Search options (Page 84 of 169)

They're all just variants of a blast cannon, scaled for different purposes. I added the extra characteristic that meganovas can't maneuver quickly, so they are for battle between big ships. Novas are lighter and less powerful, and can fend off star fighters and enemy missiles. Mininovas are theoretically even more maneuverable, but they're generally fixed to flying vehicles.

I've received feedback that nova and (especially) supernova cannons suggest more powerful weapons than they actually are. Nova cannons are roughly the equivalent of what the Millennium Falcon fires (fast, maneuverable, able to target incoming missiles), and supernova cannons are the equivalent of what a Star Destroyer fires. I also have some flying cars fitted with novas. I'm satisfied with the name nova, but supernova is admittedly over the top. I could simply refer to them as light/heavy novas. They both have to be a form of the same technology for story purposes.

Thoughts?

Maybe I can create a time loop for you. :-)

Chapter 35, Attack on Apollo, is up. This is a cleaned up version of the same chapter from v2, including edits from all reviewers. Lucilius survives this story in this draft. I plan to kill her off during the initial attack in this chapter when I write v4, allowing Gaia to take over as Apollo's guard, giving her a reason to exist beyond window dressing.

Two edited chapters in one week. Can you tell I'm sick of research for my other story? Only six chapters to go in Galaxy Tales.

Quick, go read!
Dirk

That's the one. He walks along the pipes counting the number of leaks. 100...101...102... He subsequently reconnects the pipes with glue. Meanwhile, Mr. Howell is sitting in his emptied money trunk, using it as a bathtub, waiting for water to start running. It begs the question why Mr. Howell didn't use the bathtub Gilligan built in an earlier episode (I'm watching them in order). Once again, I have to ask, why would anyone bring a toy sailboat and a teddy bear for a three-hour tour.

Yeah, no kidding. My Kindle purchases are driving up Jeff Bezos's net worth, although the order for a plastic storage unit for my office went to Wal-Mart. It's about the size of a mini fridge, weighs ten pounds, yet ships for just $6 via Canada Post. I bought two and got free shipping. How do they make money doing that? I paid almost $15 just to ship my tax papers with tracking.

If you're bored, I put up a cleaned up version of Joseph Meets Jesus in Galaxy Tales.

My latest chapter, Joseph Meets Jesus, is now up. A whole month since the previous one. Tsk. Only seven to go! The latest chapter includes minor edits from reviewers and a little cleanup. This chapter will be heavily rewritten in a future draft when I replace God with archangels. I'll probably replace Jesus with Jacob/Israel, who gave birth to the original Joseph, the favorite son sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers. Unfortunately, doing so will eliminate some of the funnier stuff in this chapter.

It could be worse. I could be blue.

By "listings", do you mean on the home page? If you publish multiple chapters in rapid succession, the home page only shows one of the chapters (either the earliest posted or the latest posted, not sure which). This is intentional functionality, otherwise everyone's home page would be filled with nothing but chapters from one person who happens to post a lot in rapid succession. When someone clicks on the one chapter listed on their home page, it takes them to the site's chapter view, where there is a pick list at the top of all active chapters that shows which chapters the reviewer has already read and which is one is next. If you published the chapters with points, then your reviewer will get points for reviewing those chapters, even though they don't all show on the home page.

This evening's episode of Gilligan's Island featured a lion whose crate fell off a ship and floated into the lagoon. Naturally, he escapes and the castaways set out to trap him. They must have forgotten to use the machine gun they captured from the ape in an earlier episode. Costumes this week included Mr. Howell as a circus ringmaster and the skipper dressed like a clown, including a fake round nose. At least they didn't give him clown shoes. They probably had to leave those behind to make room for Mrs. Howell's fur coats. Naturally one would bring those to a three-hour cruise in Hawaii. Interestingly, the lion (in a bamboo cage) was pulled out of the lagoon by the tide and was found by a Navy destroyer floating thousands of miles from land, having drifted for less than a day. That puts Gilligan's Island somewhere between Hawaii and Great Britain. Kudos to the actors for filming with a real lion, no matter how well-trained.

I just checked the word count on each of your three-part posting. They're roughly perfect in size, in my opinion (1 to 2 points). I've posted longer chapters (up to 3 points), but I have a very forgiving group of readers. If the material is compelling and polished, then larger chapters are fine. If they need dozens of edits, shorter chapters are better, otherwise the reviewers may begin skimming.