One of the stars of the recent boom in science fiction literature is Nick Webb. Now, if your’re reading this, Nick, I would describe you as a very annoying kind of author Not only does he sell a gazillion copies of his books, which come out more regularly than mine, but he also has a…
via Nick Webb’s Constitution deal, and my new book is out next week — The Human Legion
Hey Space Cadets, I wanted to share a wonderful article about a flaw most creative types share. We compare ourselves to others and often find ourselves wanting. It’s important to remember that, in the game of life, you’re only competing against yourself.
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
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by Kate M. Colby
‘Comparisonitis’ is the most infectious disease in the writer community. Can you blame us? When John’s book has 100 five-star reviews and Jane has written six books this year and Joe has landed a major publishing deal, it’s difficult not to feel jealous and shame yourself for what you are/aren’t accomplishing.
Here’s your gentle reminder to CUT. IT. OUT.
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Hey Space Cadets, I hope everyone is having a spectacular day!! I’m doing great, I had a moment on release day where The Legion Awakes was #27 in the Hot New Releases for Military Science Fiction (Space Marine) and #44 in the broader Hot New Releases for Military Science Fiction. Thank you, sincerely, for being a part of my team and joining me in the trenches! To be honest, we don’t plan to be a flash in the pan. The plan for The Sleeping Legion Series is one of a slow burn, as we build an awesome series. We hope the readers agree, and join us on this adventure.
Moving right along to the topic at hand, today Boss Man posted an interview he conducted with me and I thought I would share the link. If you want to learn more about the craziness behind my shenanigans, click here.
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
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Hey Space Cadets, here’s a quick look into how the sausage is made from Boss Man! Take a peek and leave some love!
Our book mobilization is almost complete. Here are the dates: The Sleeping Legion book1: The Legion Awakes will be launched tomorrow (Dec. 19th). Revenge Squad book1: After War goes live on Tuesday (Dec. 20th) The Sleeping Legion book2: Fortress Beta City is launched on Wednesday (Dec. 21st) If you’ve joined the Legion then you should…
via What it’s like to make books — The Human Legion
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
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Hello Space Cadets, how are you today? I’m doing outstanding, getting ready for the launch of my debut novel The Legion Awakes and hoping everyone loves it. Paying back my mom for what we spent in the pre-publication stage wouldn’t hurt either! To do that, people have to find me, so that lets me justify my time playing on my blog. Shh, if anyone asks it’s for work (nods vigorously).
Today I wanted to talk to you about a feature of Tim’s website that has a metric frakk ton of information about his world building. He labels these Infopedia’s, and they read like an encyclopedia entry. They’re written in from the perspective of future historians studying the past, the eras we both write in. It was a lot of fun to read when I was first introduced to his world as a reader. I often refer to it as I write as well, and since I started this World Building Series Tim has been inspired to update this section on his own blog.
In addition, these posts serve as additional cannon support for the Universal Codex that my editor posted about over on his blog. Sometimes they’re called other things as well; Universe Bible, World Building Style Guide or their brain dumps. If you don’t follow him, and you love reading and writing, you should check him out.
I’m sorry this wasn’t a more exciting post, but I felt that I needed to point everyone in the right direction to see the building blocks of my works. From here on out, I’ll be focusing on the things I added to the universe and will let Tim embellish his own idea babies. Hopefully this helps, and wasn’t too disappointing. As you know, I’ve been handling the pre-publication details of my first two novels.
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
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Hello Space Cadets, how are you today? I’m doing outstanding, biting my nails as we launch my debut novel The Legion Awakes. I’m anxiously waiting, hoping everyone loves it, because I’ve poured my soul into it. Paying back my mom for what we spent in the pre-publication stage wouldn’t hurt either! It’s officially out in the world, so mosey on over to the Amazon link and take a look!
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
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An excellent and well thought out article on symbolism in your writing!
Hello Space Cadets, how are you today? I’m doing good and going through my interweb folders and finding older posts that nobody read. I want to bring them into the light of day now that this is a real blog, so bear with me. This was my fourth post, so climb with me into the wayback machine and let’s go! I won’t even edit the errors, so you can see how far we’ve come!
Beep, bop, boop, beep…..
Today I was, in fact, playing with Legos. My wife came home to find me playing with Legos after a long hard day at work housewifing. Naturally she was curious, as there was real work to be done. Dishes to be washed, Christmas presents to be wrapped, good ole fashioned adulting. My answer was simple, “I’m building sand-tables.” What are sand-tables you ask? Well, they are places where you use sand that can be molded to accurately represent the topography of a specific battlefield. Basically, you use a sandbox to plan your battles. When I used this in Army ROTC, we sometimes even used little green army men! I seem to remember those little troopers being the same color my face turned after I ate my first MRE!!! I am using Legos (as well as army men, yay!) for this purpose, allowing me to plan out a battle that makes sense and can be clearly explained. Hopefully this means I write better battle scenes, but at a minimum this helps me clarify things in my own head. That’s an important factor if I’m going to tell that story to my audience. Let’s just say she wasn’t convinced, but finally my puppy dog eyes paid off.
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
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Hello Space Cadets, today I’m the bearer of bad news. Today we mourn the loss of one of my closest friends and a staple of the first two Sleeping Legion novels. Additionally, I had the unpleasant duty of killing off several Red Shirts and my heart breaks. My spouse might call them imaginary, but I know they’re real. She also likes to point out that it was I who killed them. Yes, cold hearted bastard that I am, I killed them all. Almost an entire regiment had to die today, so that Serendine might be free of the New Order heathens. I know the truth, they were cold heartedly murdered by those Hardit scum. In memoriam, I would like a moment of silence as we celebrate those poor young lives cut drastically short by the ravages of war.
Thank you for your kind considerations. Please make all bereavement donations to the Human Legion Widows and Orphans Fund.
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
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An insightful look into what makes a hero! Follow the rabbit trail and take a look! 🙂
If Quintessential Editor could use a few of those greens he consumes so readily to help apply better terms, that would be amazing, but when discussing the contrast between the traditional hero and the flawed hero, I felt inspired (thanks Rough and Ready Fiction!) to offer a few case studies and offer my thoughts and opinions.
There are a lot of sources that describe a lot of hero archetypes. The reason I didn’t narrow down to one source is more because I don’t feel there’s a TON of consistency out there, so I’ll use the terms that make the most sense to me and you can decide on what terms you like best. I’m more interested in discussing my thoughts than I am determining the best terms in this regard.
The Traditional Hero: He’s the nice guy’s nice guy. He’s the white knight. The man of principle. He’s the…
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