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  • Technology in Ancient Times

    Often when people consider ancient civilizations, they picture societies with little to no technology, but recent studies and archeological discoveries show that this is far from the truth. One of the most famous ancient devices was recently discovered by the island of Antikythera by Greece. Known as the Antikythera device, it is a fascinating glimpse…

  • Update

    I have this tendency to outline after I write the story. I go through and catalog all the scenes – the characters in it, the time and location, and the main point of the scene.  I use this to check for consistency errors.  It works fairly well, but if I try to do this before…

  • Tropes Vs. Women and Diversity in Literature

    My world-building series takes time to craft, since I often sift through my old notes and textbooks to make sure all the information presented here is accurate.  For all my readers wondering, this is why the next installment on Atmospheres and the various cycles on planets is not yet ready. In the meantime, I can…

  • Languages and World-building

    Languages often play a crucial role in society, for since we, humans, are social creatures, much of our actions, thoughts, worldviews, and so forth are expressed through the filter of language.   Some linguists have gone so far as to speculate that language can influence the way we think and how we perceive the world.  This…

  • Characters with Disabilities

    It is rare to find any book that has a character with a disability.  Usually if they do appear, the character spends the book finding a way to defeat the disability, to conquer it, and to become able-bodied again. There are quite a few disability tropes, and these tropes in general are bad.  It’s rare…

  • Music

    I updated my page content here on the site.  There is a new page called musical compositions that details the musical side to my writing.  Be sure to check out that update! I even included some uploaded tracks of songs I’ve recently had performed for your enjoyment.  In time, I hope to upload some improvisations…

  • Planet Geology – World-building Part 3

    Note this is a series: Part One and Part Two. Now that you have a sketch of your solar system, we can focus on the individual planets. Terrestrial Planets First, planets made of rock – terrestrial planets.  They are largely powered by geological processes such as hot spots, volcanism, and plate tectonics.  Rocky planets tend…

  • Finding One’s Voice Again

    Due to everything that has happened, finding my voice again for this blog has been a struggle – mostly due to the lack of Internet access I’ve had for awhile. To tie into that idea, I’ll talk a bit about how I spent several months unable to write much of anything.  A writing block of…

  • College Graduate

    As of Saturday, I sat through the official ceremony proclaiming my graduation.  The only significant moment was when I tripped down the center stairs, after shaking the university president’s hand, and tumbled into the department head of my major.  Thankfully, people in the audience assumed we were hugging, but the physics department head and I…

  • University Student

    I graduate May 5th from my University. The month of April has consumed my life with projects, musical compositions, tests, and making sure the final details of my degree is in perfect order for graduation. So this blog is on a temporary hiatus until May. The world-building entries were simply taking me too long, but…