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“Ebony River’s Diary” Year 2585 Entry 5
[Go to all entries] 2585: ENTRY5 Yesterday was a good day in the Academy. Our trek team won several awards in the EP Midyear Conference, and I got the diamond pin in the 800m race. The pin is beautiful, and would be a great addition to my collection of 4 diamond and 3 sapphire pins […]
10 Things I Hated About the New X-Files
I finished watching the new X-Files probably out of some compulsive need for completion. I like to finish things. And now, as a reward, I can write about 10 things I hated about the show. The Miracle Vaccine to Stop the Apocalypse. Actually, I could write down the whole episode # 6 as a complete and […]
Why “Jupiter Ascending” Appears Suicidal: Lessons For Writers on Plot, Structure, World-Building, Character Development, and Genre Boundaries
Imagine that your novel gets a $176 mil. movie budget. Once you recover from the expensive champagne and endorphin induced hangover, you suddenly realize that your story is half-baked at best! Huge gauges peer at you from the pages of your manuscript in plot (characters do things for no apparent reason), structure (climatic sequence […]
“Ebony River’s Diary” Year 2585 Entry 4 #Blogbattle (Sci Fi, Short Story Contest)
Tuesday again! #BlogBattle again! My submission to the week 51, prompt word: trace, genre: science fiction. Energize! [Go to all entries] 2585: ENTRY4 Swimming with sharks is probably one of the scariest and fondest memories of my life. The disguise worked, and I could track the school of 18 sharks following me from afar, but […]
“Ebony River’s Diary” Year 2585 Entry 4
[Go to all entries] 2585: ENTRY4 Swimming with sharks is probably one of the scariest and fondest memories of my life. The disguise worked, and I could track the school of 18 sharks following me from afar, but not approaching. The sound and sent signals I transmitted made them think that I was an orca […]
“Ebony River’s Diary” Year 2585 Entry 3
[Go to all entries] 2585: ENTRY3 I remember seeing the ocean for the first time. Unlike any other human, I did not see it from the shore. The day I escaped from the 4th, my cargo capsule landed about 5 km off the Liberian coast. The Fleet liaison was supposed to track my capsule and […]
Why “Jupiter Ascending” Appears Suicidal: Lessons For Writers on Plot, Structure, World-Building, Character Development, and Genre Boundaries
Imagine that your novel gets a $176 mil. movie budget. Once you recover from the expensive champagne and endorphin induced hangover, you suddenly realize that your story is half-baked at best! Huge gauges peer at you from the pages of your manuscript in plot (characters do things for no apparent reason), structure (climatic sequence […]
“Ebony River’s Diary” Year 2585 Entry 2
[Go to all entries] 2585: ENTRY2 Sometimes I just can’t fathom how I got here. Sometimes it feels like a dream. Sometimes I wonder if I would like to wake up… As far as I know, I am not dreaming. Two years passed since I left the 4th Orbital and became a cadet of the Royal Moroccan […]
“Ebony River’s Diary” Entry 1, #Blogbattle
Here’s my entry to the #Blogbattle contest #50, prompt word “Pure”. Genre: Sci Fi [Go to all entries] Year 2585: ENTRY1 Where shall I start… My name is Ebony River, I am 20 years old, and in my short lifetime, I managed to cause a diplomatic crisis between the Earth Prime and the 4th Orbital […]