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The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 46 – Kindle Testing

The Kindle has finally gotten to the point where I can seriously consider porting scripts to it. I’m still in the testing phase, but I think it looks promising. TCW scripts make for some convenient test cases.

Holiday Watch: Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas

In a nutshell, the premise is 2006’s The Holiday except played with different situations/characters. It basically is about two people finding unexpected romance after they swap homes for the holidays. However, while the premise is familiar, this isn’t just a slapdash redux of the previous film.

Rules? What Rules? (Patricia C. Wrede)

If somebody’s writing “rule” has the word “never” in it, or can be easily rephrased so as to have the word “never” …

The Carnival as Life’s Metaphor

When I was a kid, I used to love when the traveling carnivals would stop and pitch their rides and tents…

Hunk of Text Cut From QSS Revision

As I mentioned in a previous journal entry, I’ve been diligently working on revising my novel, Que Sera Serees, so it’s in fine shape when I release it on Kindle. If it seems like it’s taken a while…well, there is a good reason for that

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 45 – Nuclear Reality Imitating Art

I’d be lying if I said this excerpt from The Connor Wars F0401 – “Chronicle” (pp 23-24) wasn’t often on my mind as images and videos of the deteriorating situation at the Daiichi nuclear facility have been released.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 44 – Extra04

As most of you have noticed, I recently posted a new Connor Wars episode. I thought I’d take a moment to share a few thoughts about it as well as other notions about what may yet come.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 43 – Thinking About Cam and Ali

Reflecting on Cameron and Allison’s perspective on their relationships as well as my perspective, as a writer, on my relationship with them.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 42 – Six Months Done…Or Am I?

It’s been about six months since I finished up season 4 of The Connor Wars. Since I’ve obviously not been posting about that as much as I was, I thought y’all might like a bit of an update.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 41 – How To Do It

I thought I’d take a few moments and give my thoughts on Terminatory production items. As this is a “Writer’s Room” entry, I think it’s fair to say there will be some thoughts on TCW as well.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 40 – Tech Choices

Prepping for The Connor Wars was an interesting exercise. The big thing was deciding how much of the future world we had seen that I was going to use

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 39 – Flotsam and Jetsam

Again, I don’t really have enough of any one thing for a Writer’s Room. So, here are some housekeeping bits and a few comments.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 38 – Bits and Pieces

I don’t really have enough of any one thing for a Writer’s Room, but I do have lot of little bits. So, here are the bits.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 37 – Vlog: More Q and A

More questions about what happened in The Connor Wars? No problem. I’ll answer what I can.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 36 – Vlog: Q and A

Questions about what happened in The Connor Wars? No problem. I’ll answer what I can.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 35 – That Was Nifty

It’s been a very long year. It was an exhausting year, both physically and mentally. And I can’t remember having more fun playing–ever–than with TCW. I’ve described it as being like having a birthday or Xmas everyday for a year.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 34 – Ask Your Questions in the Comments

As I expected, with the finale being posted, there are a lot of questions getting asked. Many of them I’ve expected. Some are new. Since I’m now in a place where there aren’t spoilers I need to be wary about, please ask away. It can be about the finale or anything about the series. I’ll answer what I know in soon-to-come posts/vlogs/podcasts.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 33 – The Cam and Cat Factors

There’s been discussion in the forum about the natures of the main robots, Cameron Phillips and Catherine Weaver. This is obviously something I really had to make decisions about before I even started writing The Connor Wars.

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