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Squirrels at War: Postscript
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Squirrels at War: Conclusion
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"Yes." #WritingCommunity
Squirrels at War: The Cavalry Arrives
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It's like Meet the Author, only not really. #WritingCommunity
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#writingcommunity Please, I'd love your thoughts, insights, advice. I have two books trad published, very different, different publishers. One is a big publisher and has been in print for 30 years. But even with that, what I am writing now is so out there, I don't think a trad publisher is going to pick it up. So where and how to publish? 1/2
Squirrels at War: Hopeless Situation
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** I sent the followi…
Squirrels at War: Drifting Hulk
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** Stone swarm still had 2…
"The First Draft of Anything Is Shit" / Hemingway via Samuelson?
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Squirrels at War: Drone Swarm
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** Our attack on the pod ship had revealed our precise location to anyone who was paying attention. Gentle Ripple shifted course and accelerated. It was…
Squirrels at War: Wild Card
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** The destruction of the Lion’s Tooth left us stunned. Then Maven said, “It’s not quite as bad as it looks. The cannon shells that hit Floating Seed were…
Squirrels at War: Losses
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** Maven woke me up by gradually increasing the light source. I hadn’t dreamed at all. No green ooze, no Ilyrians collapsing and crumpling up when the herbic…
Squirrels at War: Shuteye
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** The Dazzler announced that she would remain as neutral observer for the Terran Triplanetary Federation but would defend herself if attacked again. Captai…
Heads up for #writingcommunity regarding Graveside Press.
Squirrels at War: Injection
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** I asked Maven about the effects of our drone injections on Ilyrian ships. She played an intercepted video that came from the first injected ship, the o…
Squirrels at War: Maneuvers
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** The Ilyrians who had gone after the fake ship Lion’s Nose had blasted the beacon and were now after the Dazzler. If they fired on it, Terrans would be …
Squirrels at War: A Brief Respite
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** We thought about launching some drones into the periphery of the debris field, programmed to attack anything Ilyrian that came near. We decided a…
Always, always, ALWAYS check out the "source" of any promotional offers you get. Don't click links in the message. Go to your favorite search engine, look up the organization, and verify from there.
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Squirrels at War: First Kill
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** On the coms I heard “Chit chit chit chit chit! Chit chit chit chit chit!” The translator just said, “Celebratory noises.” The Tweedles were happy. I w…
Squirrels at War: First Strike
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** Normally with a new ship we would go on a shakedown cruise for several weeks to test systems and fix bugs. We didn’t have the time. We had to hope t…
Squirrels at War: Drone Mother
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** As it turned out, I was put in command of an entirely new type of warship, a drone mother. This was largely due to Zuki’s recommendation, but also b…
Squirrels at War: Flight School
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** After the probe was destroyed, the Ilyrian scout ships disappeared. We were sure they would be back, but in what force and for what purpose, no one…
Squirrels at War: Herbicide
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** That night, in my new room, I had a different version of my repeating anxiety dream. Instead of the Iskan ripping a giant hole in the hull of the Magic…