Tag: sci-fi
group name: chapter1lounge
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July 14, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
The comments are about a preliminary version of the chapter I'm entering in the First Chapters contest. I had to remove that article so I wouldn't have the chapter in two places, but I . . .
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July 12, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
Thanks for the encouragement, everybody. I had to take the original article down so I didn't get accused of having a contest entry two places, but I wanted to preserve the comments.
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March 18, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Several months ago I wrote a review of Steve Stirling's "Dies The FIre" for my on-line alternate history newsletter. Steve Stirling read the review and e-mailed me . . .
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June 06, 2007 10:06 PM EDT --
This is an experiment. I'm going to try bringing together science and technology information that I think might be of interest to writers, and especially science fiction writers into brief newsletters . . .
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June 11, 2007 11:26 PM EDT --
This is the first part of an on-line group writing experiment that we did for POD a few years ago. I made up a situation and some characters, wrote a few pages and posted them. People then jumped in and . . .
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September 29, 2007 09:36 AM EDT --
After over a month of the First Chapters Romance contest, a lot of people are probably sick of hearing about it. A lot of people are sick of getting e-mails about it. Hey, I'm getting sick . . .
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May 16, 2007 11:14 AM EDT --
This started out as a comment in one of the First Chapters rant threads. I decided to expand it and make it a seperate article.
What makes a good writer? What makes a successful writer? . . .
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September 26, 2007 10:20 PM EDT --
Help! My Author Left Me Stuck In A Pickup Truck In Another Dimension With Some Guy Named Leo!
This is a character blog for Sharon Mack, the main character in Bear Country, my entry . . .
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April 09, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
I've wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old. I started a lot of stories through the years, but only got serious about writing in the summer of 1994. As the fourteenth anniversary . . .
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May 25, 2007 11:10 AM EDT --
Note: This is the first scene of a science fiction story approximately 8000 words long. I'm posting it here to get feedback on its effectiveness as a hook. Does the scene draw you in? . . .
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October 02, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
Note: This is the second 'character blog' for Doctor Dave Hennings, one of the minor characters in Bear Country. In case you missed the first transript, Bear Country is a science fiction/ . . .
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April 09, 2008 10:04 PM EDT --
This is a brief excerpt from my book American Indian Victories.
Introduction: Indians & Alternate History
American Indian Victories is a collection of alternate history scenarios. . . .
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March 11, 2007 11:44 AM EDT --
Welcome to the First Chapters Lounge. I took the liberty of posting my synopsis first, but everyone is welcome to post theirs her also.
My novel is called Char. It is available . . .
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March 26, 2007 09:55 AM EDT --
The Exchange announced itself with a distant clap of thunder. It came ten minutes early according to Bret Harding's watch. At 12:02 he was hacking away at the weed-covered . . .
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July 02, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
Note: If you didn't catch part one of this story, check it out here.
Blarney looked around at us, took a deep drink, and said, “Dinos, especially the little ones, are about as good as rats at . . .
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September 24, 2007 09:35 PM EDT --
Note: This is a 'character blog' for Doctor Dave Hennings, one of the minor characters in Bear Country. Bear Country is a science fiction/ romance novel currently entered in the First Chapters-Romance . . .
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February 03, 2008 10:17 AM EST --
Predominantly Roman Catholic Poland seems an unlikely early adopter of War Magic, but with a looming German threat on one side of them and the rising power of the Soviets on the other, Poland was one . . .
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