Tag: space opera
-
Novel Changes 💩
During June, I collected some critiques of A Star Apart second draft. That’s when I understood I had a big problem, or multiple big problems. After years of short story critiques on critters.org, I knew the process and how valuable it could be. I was prepared to receive constructive criticism on issues. I wasn’t prepared…
-
Solum Timeline ⌛
The Solum timeline begins with their first civilization about twenty-four thousand years ago. They refer to this period as the First Civ, which lasted almost nine thousand years before a catastrophic collapse. First Civ achieved industrialization and averted many wars during this time due to the positive influence of the Five Ways of Community. However,…
-
A Star Apart Glossary 🪱
A Star Apart is intended to be an immersive experience. It takes place on worlds alien to humans. The main character is not human, has a non-human perspective, speaks a language we have never heard, and exists in a unique culture. Viewed from the perspective that alien lifeforms are completely Other, such a story might be difficult…
-
Solum Body 🪱
Here are some fun facts about protagonist Marella Trasp’s Solum body from my upcoming novel, A Star Apart. The Solum body is fleshy, with ten segments, like an oversized annelid worm with evolved enhancements. Each of the six rear segments, known as aft segments, have a pair of short legs with wide toe-pads that stick to…
-
Being Solum 🪱
It’s tough being Solum. Two hundred ten thousand light years away from the Swyrl galaxy, the Solum inhabit the planetary system circling the star Waol. These blue-blooded, six-eyed, four-armed, twelve-legged, sentient, segmented worms evolved on their home planet, Halm. We humans know that galaxy as the Milky Way. When the Solum view Swyrl, they see…