Monthly Archives: March 2012

Interview With Kevin Schillo

Kevin Schillo is a Graduate Research Assistant at University of Alabama in Huntsville in Aviation and Aerospace. He has worked on a wide variety of engineering projects, including aircraft, rocket, and satellite design and optimization. His novella Apotheosis is one of five … Continue reading

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Drama Queens

When creating a character, I take bits and pieces of actual people, other characters, and I twist them and mix them into something new. I exaggerate certain aspects. I take some character trait that is the result of a plethora … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: From the Ocean to Space

SciFi Question of the Day: How can exploring the depths of the ocean prepare us for exploring space? Facebook Answers:   Amanda Prinsloo Decompression factors.    Daniel Beard how to get 200 people living together in a small pipe for months without killing … Continue reading

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Interview With Michael Interbartolo III

Michael Interbartolo III is the In Situ Field Test Project Manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He is responsible for overseeing the design, test and integration of the first generation system that will process representative Martian soil and atmosphere to produce … Continue reading

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One Year In

I honestly don’t remember the day, but I know it was March something… My blog is one year old. Maybe I should have some kind of celebration, but honestly, I feel more like my anniversary is in November. NaNoWriMo 2010 … Continue reading

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SciFi Question of the Day: Those Aren’t Planets…

SciFi Question of the day: OMG! NASA has just revealed that those brighter than usual lights we’ve been seeing in the night sky this month are NOT actually planets as we’d originally thought! So… what are they? Facebook Answers:   Eylat … Continue reading

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Moving Up in the World

Last weekend, something very special arrived in the mail. My first publishing contract! Next winter, I will have a short story in Felt Tips, the world’s first ever office-supply themed anthology of erotica for charity. I’m still kind of floating … Continue reading

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Interview with Karen Stivali

Karen Stivali is a prolific writer, compulsive baker and chocoholic with a penchant for books, movies and fictional British men. When she’s not writing, she can be found cooking extravagant meals and serving them to family and friends, who never seem to mind … Continue reading

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One Week to Go

This Round is over in about 10 days. I definitely fell short of what I wanted to accomplish, but more importantly I learned a lot about myself and how I write. I also developed more as a writer, getting a … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Play Dough

SciFi Question of the Day: What level of technology will we need to reach in order to separate the rainbow-gray mash of play dough back into it’s individual colors? Facebook Answers   Robert B. Fredricksen I think even if we had a … Continue reading

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