Tag Archives: Inside the Jump

Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 10 November 2013 (Inside the Jump)

The next wave of data came through thoroughly laced with Yasmin’s out-and-out revulsion.  “It’s at least six hundred years old,” she said. “Age in Years Standard of the Original World, six hundred fifty-three Years, seven Months, twenty-one Days, fourteen Hours, … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: movie night on the starship (Inside the Jump excerpt)

Cabin fever’s an extra risk when you have three different parties on board who hate each other, not to mention the stowaways. So to take the edge off, our heroes get ready for the traditional Movie Night on the Starship.

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NaNoFeed: In media res, baby: a family reunion (Inside the Jump excerpt)

For most of September and October, I was doing character interviews with the main cast of this year’s NaNo novel, Inside the Jump. Nonetheless, I was surprised at how lively they were once I started writing. So, without further ado, two cousins meet … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 3 November 2013 (Inside the Jump)

“By the Fourth Prime,” the Ship’s Voice said, “that is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. Implosively weird. A walking hull-breach.” Jehen startled at Yasmin’s profanities. Not her usual style at all. And yes, it was weird. Genubi would make … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Correction, it’s blue-collar multicultural space opera

Writing the closing bout of our NaNo Day 1 with the inimitable Devin Harnois at our traditional location. And it’s blue-collar multicultural space opera I’m writing, witness the following excerpt (Jehen is one of the Captains of a cybernetic starship). … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: day one dawns a little late

This year, I am setting out to do the Lost Weekend (12,500 words a day in four days) and combine it with a fitness challenge (12,500 steps a day). Ambitious. And I’m already behind, at least on the exercise part. … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 27 October 2013 (Character interview: Martisset from Inside the Jump)

And that time I was not consciously eavesdropping, but watching — on a sunrise flight with my aunt Tethys, who pointed out when we were approaching the long, broad Valley of Settlement, where the first colony on Karis had been … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 20 October 2013 (Character interview: Yasmin from Inside the Jump)

I am the Ship, these fifteen years. I am the Ship’s-Heart, and none but my captains know that I was ever anything else. I am the same as I ever was, think the same thoughts, even dream, but the air … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 13 October 2013 (Character interview: Jehen from Inside the Jump)

My name is Jehen, and I’m in charge here–so they say, anyway. The truth of the matter is something more complicated, but then the ones planet-side don’t have the faintest idea of what happens out in space. They have the … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: NaNoWriMo goes live for 2013; cover reveal

The National Novel Writing Month website has reset for the 2013 season. So it’s time to reveal the cover for this year’s project. Here’s the small version that appears with my novel profile on the NaNoWriMo site: A larger version … Continue reading

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