Edi's Book Lighthouse: Stephen Zimmer visit the Lighthouse: Interview and Giveaway
http://uranianfiction.webs.com/
I've read and reviewed one of Stephen's novels. In truth he's also friendly and has a nice face.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
How Writers Transcend the Ego
One of the greatest joys of writing is that it allows authors to be so much more than who any one really is. The very worst cases of spirit possession and split personalities ultimately have far fewer characters than many novels.
Most of those who have grown up at some point heard the dictum: "Imagine being in the other person's situation." Wow, do fiction authors ever do that, with a vengeance. Not only do novelists - and by proxy, the stories' readers, imagine someone else's situation, they orchestrate a phenomenal number of possible scenarios and learn about how certain characters behave given those situations.
Many authors do discover even as they write, making it a mysterious process even for those involved. Some characters turn out to be a bit different from how one might have expected. People are both predictable and unpredictable in their behavior. Sometimes this makes real life easier to handle. Many authors get readers so worked up that when its done, for the first few minutes back in reality readers feel the same relief we experience when we wake up from a nightmare and start babbling, "Thank God that wasn't true," and things like that. Other times, people feel like they have experienced "a guided meditation" without limits on posture and breathing that might leave even well trained Lamas awash with a sense of 'experience'. Journeys of the mind.
This blog post can be linked with http://miriamspia.wordpress.com/ for a more complete understanding. FYI: novel writing and being great fans of fiction are not a good match for Buddhism - because they say that if you thought it has happened...in which case: OMG! you would not believe what the novelists and story writers have done! Some of it, readers have done to.
Most of those who have grown up at some point heard the dictum: "Imagine being in the other person's situation." Wow, do fiction authors ever do that, with a vengeance. Not only do novelists - and by proxy, the stories' readers, imagine someone else's situation, they orchestrate a phenomenal number of possible scenarios and learn about how certain characters behave given those situations.
Many authors do discover even as they write, making it a mysterious process even for those involved. Some characters turn out to be a bit different from how one might have expected. People are both predictable and unpredictable in their behavior. Sometimes this makes real life easier to handle. Many authors get readers so worked up that when its done, for the first few minutes back in reality readers feel the same relief we experience when we wake up from a nightmare and start babbling, "Thank God that wasn't true," and things like that. Other times, people feel like they have experienced "a guided meditation" without limits on posture and breathing that might leave even well trained Lamas awash with a sense of 'experience'. Journeys of the mind.
This blog post can be linked with http://miriamspia.wordpress.com/ for a more complete understanding. FYI: novel writing and being great fans of fiction are not a good match for Buddhism - because they say that if you thought it has happened...in which case: OMG! you would not believe what the novelists and story writers have done! Some of it, readers have done to.
Friday, March 4, 2011
New Day
Hello there. There is an old song by a band called Jethro Tull. In one of their songs there is the line, "It was a new day yesterday, but its an old day now."
Right now, this blog seems a bit like this.
I first began this blog hoping to find out who would like an SF series about mercenaries that stars a man in the full flushes of middle age" age 52, and a young woman who is 23 years old. They are not lovers, but become a team. In some ways she is 'above him' - she is the boss, but somehow he is her mentor, but on a very personal level. She is an officer; he is a Sergeant.
Now, I have noticed that some people have actually been reading the novel An Adventure in Indianapolis over at myebook.com and this is very exciting for me. If any of you readers come across this blog, please attach comments as I would love to hear from you.
I have some other ideas, but if anyone wants a sequel, I need to know as I aim to please.
Right now, this blog seems a bit like this.
I first began this blog hoping to find out who would like an SF series about mercenaries that stars a man in the full flushes of middle age" age 52, and a young woman who is 23 years old. They are not lovers, but become a team. In some ways she is 'above him' - she is the boss, but somehow he is her mentor, but on a very personal level. She is an officer; he is a Sergeant.
Now, I have noticed that some people have actually been reading the novel An Adventure in Indianapolis over at myebook.com and this is very exciting for me. If any of you readers come across this blog, please attach comments as I would love to hear from you.
I have some other ideas, but if anyone wants a sequel, I need to know as I aim to please.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Will the world ever meet Gezka FaucMerz?
