2010-07-01

could never kill a character off 'just because'. Death is a literary device that I use sparingly and think through thoroughly beforehand.

2010-07-02

The wholesale use of death, written as a commodity, can desensitize an audience to its impact. My intent was not abundance but importance.

2010-07-03

A line from my song, 'War of the Arts', best sums this all up: "After all, what's more powerful: Having the power to kill or not using it?"

2010-07-04

Numerous opportunities presented themselves during the writing of SSC2 for me to provide social commentary on a range of different topics.

2010-07-05

On responsibility, mine is not to preach but to present. Characters have opinions and audiences get to decide. It's like pure journalism.

2010-07-06

Distancing myself from the politics of the characters' opinions always allowed me the ability to tell stories from multiple points of view.

2010-07-07

might not agree with the views of some characters, but this had nothing to do with his decision to write about those noteworthy viewpoints.

2010-07-08

If it did, I'd never have effective antagonists or conflict, and everybody would just sit around agreeing all day - not my idea of utopia.

2010-07-09

Also, I'm not writing propaganda, so my personal beliefs don't need to enter into it in a manner that skews the actual story's objectivity.

2010-07-10

The often missed part of Science Fiction is its vision which gets people to talk about difficult subjects. There's nothing geek about that.

2010-07-11

The other part that Science Fiction is more casually known for is its technology. I made sure to step this up in SSC2 and had fun doing so.

2010-07-12

SSC wasn't lacking in any way, and it cracks me up that SpaceStation Colt wasn't even seen until the story was almost half over - by design.

2010-07-13

Technology is one tool in the arsenal for telling a Science Fiction story, and I credit my reading/studying of Action novels for that tact.

2010-07-14

At the core of what I'm writing are Action novels with Romance and Science Fiction elements - violent stories for sensitive intellectuals.

2010-07-15

Soon, that formula will branch out to other projects, but this time I'd be tackling Action novels with either Fantasy or Horror elements.

2010-07-16

always despised the idea of having to wait (sometimes years) until larger projects were completed to tell stories that were on his mind now.

2010-07-17

In the zone from inspiration but unconscious from motivation, I pushed myself and fed off of the creative energies which SSC2 had generated.

2010-07-18

Creatively, I was at the top of my game and began shooting free throws with my left hand in deciding to write Criticality at the same time.

2010-07-19

Criticality is really SpaceStation Colt 2.5 because it fits within SSC2 and SSC3, affects, and is affected by the overall series continuity.

2010-07-20

No less epic, Criticality focused on the often overlooked civilian aspect whereas SpaceStation Colt detailed the core militaristic element.

2010-07-21

Cameos to the respective series will be made - wouldn't have it any other way. That not only increases their stock but it's exciting too.

2010-07-22

If SpaceStation Colt is the literary work written like a movie, Criticality is the literary work written very much like a television series.

2010-07-23

Very episodic in nature, the pacing of Criticality is swift, so I was able to take some liberties with content flow. It has its own appeal.

2010-07-24

Treating Criticality as a monthly serial kept the fans engaged during my writing of SSC2 since each, unedited chapter was offered for free.

2010-07-25

This practice invariably increased readership as some are finicky - needing to sample work before committing the mental effort to follow it.

2010-07-26

Now, a vessel exists to be able to expand the series and universe with minor characters who are more than capable of carrying major stories.

2010-07-27

Another thing it will allow me to do is to tell concise and credible stories from numerous different points of view - including antagonists.

2010-07-28

Interweaving stories was a skill that I learned very early on as a child because I loved the idea of crossovers introduced to me by comics.

2010-07-29

loved the idea of those gigantic creative universes because individual events carried a literary butterfly effect to all corners of them.

2010-07-30

always admired the ability of characters to show up in other characters' stories and entirely different imprints altogether. He took notes.

2010-07-31

The trick is for the visitors to not overshadow the home characters unless some other purpose is at work, but the stakes do invariably rise.