Author – Page 12 – Reshaping Reality

The Most Astounding Fact

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Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer
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I started a new job, which has left me exhausted in the evenings. Thus I am having to recalculate how I spend my free time. Trying to write when you have a full time job is a hard challenge, and my plans for dealing with this in the past doesn’t quite work with my current… Continue reading Update

Computer Problems Continue

I have had computer problems all week, and have not been able to access a computer. Due to this, I’ve been unable to update my blog. I apologize for this hiatus! In the meantime, while I work on fixing my computer, I’ve bought a ten inch solid styrofoam ball that I will mask in one… Continue reading Computer Problems Continue

Computer Trouble

My desktop ceased to work the other night, and I’m relegated to my old laptop that tends to randomly shut off. A friend is helping me with the desktop, for it’s possible that it was just the video card that burnt out. If it’s the CPU, then we have a lot more to replace. My… Continue reading Computer Trouble

Illness

Since I haven’t felt well of late, I’ve wondered how illness is portrayed in stories. Sometimes it feels like illness is hardly ever mentioned – like the science fiction story I’ve finished reading lately, where it progresses forward in a very play by play manner, and everyone is always perfectly healthy. No one ever suffered… Continue reading Illness

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… Continue reading Update

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… Continue reading Tropes Vs. Women and Diversity in Literature

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… Continue reading Finding One’s Voice Again

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… Continue reading College Graduate

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… Continue reading University Student