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Space Opera

Trading in Danger Ch6

January 17, 2017 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

Chapter 6 opens with Vatta heading to the embassy at Sabine Prime. We learn that the situation between the planets in the situation is much more unstable than we thought. The embassy has Slotter Key residents who require passage to get off planet, as they’d been abandoned before. Ky agrees to take them aboard, which […]

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Trading in Danger Ch5

January 13, 2017 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

Something was going to have to give somewhere. Here we get into the meat of the story. I’ve been talking about transitioning from exposition to complication for the last couple chapters, and here we have it! The first thing Ky does here, is confront her crew about her plotting to not follow the letter of […]

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Trading in Danger – Ch4

January 12, 2017 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

“A matter of trade and profit.” This marks the 4th chapter of exposition. We were introduced to Ky’s military life in Ch1 . Introduced to family life in ch2. Introduced to shipbound life in ch3, and then in an interesting turn of events, Ky goes through customs at the planet Beltina. Ky spends some time […]

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Trading In Danger Ch3

January 11, 2017 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

Ten days later, when Glennys wallowed uneasily into endim translation, Ky watched the strain gauges and wondered how the ship had passed its last inspection. Chapter 3 starts a lot slower than the first two did. The first two we had heavy emotional moments and disorientation for the character. I hoped that we’d immediately take […]

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Trading In Danger Ch2

January 10, 2017 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

“Disgrace doesn’t last forever.” In this chapter we meet a friendly face, Ky’s former flight instructor Gaspard. He lets her co-pilot despite her uncle’s wishes, establishing Ky as a competent pilot as well as someone who is pretty patient and follows orders well. We’re into regret in Ky’s head at this point, further drawing us […]

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Trading In Danger

January 4, 2017 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

You know those craigslist transactions in a sketchy neighborhood? You might be going to pick up a collection of Magic: The Gathering or a rare Star Trek ornament, but you don’t want to park your car and get kidnapped? Bring a friend to those is my advice, because this is about something completely different!  

Filed Under: Space Opera Tagged With: elizabeth moon, space opera

Thoughts on Rogue One (Trying Not To Spoiler)

December 18, 2016 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

I’ve had a few hours to think about Rogue One. I went in skeptical, because Force Awakens was such a Hollywood soft reboot it was insulting to our collective intelligences, as well made as it was, and I was expecting this movie to be a member berries-filled ride as obnoxious as that. Starting as a […]

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PSA

December 7, 2016 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

  That is all.  #ReyIsBae

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The Final Countdown

November 14, 2016 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

This is it! Star Realms: Rescue Run hits tomorrow. Kindle preorders are still up at http://bit.ly/starrealmsnovel and I have word that ordering for the physical book will also be available tomorrow for those waiting for that. So excited! If you haven’t heard much about it yet…. well then you haven’t read this blog. But if […]

Filed Under: Gaming, Space Opera, Writing Tagged With: books, Gaming, Pokemon, space opera, star realms, writing

ANNOUNCEMENT: It’s Here! Star Realms: Rescue Run!!!

November 2, 2016 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

I’ve been getting messages daily asking for when more information would be out on my novel, and it’s finally here! At least for the announcement. You’ll still have to wait til Nov 15th for delivery. I’ll have a pre order link coming soon. For now, here’s the cover and the announcement from Evil Girlfriend Media, […]

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Random Thoughts 11/1/16

November 1, 2016 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

NaNoWriMo started today. I sit right now at 1,735 words, hope to double that before I finish today.  

Filed Under: Gaming, NaNoWriMo, Space Opera, Writing

NaNoWriMoPrep: The Anatomy Of A Novel Part V: The Outline

October 31, 2016 by Jon Del Arroz Leave a Comment

Happy Halloween! Which means tomorrow is #NaNoWriMo. Oh my. Remember to breathe!  This is the last installment of NaNoWriMo prep. I actually did mine over the weekend, but there’s still enough time for tonight. The last thing to do – is the dreaded outline!  I actually break down my concept, close my eyes, think about […]

Filed Under: Anatomy Of A Novel, NaNoWriMo, Space Opera, Writing

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