Ryan Southwick / is on Nostr

Science fiction author, programmer, gamer, agile evangelist

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2024-08-01 21:57:28

The upside to writing the stories I want to read is that, even though I'd like to make a hundred changes, re-reading them is never a chore. Enjoying Angels Found (#ZTechChronicles Book 4) right now.
#AmReading #author

2024-04-05 14:57:21

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@npub10d5…vvxa @npub10d5…vvxa Interesting! I'd never thought of editing that way. I'll have to try it some time. Thanks for the insight!

2023-08-12 17:18:24

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@npub1k74…dmux Also, the colony planets have only re-discovered each other within the last 12 years after 10,000 years apart, so they're still acclimating to each other's differences.

2023-08-12 17:15:08

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@npub1k74…dmux Provocative question! Galileo is more technologically advanced than Vice, and are currently the only colony capable of faster-than-light travel, which gives them an advantage.
Galileo's "prejudice" mostly comes across as aloofness and an air of intellectual superiority. Of course, Vice feels similar prejudice against the "weaker" Galileans. Vice won't dare attack, however, because Galileans currently hold the only keys to interstellar travel. But in the future...?

2023-08-12 14:32:39

#WritingWonders Day 12: Does your MC have any prejudices?
A few. Most notable is against the Viceans, which most Galileans harbor whether they admit it or not. Galileo is a colony of pacifists; even their military employs non-lethal suppression technology. They exist more as public servants than fighters because they’ve never once been deployed to battle. Vice, however, is a colony whose hierarchy is defined by their fiercest warriors. You can imagine the social conflicts!
#LostColonies