E.Jo3

I like the pharmacy idea. Thank you Rose!

@curious1

Hi! That already sounds like a really fun premise!

Let me see, I think the most likely way to make money without getting in too much trouble would be to steal and sell things.

The safer, more obvious choice would be tools. I don’t know how it works for the setting, but surgical tools might be worth something and it would be easy e…[Read more]

Thank you, Jess! (@toljamedia)

That is very encouraging.  I am becoming increasingly alarmed by the serious attention given to the “transhumanism” movement that is taking over our youth cultures who are abandoning faith and moral and foundational traditions that have stabilized communities. These “self-defined progressives” are instead becoming…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy just hearing “I like sci fi and I like that idea” is actually a great encouragement for what I’m trying to figure out lol. Thanks so much!

@toljamedia

So, I don’t have much/any advice on the publishing front, but I just had to pop in and comment!

I want to be able to talk about God like its 1880s Kansas, but with the sense of yearning and progress that space provides. I have an agricultural research planet run by an interstellar version of NASA. The rest of the plot is just dealing…

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If you’re still interested in the theme (which I certainly find interesting!) I see no reason to let it go.

It doesn’t strike me as derivative of 80s movies. At least from the part posted, I get more of an Andy Weir vibe, the near-future perspective, pulling from all those extant schools and organizations. Also, even amid words like “quarantine,”…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Thank you so much for that advice! I’ll look into those things, it helps a lot! I’m really excited to keep working on it! 🙂

Here’s just a little something I wrote which shows some misdirection:

Rathburn did not know what he was in for. We had found strategic positions and lay in wait for him. There was not a lot of cover, so we had to find safe positions behind the austerely furnished room. Getting access had taken months of planning. Rathburn often worked late nights…[Read more]

I am very glad to have helped. Your insights have helped me many times, so I am pleased to return the favor.

Another thing I would mention is to layer misdirection or false trails within the story. Sometimes these are called “red herrings” in the writer’s guides.
Have several characters have reasonable motives for wanting to off the victims. …[Read more]