The author's personal saga of what has happened with the first of the SF Gezka & Kiel novels is the story of a real life series of tribulations in the life of a woman in her early 20s; her work life, her life as a high performance undergraduate and her first intensely passionate romance that culminated in a marriage that painfully turned into a travesty of error until it ended despite her protestations. That was the late 1980s.
Somehow in all that, the novel managed to be honed into a decent 2nd draft, to have the normal 5 readers...but then, neither was committed to secure computer filings and there were only two complete manuscripts. One ended up on the reverse side of letters to a university professor of philosophy and the other ended up tucked away amongst the things of a helpful but very short term lover. That was the early 1990s.
The novel managed to get an agent and to be reconstructed up to about 30,000 words in 2008 only to be lost to the demon "make back up files" in a hardware accident that irreparably fried it.
Somehow in all that, the novel managed to be honed into a decent 2nd draft, to have the normal 5 readers...but then, neither was committed to secure computer filings and there were only two complete manuscripts. One ended up on the reverse side of letters to a university professor of philosophy and the other ended up tucked away amongst the things of a helpful but very short term lover. That was the early 1990s.
The novel managed to get an agent and to be reconstructed up to about 30,000 words in 2008 only to be lost to the demon "make back up files" in a hardware accident that irreparably fried it.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
On Gezka FaucMerz
Gezka FaucMerz is biological, but intentionally designed. LOL, this takes "breeding" issues to a whole new level. It may remind people of that movie that starred Harrison Ford and some good looking young women as "synthetic people" - what the heck was film called again? Was that Moonraker, or is that a different SF story?
Are there enough readers who would be interested in a powerful full grown virgin warrior as a main character? Comments welcomed. I'm thinking men and women won't have the same feelings about this, but I could be wrong; please tell me.
Are there enough readers who would be interested in a powerful full grown virgin warrior as a main character? Comments welcomed. I'm thinking men and women won't have the same feelings about this, but I could be wrong; please tell me.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Kiel Bronson and Gail Murphy
Kiel Bronson actually gets a girlfriend. This is not unusual for him. He is not what some would call "a player" - he is a genuine fellow when it comes to love and passion.
He meets Gail Murphy after she has been hired to be one of The Children of Loki - a mercenary order. She is a pilot and an engineer, which is a powerful combination. She's also good looking which is a major bonus. Gail is a lot younger than Kiel.
Somehow they end up together. These two are pretty 'with it'. They communicate well and figure out that they have 2 simple choices. They can either do without, or suffer the occasional off duty one night stand or they can try romancing one another even though they are work colleagues because, well, since they are part of the same order they will see one another again. They opt for this emotionally pragmatic choice.
He meets Gail Murphy after she has been hired to be one of The Children of Loki - a mercenary order. She is a pilot and an engineer, which is a powerful combination. She's also good looking which is a major bonus. Gail is a lot younger than Kiel.
Somehow they end up together. These two are pretty 'with it'. They communicate well and figure out that they have 2 simple choices. They can either do without, or suffer the occasional off duty one night stand or they can try romancing one another even though they are work colleagues because, well, since they are part of the same order they will see one another again. They opt for this emotionally pragmatic choice.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Cross pollination of fiction characters
What would happen if Gezka FaucMerz met Father O'Malley? The first is from the SF novel The Children of Loki also called In the Blink of an Alien Eye. The second is from An Adventure in Indianapolis. In truth, unless Father O'Malley had special protection or unless the FaucMerz did not meet the priest until years after she met Kiel Bronson she would slaughter the priest - literally: the only other exception would be if God personally intervened with more power than an older brother between siblings.
O'Malley's soul is probably in better shape than Gezka's but its not really her fault. She was conditioned to be a fighter in every way and on every level. Her big thing is really that when she went AWOL from Emperor Rejkyavik's "space navy" she seized what little free will there might be in her otherwise thoroughly arranged life. Gezka's human makers planned to give her only slightly more free will than you expect your washing machine to have - only sentient.
O'Malley's soul is probably in better shape than Gezka's but its not really her fault. She was conditioned to be a fighter in every way and on every level. Her big thing is really that when she went AWOL from Emperor Rejkyavik's "space navy" she seized what little free will there might be in her otherwise thoroughly arranged life. Gezka's human makers planned to give her only slightly more free will than you expect your washing machine to have - only sentient.
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