Your other stories, where do I find them?

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I am on Patreon.com

If you read my previous blog, regarding my health you may understand why I haven't been as active as a writer as I should.

The other reason is Inkitt. 

The German-based company where I "won" a publishing contract. It didn't work out as they promised. 

They published three of my novels (but not in sequence) and not edited.

I had no say in the Cover design either.

It was not entirely their fault, as I was unable to communicate after I had my stroke.

However, Inkitt told me, that they have no interest in publishing anything more, as their business model changed towards interactive novels where the readers chose the outcome, and they are only interested in romantic teenage stories.

My core audience is not teenagers, but old fashioned SF fans, and I don't think my stories are compatible with reader decided outcomes.

There were many other issues as well, long story short. A friend told me about Patreon.com.

A site where patrons support your work.

The Patreon format is not the best, for novels but it works!

Long Due update on my health

Hello Everyone,

After a long hiatus, I decided to re-engage with my Blog. Partially to use this format to promote my writing of course, and of course to connect with those who are not part of my Patreon.com fans.

First I like to apologize for this long break, and the main reason was my health.
I suffered a stroke, that affected my entire right body side. 

I could not speak, or write.
It took long months of SALT (Speech and Language Therapy) to partially regain these abilities. I am still affected and the doctors say it will never go away completely.
If that wasn't enough, during an ultrasound examination of my legs, (I developed a Deep Vein Trombosis) , the examining specialist said:"J notice a little lump on your throat, can I scan it?"

After her examination and a Needle Biopsy (https://www.thyroid.org/fna-thyroid-nodules/) it was determined that I had Stage II Thyroid Cancer,
I underwent Radioactive Iodine (Radioiodine) Therapy, Thyroid Hormone Therapy, External Beam Radiation, Chemotherapy for Thyroid Cancer and finally Thyroidectomy.
During all this, writing and blogging took a back seat. I apologize, but hopefully you understand.

Paulo R. Mendes question - Billion Year old Civilization

Recently a friend (Paulo R. Mendes) asked this question at Sci Fi Ideas : "I want to write a story about a species / culture that is a billion years old and is evil. What would be their reasons, motivations?"

A civilization that is 1 Billion years old may have entire different concepts and morals than us.

For example could the Billiontilas not just be perceived as evil because their actions are not understood?

for example a sentient ant .

How would it describe a boy burning them with a magnifying glass?

The ant would certainly describe the boy as evil. While the society the boy belongs to,thinks of him as an innocent kid playing. Not even a thought wasted on the ant.

How would you describe the motivations of God?

Sending floods and fire to destroy most of creation? Is God evil or good or simply beyond our grasp of realization?

Imagine a civilization that continuously evolves over a billion years. Do you know the entire concept of Homo Sapiens isn’t around that long?

Our perceptions of morals and ethics have certainly evolved for lets say changed from the early cave men. The entire concepts of all world religions including atheism , had to be discovered and place their influence on people.

Why was it perfectly acceptable to burn a witch or a heretic or behead an American in the name of religion and now it is seen as barbaric and unacceptable?

Now expand this concept of moral and ethic evolution across 1 billion years and you will have a result no one of us could understand.

Could you explain to a Viking why his behavior would not be acceptable in let’s say a big office of today?

Or perhaps explain to a stoneage man how a light bulb works, let alone a computer or a nuclear plant?

I think no matter what Paulo will try as an explanation would be flavored by our perception of morals and ethics. Why not simply leave it a mystery

And explain that whatever motivates them to sterilize lesser life forms is evil from the perspective of the destroyed life form but perhaps beneficial and borne out of necessities never even considered .

A bacteria would never condone oral hygiene and call mouthwash an evil invention (kills 99 % of all germs) Yet the benefits of a clean mouth would be lost to that colony of bacteria under your tongue.

The development gap between a 10,000 year society and a 1,000,000,000 year old society would be so profound different .

I doubt we would compete with them for food, space or any other requirements we would consider necessary or motivators for violent action and war.

I doubt you could explain the needs and motivations of a corporation to a three year old, in terms the child could comprehend.

Either make the species or civilization less advanced and thus more understandable or simply state :

“They came and they exterminated bilions, yet all attempts to communicate failed .When contact was finally made, the explanation given was “The Garum seeks the Igohom therefore all nuff must be netoled.”

Made perfectly sense to the Billionite but puzzled the most advanced thinkers until the end when Graum finally snuffed and all humankind was exterminated.

Young Narth

Young Narth
aka Lt.Narth , aka Narth Officer [1]

Union Citizen, Native to Narth Prime, Race affiliation Narth

Born : around 3589 (according to the Nath Supreme) -[2]

Young Narth refers to the fact that it was the first Narth born not being Arth or Nnnth before, but a real new individual that had not existed previously. This young Narth received a physical body and was prepared to become the first Narth to join the United Stars Military .

http://galnet.wikia.com/wiki/Young_Narth

11,000 Pages on the GalNet Wiki

While the GalNet Wiki now has 11,000 pages thanks in no small part to Dustin Hicks, I completed the rewrite  and found an editor at  http://www.wisegreyowl.co.uk/

once the edit is done, I will publish the edits at: https://www.smashwords.com/

Tribute to Leonard Simon Nimoy

If I ever was a fan of anything, I was and am a fan of Star Trek and first and foremost its first and original incarnation (TOS). No other character iin any fictional setting has influenced my life as Spock.
While my love for SF and SciFi started with reading Heinlein's "Space Cadets".It was Leonard Nimoy's character in Star Trek that made me study physics and instilled my passion for Science.

Many years later, my life changed and I became involved in the film industry in Hollywood and I was very fortunate to meet Mr. Nimoy. Of all the Hollywood stars I ever met, he was everything I envisioned and more. Friendly and witty,paired with great talent and great intellect.

On February 27, 2015 he passed away and joined James Dohan and Deforest Kelley in the great beyond.

So it is a personal tribute I include a page about him in my Wiki.

"Of Leonard Nimoy, I can only say this: Of all the actors and celebrities I have encountered in my travels, his was the most....  human."

LLAP

Vanessa Ravencroft, 28/02/2015