movie.html
- April 1st, 2012, 9:50 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: 4th Annual Blog Bracket Challenge!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 25126
Re: 4th Annual Blog Bracket Challenge!
I started off so terribly in this that I hadn't checked again until now. Suddenly it looks like I can take second place again (assuming Kentucky wins) for the second time in three years!
- November 4th, 2011, 1:19 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Game of Thrones
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15356
Re: Game of Thrones
After LOTR these are the best fantasy books ever. I've read A Game of Thrones about five times and each of the other books twice, and I intend to start all over from the beginning soon once the paperback of the latest book comes out. I love the gritty, true-life feel and the fact that you can't pred...
- June 20th, 2011, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: The secret to self-promotion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2544
Re: The secret to self-promotion
I love Prague. It's the most beautiful city in the world, in my opinion. I'm moving to Budapest this summer. I think that pure self-promotion will tend to bore readers. You need to provide interesting information or stories for them instead. I'm not the best to respond to this, however, as I still d...
- June 19th, 2011, 12:51 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: On Memory, books, and the internet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2239
On Memory, books, and the internet
Think of the person you know who has the best memory. Can they quote from hundreds of books? Do they wow you with what can only be their photographic memory? It may be hard for modern people to fully comprehend, but the great memories of today can hardly compare to those of ancient times. As the boo...
- June 14th, 2011, 4:32 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Spin off @Claudie and dgaughran
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4830
Re: Spin off @Claudie and dgaughran
So much of the sci-fi that I have read is far-future sci-fi, while what I am most interested in is the relatively near future. I want to see the beginnings of the great technological changes rather than see them far in the future. It's interesting to see humans turned into cyborgs by advanced techno...
- June 3rd, 2011, 4:28 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Is Blogger Broken?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 12385
Re: Is Blogger Broken?
I can log in now as long as I just don't check the box to remain logged in. However, now most avatar icons are not showing up. This just started happening yesterday.
- June 3rd, 2011, 4:22 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 821892
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Top 20 Pink Floyd songs - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/06/t ... songs.html
Top 20 Beatles songs - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/06/t ... songs.html
Top 20 Beatles songs - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/06/t ... songs.html
- May 31st, 2011, 6:42 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Making Time to Write
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7611
Re: Making Time to Write
I spend most of my time simply thinking about the novel's next chapter or two. I may take weeks sometimes just to ponder it and wait for great ideas to hit. Then when I feel I have the chapter really nailed, I can sit down and quickly bang it out, even if I don't have much free time. My actual writi...
- May 31st, 2011, 6:39 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 821892
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
I'm doing lists!
Top 15 Horror movies - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/t ... licks.html
Top Ten Sci-Fi movies - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/t ... ovels.html
Top Fantasy movies - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/t ... ovies.html
Top 15 Horror movies - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/t ... licks.html
Top Ten Sci-Fi movies - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/t ... ovels.html
Top Fantasy movies - http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/t ... ovies.html