Comments for Return to the Old Earth http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com Chronicles of future's past... Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on NaNoWriMo, Report from the front line, now that the dust has settled… by JanVanHove http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/nanowrimo-report-from-the-front-line-now-that-the-dust-has-settled/#comment-47 JanVanHove Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:22:48 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-47 Hey RG, thanks for getting back to me! :) I haven't gotten back to my NaNo yet, but It is gonna be soon, since I had other (non-writing) projects to finish first... I'm still aiming for a readable draft before the beginning of next November, since I want to write the first sequel of the cycle at the next NaNoWriMo! :) Hey RG, thanks for getting back to me! :)

I haven’t gotten back to my NaNo yet, but It is gonna be soon, since I had other (non-writing) projects to finish first…
I’m still aiming for a readable draft before the beginning of next November, since I want to write the first sequel of the cycle at the next NaNoWriMo! :)

]]> Comment on NaNoWriMo, Report from the front line, now that the dust has settled… by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/nanowrimo-report-from-the-front-line-now-that-the-dust-has-settled/#comment-46 RG Sanders Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:33:32 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-46 How goes 'Earth, Jan? Been a while since we've heard anything. How goes ‘Earth, Jan? Been a while since we’ve heard anything.

]]> Comment on NaNoWriMo, Report from the front line, now that the dust has settled… by JanVanHove http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/nanowrimo-report-from-the-front-line-now-that-the-dust-has-settled/#comment-42 JanVanHove Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:47:53 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-42 Yeah, but I'd like to have something finished and readable by friends, family and agents at some point in the future before the end of the decade, which leaves me one year to get one of my manuscripts in shape... I haven't gotten back to writing yet since NaNo, but I'm planning on doing so soon. I think Login will be my first target, I'll start by trying to read it! :P Yeah, but I’d like to have something finished and readable by friends, family and agents at some point in the future before the end of the decade, which leaves me one year to get one of my manuscripts in shape…

I haven’t gotten back to writing yet since NaNo, but I’m planning on doing so soon. I think Login will be my first target, I’ll start by trying to read it! :P

]]> Comment on NaNoWriMo, Report from the front line, now that the dust has settled… by Karma Girl http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/nanowrimo-report-from-the-front-line-now-that-the-dust-has-settled/#comment-41 Karma Girl Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:30:54 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-41 Do a little bit of both every day. It will be slow going, but at least you'll feel productive. *shrug* Do a little bit of both every day. It will be slow going, but at least you’ll feel productive. *shrug*

]]> Comment on Writing technology… by JanVanHove http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/writing-technology/#comment-40 JanVanHove Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:43:20 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-40 Thanks for the layout bit, but I have the good people at WordPress to thank for it... I wish I was the one who came up with it... :P As for flow, I think I'll stock up on moleskines and just go at it... This way I can write anywhere and everywhen, I can even jot down notes when I'm around people and not seem like a total jerk by whipping out the laptop and starting to type away... And without distractions like Facebook and the NaNoWriMo forum, I think the notebook is a procrastination-safe solution... Thanks for the layout bit, but I have the good people at WordPress to thank for it… I wish I was the one who came up with it… :P

As for flow, I think I’ll stock up on moleskines and just go at it… This way I can write anywhere and everywhen, I can even jot down notes when I’m around people and not seem like a total jerk by whipping out the laptop and starting to type away…

And without distractions like Facebook and the NaNoWriMo forum, I think the notebook is a procrastination-safe solution…

]]> Comment on Writing technology… by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/writing-technology/#comment-39 RG Sanders Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:04:25 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-39 Bud, I totally understand what you're talking about in regards to writing implements vs. the modern word processor. Just last night I couldn't get my thoughts down on the computer, so had to turn to my notepads and pens. I think it's a flow thing, but I don't know. I just sometimes find a PC, a screen and the space between too dividing. There is a certain poetry to putting pen to paper. Nice new layout by the ways. Bud, I totally understand what you’re talking about in regards to writing implements vs. the modern word processor. Just last night I couldn’t get my thoughts down on the computer, so had to turn to my notepads and pens.

I think it’s a flow thing, but I don’t know. I just sometimes find a PC, a screen and the space between too dividing. There is a certain poetry to putting pen to paper.

Nice new layout by the ways.

]]> Comment on World building month comes to a close… by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/world-building-month-comes-to-a-close/#comment-34 RG Sanders Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:28:11 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-34 No, no. Whatever you do, don't publish anything but snippets here - I merely meant in the means of being kept in the know on how it's going. Have fun now. No, no. Whatever you do, don’t publish anything but snippets here – I merely meant in the means of being kept in the know on how it’s going.

