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Thaw (Part One)

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Sean Sandulak

Jason Plummer steered the rover blindly though constant blowing snow that blanketed the planet. Having to drive by instruments alone was always treacherous on the broken and uneven surface. Outside, it was the kind of global storm you can only…

Tagged with: science fiction, short story, writer, writing
Posted in Blog, Fiction

Are 5 star rating systems useless?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Sean Sandulak

I posted this in a thread in the Sword and Laser Goodreads forums, but I was curious what WordPress people thought about it. Have you ever noticed that when you check the rating for a book on Goodreads, it will…

Tagged with: Book Reviews, books, Goodreads, technology, writer, writers, writing
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think

Sign Up for Beta Readers Club

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Sean Sandulak

Originally posted on Foil & Phaser:
WANTED: Beta Readers and Novel Writers Based on your response to our polls, we’ve decided to go ahead with a trial run of our Beta Readers Club. If you are a voracious reader with…

Tagged with: beta readers, Fantasy, science fiction, writer, writers resources, writing
Posted in Blog, Refried Blogs

I was forced to write my first rejection letter today. I think I nailed it.

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Sean Sandulak

Tagged with: humor, miscellaneous, random nonsense, silliness, truth, writer, writing
Posted in Blog, Word Nerd

Divide and Conquer: A NaNoWriMo Alternative

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

Originally posted on Foil & Phaser:
I know a lot of people would like to take part in NaNoWriMo but find the concept of writing an entire novel to be too daunting. What I would like to propose is a…

Tagged with: Fantasy, NaNoWriMo, random nonsense, science fiction, short story, writing
Posted in Blog, Word Nerd

Unkind, Part Four

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

The beginning of this story… Devlin (continued) The man was even bigger in life that he had been on television. He looked as though he had been stuffed into a cheap suit a size too small. A sheen of sweat…

Tagged with: books, Online Writing, science fiction, short story, urban fantasy, work in progress, writing
Posted in Blog, Fiction, Unlikely & Other Stories

Unkind, Part Three

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

The beginning of this story… Devlin (continued) It was early morning when he woke with Skye still sleeping beside him. Devlin managed to get out of bed without waking her and made his way as quietly as he could to…

Tagged with: books, Online Writing, science fiction, short story, urban fantasy, work in progress, writing
Posted in Blog, Fiction, Unlikely & Other Stories

Launch Date for Foil & Phaser set for June 10th

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

For anyone who hasn’t heard, I’ve been away from this blog because I’ve been working on setting up a new blog for writers and fans of science fiction and fantasy. I’ll be back as soon as that project is up…

Tagged with: Fantasy, Foil & Phaser, Goodreads, Online Communities, Online Writing, science fiction, Sword & Laser, writing, Writing and Editing
Posted in Announcements, Blog

Accepting Applications for Authors

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

Foil & Phaser is now accepting applications for volunteer science fiction and fantasy authors. Please check out both the Site Guidelines and the Terms of Use before applying. If you have any questions or concerns about those two documents, please…

Tagged with: Author, Blog, books, Fantasy, Goodreads, Online Communities, Online Writing, science fiction, WordPress, writer, writing
Posted in Announcements, Blog

Foil & Phaser Community Blog is Online

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

Hey everybody. I know I’ve been quiet but that’s because I’ve spent a lot of time setting up the other blog I talked about earlier. This is just a note to let you know that the beta version is now…