Fiction Writing
Novel Writing
I am working on the third draft of Branded. It is one of five novel-length manuscripts I have completed to at least the first-draft stage.
Branded
A group of teenagers find themselves in a futuristic facility. They have no idea how they got there or why. No other people are there. What is going on?
I’ll Just Watch it on YouTube
Set in 2060, Jim is a young journo on a trip to see Kakadu National Park before the sea completely inundates it. On the way, he comes upon an SUV parked on the side of the road with the driver’s door wide open. He can’t see its driver, so he stops to investigate. What follows leads him to witness some of the most significant events in human history.
Jack Logan Astronaut
Jack is suicidal. He decides to end his life by jumping off a cliff. Instead of dying, he wakes up 300 years later on a spaceship.
Stalking Tigers
A scientist is terraforming a planet hundreds of light-years from Earth. He wakes from a decade-long cryo-sleep, and his AI informs him that another ship has crash-landed on his planet.
I also recently completed the first draft of a sequel to Branded.
Short stories
The Real – Honest to Goodness – True Story of Ned Kelly. (As Related by a Remote Viewer).
What would you do if you could go back in time and inhabit Ned Kelly’s mind? Probably not what scientist Pissedoff Pigsarse does.
It’s a science fiction time-travelling farce.
Further short stories to be added shortly.
National Novel Writing Month
November each year used to be National Novel Writing Month. During that month, participants try to write 50,000 words of a novel. I completed the challenge four times: 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2023.
I found it easiest to complete in 2023 when I wrote much of the sequel to Branded. As it was a sequel, I had already done most of the character profiles, world-building, and research.
Due to financial and administrative turmoil, the original NaNoWriMo is no longer operational, but there are alternatives, such as NaNo 2.0. The novel writing month is excellent for those seeking motivation to write, and an increased enthusiasm for writing usually persists after the event.
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