Have fun now.

]]> Comment on World building month comes to a close… by JanVanHove http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/world-building-month-comes-to-a-close/#comment-33 JanVanHove Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:16:07 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-33 Well, I'm not really planning on publishing my stories here... I might be putting snippets once in a while, though, just so you don't lose interest... ;) Well, I’m not really planning on publishing my stories here… I might be putting snippets once in a while, though, just so you don’t lose interest… ;)

]]> Comment on World building month comes to a close… by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/world-building-month-comes-to-a-close/#comment-32 RG Sanders Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:13:25 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-32 Oddly, despite the kind of gravitas world I created, I think mine will be one of love primarily, power and the journey of both. I'm keeping you on my blogroll though, I want to see where RttOE goes. Oddly, despite the kind of gravitas world I created, I think mine will be one of love primarily, power and the journey of both.

I’m keeping you on my blogroll though, I want to see where RttOE goes.

]]> Comment on World building month comes to a close… by Nils http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/world-building-month-comes-to-a-close/#comment-31 Nils Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:59:06 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-31 Well I am a world-builder, not a writer, so don't expect fiction from me. ;-) Well I am a world-builder, not a writer, so don’t expect fiction from me. ;-)

]]> Comment on Populating the World: Cast of Characters… by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/pupulating-the-world-cast-of-characters/#comment-25 RG Sanders Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:11:04 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-25 We seem to be in parallel, Jan. I am currently attempting to flesh out bodies too and I, as you, am considering spanning from one story to another in a different time. The only issue is the correlation of events and how they might effect the second 'timeline' characters... It's all very curious, and I'm not sure which way to go but I imagine it will work itself out somehow. Best of luck, bud. We seem to be in parallel, Jan. I am currently attempting to flesh out bodies too and I, as you, am considering spanning from one story to another in a different time. The only issue is the correlation of events and how they might effect the second ‘timeline’ characters…

It’s all very curious, and I’m not sure which way to go but I imagine it will work itself out somehow.

Best of luck, bud.

]]> Comment on The Alien World, 2954… by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/the-alien-world-2954/#comment-17 RG Sanders Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:26:17 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-17 What's most intriguing, is the idea of all these 'hollow' bases around the planet; all these copies. It lends itself to being somewhat eerie in hat sense - like an empty, 'haunted' house. I could have seen this alien world being constructed in a much simpler way, but with the habits they have, which seem a lot more animal than concious and these duplicate, shell-like bases... well it's a creepy, yet logical touch. What’s most intriguing, is the idea of all these ‘hollow’ bases around the planet; all these copies. It lends itself to being somewhat eerie in hat sense – like an empty, ‘haunted’ house.

I could have seen this alien world being constructed in a much simpler way, but with the habits they have, which seem a lot more animal than concious and these duplicate, shell-like bases… well it’s a creepy, yet logical touch.

]]> Comment on Earth 2979: The Terran Republic, the Kuiper Alliance, and the Neutral Worlds… by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/earth-2979-the-terran-republic-the-kuiper-alliance-and-the-neutral-worlds/#comment-16 RG Sanders Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:35:54 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-16 Nice back drop, Jan. I understand the idea of keeping a certain value in the view of both sides. I myself, am trying to attain that in <i>Arbiture</i>. It's not right or wrong, or good and bad but two sides with different points of view trying to survive. Which side the reader comes down on is obviously gained through a well-written, balanced story... or you turn one-side over the edge of understanding and destroy your empathy with them. Still enjoying it. Nice back drop, Jan. I understand the idea of keeping a certain value in the view of both sides. I myself, am trying to attain that in Arbiture. It’s not right or wrong, or good and bad but two sides with different points of view trying to survive.

Which side the reader comes down on is obviously gained through a well-written, balanced story… or you turn one-side over the edge of understanding and destroy your empathy with them.

Still enjoying it.

]]> Comment on Earth, 2979: The war. by JanVanHove http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/earth-2979-the-war/#comment-14 JanVanHove Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:05:08 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-14 If they ever make a film about my story, I'll be sure to get him to narrate the opening.... Or maybe Morgan Freeman... If they ever make a film about my story, I’ll be sure to get him to narrate the opening…. Or maybe Morgan Freeman…

]]> Comment on Earth, 2979: The war. by RG Sanders http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/earth-2979-the-war/#comment-13 RG Sanders Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:53:02 +0000 http://oldearthtales.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-13 Very nicely written timeline. I can imagine James Earl Jones narrating this at the beginning of an epic film... (that's a good thing). Very nicely written timeline.

I can imagine James Earl Jones narrating this at the beginning of an epic film… (that’s a good thing).

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