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On Alien Biology and ‘Hard Sci-Fi’
I’m building a new species of monster. That means I’m making up stuff again. The squishy sort of stuff, things an autopsy, a scanning electron microscope, centrifuges, and spectrometers might be involved with if these monsters were real-world organisms. Building … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fiction, Writing
Tagged aliens, apex predator, hard sci-fi, predator, sci-fi, sigotha, the crux, William V. Burns
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Welcome to Often Inspired!
“If the public likes you, you’re good.” — Mickey Spillane Our signature motto is “Be true to your reader and the rest will follow.” Have faith in your reader, but earn their trust first. Write something they would … Continue reading
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Tagged Often Inspired, welcome, William V. Burns, writing
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Timeless
What makes a work of fiction echo down the ages, relevant to all who read it? How can you craft a story, or a book, or a script that will resonate cleanly to readers who come to your work after … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Novels, Readers, Writing
Tagged A Study in Scarlet, Mystery, novel, Often Inspired, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Victorian, Watson, William V. Burns
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