Recent content by Kobun

I couldn't say without looking at the manuscript, but from the sound of it you may be right about having too many. I remember reading a William Johnstone book awhile back and every. single. chapter. ended. with. an. earth. shaking. revelation. By chapter four I was rolling my eyes. If the book...

When I'm having a hard time with how awful I think my writing is, I just have to force myself to keep writing. Stick to a minimum wordcount, just get the words down. If I'm struggling with a scene, I won't be writing that scene forever. Eventually I'll get to something that I like, and then I'll...

Honestly, I try to buckle down and finish what I'm working on. I'm easily distracted by new and shiny things and if I open the gateway to giving up on a story because a new idea comes along I know I'll never finish anything.

Trying to learn the not-so-subtle art of Military Sci-Fi so I pulled out a Battletech book I remembered loving in middle-school. Double-Blind by Loren Coleman.

I prefer to get stories any way I can. Ebooks and print books both have their pros and cons, but ultimately it's the book contained within the paper or device that matters.

This was always a pet peeve of mine. In short, I don't. What ever phase my civilization has been at, they've been there for one, two centuries at most. People spend too much time working out solutions and thinking up improvements for anything more to be realistic. I think the reason you see...

Well, and to Mr. Smith's point, the longer the barrel the better the accuracy you'll receive. Rifling is dandy, but it's not the only advancement that granted reach.

I do the same. I'm currently wrapped in a thick blanket of Martian colonization and giant robots. :D Truthfully what works for some won't work for all. It's good to keep in mind the pitfalls of using music but is it really works for you then just keep doing what works for you.

I love Two Steps From Hell! Honestly, I'm a little iffy about writing with music. I use it for brainstorming constantly but not much for putting down words. I started to notice scenes lacked the impact I thought they'd had originally because upon later reading information wasn't listening to...

Gnome saga?? Please elaborate.

Finished Red Seas Under Red Skies last night. Started Tom Merritt's Citadel 32 this morning. Needed a break from fantasy.

Googled it so I could say I pronounced it right (a-on) and discovered I say it wrong. Apparently it's e-on.

Guns as a populist tool to equalize engagements with the elitist magic wielders seems more likely to me, but obsolete...? I'm not so sure. When compared with the already existing versatility of war mages, given the clumsiness of early firearms attempts people inventing guns might question the...

Don't beat yourself up, man. Tolkien is dry at the best of times. In Silmarillion he's practically desiccating. It's a hard book to get through, with it's abrahamic prose and dense narrative. I've never been able to get through it myself, either.

I really need to finish that game.