Sheesh...first, an entire week without my computer when the evil forces of the Digital Age decided to corrupt the files in my machine! Then, I took a header on an icy sidewalk and spent the week with a sore shoulder reminding me of my mortality!
But, that's all just late winter complaining when cabin fever sets in with a vengeance in Wisconsin! So, how to combat it?
Write a book, of course! I took all the snow and the cold and the irritation and threw it 600 years into the future and let my characters in the first draft of The Blood of Fragger Sparks handle it!
That's the wonderful thing about being a science fiction writer (or any other kind of writer). You take what's inside your head and turn it into a story instead of letting it fester until spring arrives.
That means....dangerous four-legged predators...even more dangerous two-legged ones...inter-planetary, inter-galactic, and inter-multiverse intrigue! What fun and what a relief from the tedious February winter days!
Of course, when summer eventually arrives and I want to escape the heat, then I'll do exactly the same thing - send my characters into the coldest, sweetest hell possible to keep myself cool!
It doesn't get any better than that!
Hey, take your own trip out the freezing cold or boiling heat by reading the three books (listed below) leading up to my book-in-progress, The Blood of Fragger Sparks. Your mind and body will appreciate it!
The First Misadventure of Fragger Sparks, A Ranger Leads the Way
The Second Misadventure of Fragger Sparks, A Ranger Loses His Way
The Third Misadventure of Fragger Sparks, A Ranger Paves the Way
Friday, February 19, 2010
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