Survey opportunities

Respondents to my survey earlier this month have helped pinpoint problems with my Amazon presentation and allowed me to make some improvements. I still have $10 Amazon certificates for a few more participants to test out the new page and fill in a brief survey. Please visit https://forms.gle/RZJGWQvd1yooRVwB7 to get started.

Paint a Picture

Last week we took a mini vacation. We rented a cabin on a private in the Catskills near Lake George, did some kayaking, sightseeing, and just relaxing. It was good for story ideas in more ways than one.

Otherworldly landscapes are expected for science fiction stories, but sometimes they're in our backyard. Just transplant them to a faraway planet with a strange name, and there's that sense of wonder. At one of our stops, we walked along a rushing mountain river, tumbling over rocks, taking sharp turns as it followed the contours of the mountain. As we rounded a bend, the river poured into a crevasse and vanished underground. We descended steps cut into the gorge and entered a cave. At the end of the first room, the entire river thundered by on its underground course. Colored lights illuminated the cave and the water, changing slowly, bringing out different different moods like photographic filters. Hellish red, calming green, eerie yellow. That will be good background for a future story.