What does your writing folder look like? By ‘writing folder’, I mean whatever you use to organize your writing. It can be paper books or pads, typed pages, old floppy discs, iomega zip discs, cd’s, dvd’s – even tape recordings. (I use these as examples because the photo shows all the ways I have...
I kept noticing these strange looking cacti everywhere I went up in the mountains this summer. I don’t remember seeing them before. They were on the side of the road, along trails, pretty much everywhere I looked. I thought it odd, so I finally broke down and started snapping some photos. I can only...
One day I was sitting here and I thought, we need more cowboys in space. This lead me to sit down at the computer and start writing. The result was originally called ‘The Brothers of Katie Rose’; an homage to the classic western flick, ‘The Sons of Katie Elder’, but then I changed it...
/begin random thoughts The balance between work and not work is always a tricky one. You have to work in order to succeed (sorry if I just burst a bubble there for you – it really is true. Promise). You have to enjoy your work or you won’t do it well and, therefore, won’t...
Just a quick post – John Anealio asked me to take part in a fantastic idea called ‘Interstellar Jukebox’ wherein he asks a bunch of great writers, bloggers, musicians, and podcasters to search through their music and weigh in on some Sci-Fi related music topic. I was thrilled and honored to be asked to...
Actually spent a little time this evening going through my Google Reader and looking for interesting things to share. Technology / Science News Google’s Nexus One phone sparks flood of complaints. Just eight days after Google opened its online store to sell the new Nexus One smartphone directly to customers, its support forums have...
© 2009, Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Tales from The New Universe: The Guardian All I had to do was save the world. Her name is Alison. I met her ten years ago. We were married eighteen months later by a Priest without a flock on a mountain with the snow falling all around...
© 2009, Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Tales from The New Universe: In space, nobody knows which way is up “Four minutes of reserve oxygen remains,” said the computer voice in my ear. Mutiny. That’s what it was – mutiny! Do you know what they did to mutineers in the old days? Do you?...
Battlestar Galactica – Again. You know you kick some ass if you can show up on the list of Best Space Battles ever more than once. In this case, it’s time to head to New Caprica and kick some ass and what better way to do that then to jump your Battlestar into the...
Star Wars: Episode IV This was it – the battle to end all battles. The Rebel Alliance sending snub fighters against the Empire’s most powerful weapon ever: The Death Star! What? You telling me you couldn’t bullseye something the size of a wamprat with your T16? This battle set a tone for every space...
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