Monthly Archives: December 2011

Godzilla sort of scene – snippet

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Mac

This is from late in April past where I will snippet chapters. It deals with Home making war on North America. I hope I get the epic disaster flavor right- …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Martin Crain was seven hours into his work day. … Continue reading →

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“April” Chapter 3 The Main Character

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Mac

Our heroine finally shows up: Chapter 3             Monday morning, nine o’clock was three hours into main-shift on Mitsubishi 3. April Lewis was listening to the Earth news for October 4, 2083 while she walked to the cafeteria to meet … Continue reading →

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“April” 2nd Chapter snippet

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Mac

This is still story intro. April is introduced in the next chapter. Chapter 2             At the other end of M3 another agent of the USNA had also experienced some difficulty. He was in fact, one of the spooks Art … Continue reading →

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“April” First Chapter Snippet

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Mac

Building on Prologue posted last – book is done at 200k words. A big fat book. Chapter 1             Art checked the time again. It was 09:27, Sunday, Oct 3, 2083. He was finally past the three day hold he’d … Continue reading →

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Prologue to the book “April”

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Mac

As an alternative to the last two previous snippets posted about alien contact, I have a book further along about a space habitat set in a much closer time frame. Here is the opening prologue for that book:   APRIL … Continue reading →

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And generations later…

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Mac

The world of aliens with a racial memory described in the prologue posted last meet men. Those with the advantage of perfect memory have spread through the world and subdued it. It would be a very homogenous society but accidents … Continue reading →

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Prologue for new book

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Mac

I would like to consider what would happen if humans meet a race with perfect memory – not just of their own life but a encyclopedic memory of their ancestor’s lives. That line of thought made me consider – How … Continue reading →

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Shorts – Get no respect

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Mac

It’s hard to make money with short stories. The effort to sell them is more than to write them. And bad writing seems to show up more clearly when you can’t hide it in a nice fat book. I’m going … Continue reading →

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“Family Law” is published on Amazon/Kindle

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Mac

My second book is available on Amazon Kindle. I’ll get it up on Nook soon.  I decided to get it up with a plain cover rather than delay and work on a fancy one. I can add a better one … Continue reading →

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