Recent content by PelenTan

Yes, this is what I do. However, that is actually immaterial. What matters is what people read and enjoy. An example from my books. To get from system to system they travel through Transspace. They go through Entrance to and Emergence from using "Veil Hooks". All this is based on hard...

First rule: Organic only. Two businessmen using a teleporter to get to work on a different planet are going to have two concerns: does it work and will it make them spill their coffee. There is no reason to go into any detail that they, the actors, wouldn't notice or care about. Second rule...

First, I would break it to your parents gently. ;-) And be prepared for them to look at you and say "duh!" I can't say that I've ever had a character completely surprise me like that. However I have had characters grow in ways I hadn't really planned. For example two female characters hook...

In my books, I generally use what my father calls the Star Trek description. Meaning I name it, using it in context. For example: That way you get the use out of the animal that you need and you allow the reader to fill in the rest.

Or at least, new to the writing novels. I've written a number of things over my many years. It's only now that I've started serious writing. Hopefully becoming a professional. I've completed and self-published my first book, Firing of the Crucible. It's the first in what is going to be a...