What does one do when you plan to change the worlds? Well, you usually start by thinking you are powerful enough to do it. So what do you do if you truly are that powerful? Is it possible to earn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for August, 2014
“Uniformity is Strength” is another phrase I’ve heard before. It’s even wronger than the other one. Yeah, we wear uniforms. Yeah, we build standard weapons and take them to war. But this is all equipment. It’s the people that make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The War forced us to change. No longer could we remain apart, watch, and protect. We forged relationships built on absolute trust and understanding, stronger than the bonds of lovers, to fight on a front spanning thousands of lightyears. An[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have spent my entire life since the moment I understood what life was all about preparing for the future. My family is rich and powerful and we look out for our interests. We keep secrets, both our own and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Diversity is Strength” is a phrase I’ve heard many people say. That’s a bit touchy feely for me. And if you take that too far it’s real bad. If diversity is what you chase to the exclusion of all else,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For two thousand years the cybernetic intelligences of Pelora took care of those we chose to defend. Most Peloran don’t want to fight after all. They will if ordered which made them good soldiers for the Ennead, but few volunteer.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gencon was a good time for me. If you are a writer, the writer’s symposium alone is worth going to and they have established writers giving out secrets of writing they’ve learned the hard way. So I learned a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Names have meaning. Names have power. And different cultures need different names to portray that. The name Cowboy works for an America with a history of wide-open spaces and ranches covering hundreds of miles but the Europeans have no link[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We Americans have a saying. “From many, one.” Some people even say it in Latin. The point is that we all have our differences, the things that make us unique. Even us Cowboys. Especially Cowboys. It’s really hard to say[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the end it was The War that truly changed us all. We could not use the same tactics we used to save the Peloran two thousand years ago. The Shang were not the Ennead and the Terran were not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…