Monthly Archives: December 2013

A-Team Losers

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Fraser

So, this morning – thanks to Netflix – I re-watched Joe Carnahan’s the A-Team, with Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and – a personal favourite – Jessica Biel. When I was a kid, I watched the … Continue reading →

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Blighted Earth – The Story

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Fraser

All this thinking about Blighted Earth has helped me refine my thinking on the story. I’ve always been a fan of the Searchers-style storyline, where a group is in search of a captured innocent, generally one that has an emotional … Continue reading →

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Blighted Earth – Meet the Team

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Fraser

For Blighted Earth, the main characters are part of a military unit. The sergeant, whom I wrote about in my last post, has retired and accepts a contract or other agreement to return to the military. Four other members of … Continue reading →

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Blighted Earth – The Sergeant

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Fraser

Last post, I talked about the setting for Blighted Earth. Now I’m going to record some thoughts on some characters. This is going to be a story about a military team sent out to find a traitor who had once … Continue reading →

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Blighted Earth – the Setting

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Fraser

The post-apocalyptic story idea is still banging around in my head, so let’s get some of this down on paper (figuratively) to help shape it. It’s kind of more fun that way. It also ensures I won’t forget it. I’d … Continue reading →

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Visiting Post-Apocalyptia

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Fraser

Playing less Fallout 3 (because I’ve completed most of the quests and the downloadable content), but it got me thinking about post-apocalyptic fiction. I’ve read little of it, enjoying post-apoc movies rather than books (unless you count Gene Wolfe’s The … Continue reading →

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A Journey Through the (Writing) Desert

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Fraser

I haven’t written any fiction in a long time. At the beginning of November, I made a couple of attempts at a first chapter for Daughter of Glory. Those didn’t work out well. I decided to hop forward to the … Continue reading →

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Fallout From Video Games (see what I did there?)

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Fraser

Okay, cut the cricket sounds. I get it, I get it. I’ve been neglecting my blog. But see, there’s a really good reason for that. I’m addicted to a video game. Oh, and a TV series. I’ve made mention before … Continue reading →

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