Just for Fun Friday

A band from my hometown, Hollerado, are back with new and amazing music. Digging it!

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 32

Yes, I went on a little hiatus as I focused on one of my other blogs. But I'm back with some fresh fiction!

Tomorrow, Chapter 32 of RoboNomics Book II comes out. As I get closer to the end of the story, I have more and more rough draft that needs lots of babying. Pretty much all of Chapter 32 is new material, except for maybe a paragraph. Call it the kernel: an idea that I had for what happens in the story that was never quite developed. Until now.

In the meantime, I'm feeling inspired as I work on Chapter 32 by the group The Angry Kids. I wish they had more music. They rock my world and Andrea's as well!



Be sure to check out +Wattpad tomorrow for Chapter 32 of RoboNomics Book II!! :)

Just for Fun Friday

Yeah, it's been a busy week. And this blog has suffered. But that doesn't mean that I've stopped listening to music or that I don't have many, many ideas for posts. Coming soon!

In the meantime, a band that rocks my world with a relatively new track. Mother Mother for your Friday!!



Will they ever make a song that I don't like? Probably not.

Just for Fun Friday

Hey! Since it's Galentine's/Valentine's weekend, I thought I'd feature a love song today. I recently heard this song for the first time, and I immediately pegged it as a love song. Possibly because it reminds me of my love:

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 31

Tomorrow, Chapter 31 of RoboNomics Book II comes out. I've been a little remiss this week, and obviously will be only posting one chapter. I've been extremely busy with other very exciting projects which, with any luck, I'll be able to tell you about soon.

In the meantime, I'll have Chapter 31 for you.

I did this once for RoboNomics Book I, and I thought it was about time to do it for Book II. It should be no secret to you that one of my major inspirations behind RoboNomics the story is Les Miserables. The book, the story, the musical. Except my civil unrest takes place in the near future.

And so I'm finally posting one of the two songs from the musical that really, really inspired me. This song, I believe, fits with Chapter 31.



Check out +Wattpad  tomorrow to find out what happens to Andrea and the Anti-Robotists!

Inspirational Track for The Mage's Apprentice, Chapter 32

Tomorrow is the release date for The Mage's Apprentice, Chapter 32 on +Wattpad.

In Chapter 31, the three mains kids in the story had conquered, after a fashion, another monster. But in Chapter 32, the monsoon rains have begun again and Valoru is back to his studies.

While working on Chapter 32, I listened to a lot of classical tracks. And since in this chapter we get into the nitty gritty of the way magic works on Omorbia, I was really inspired by one particular track. And if the YouTube artwork is any indication, apparently I wasn't the only one who thought this track = magic!



So charming. Can't wait for you to read Chapter 32 tomorrow! :)

Just for Fun Friday

Just some good clean awesome fun for my Friday. And yours.



Have a great weekend, everyone! :)

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 30

Photo by DWave. CC 3.0 Attribution. Text, filters added.

Tomorrow, Chapter 30 of RoboNomics Book II comes out. And it's a big chapter. Perhaps not in terms of action or adventure or plot points, but in terms of exploring one of the overarching themes of RoboNomics Books I and II in a straightforward way.

And that's what this chapter's preview quotation came from.

As for the track that inspired Chapter 30, that also goes to the heart of all science fiction that has to do with human fears about AI, automation, robotics.

I've been listening to this track on and off for months now, finding it particularly inspirational. But up until now, I haven't shared it with you. And that's because I never felt like it's experimental nature fit with any of the action that was happening in the story. But now, as we prepare to take a small step back before the shit really hits the fan, and we think about what it all means (!!), I am definitely digging this tune:



Be sure to read Chapter 30 on +Wattpad tomorrow to find out what the heck I'm talking about! :)

Inspirational Track for the Mage's Apprentice, Chapter 31

This week I thought I'd try something a little different for my promo material. Instead of using a stock photo and an intriguing quotation from Chapter 31 of The Mage's Apprentice, I thought I'd delve into some of my own private inspirational materials.

This image was never meant to be seen by anyone but me. It's terrible art, representing the best I can do (I'm no visual artist). But the terrible pencil crayon colouring job is at least made a bit more palatable via electronic image manipulation.

Here we have the monster that will show up in Chapter 31. Are you ready for it??

As for the inspirational track for this particular chapter, well, that comes from an epic film score. Since Chapter 31 is all new material, I've been writing it over the past two days. And while writing, I've been listening to very familiar, iconic tracks. And yet, I've been finding them extremely inspirational. In particular, do you remember this one?



Maybe a little cheesy, or perhaps exactly what was needed?? Guess you'll find out tomorrow when you read Chapter 31 on +Wattpad :P

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 29

Hey, kids! RoboNomics Book II keeps rolling, with Chapter 29 coming out tomorrow!

In this coming chapter, I'll finally reveal Andrea's sordid past as she reminiscences with that mysterious figure from Chapter 28, Matt. Are you ready for all the reveals?

I was inspired by Grimes' track off of her new album. The song is called Go, featuring Blood Diamonds and it definitely has a bit of that wallowing in memory flavour that the chapter (as you'll find out when you read it tomorrow!!!!)