Loading ...Small Change in Format
By Dan Hughes | November 11, 2008
Tags: blog, change
Just so everyone knows where some of the posts went, I have decided to separate the majority of my personal posts into a separate blog: found here. I plan (plan being the keyword) to try and post more often there. Writing the novel will come as I can focus on it.
This site will remain and be solely focused on novel-related posts.
Any questions, feel free to let me know.
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VII – Welcome to Srynn
By Dan Hughes | October 18, 2008
Tags: Cerberus, Chapter 7, Danni, Deia, Fenix, Mensch, Srynn, Tailz, Travis, Xia
Travis eyed the package carefully. Requests of this sort usually took some time, but the fact that the specifications had arrived so quickly only reminded him of the Willers’ personal interest in the pursuit. Travis was serving a direct mission for them and them alone. He had the entirety of the Union’s forces at his disposal. Failure would bring the Willers’ personal wrath. Nervous? No. Travis learned time after time to deal with stressful and uncertain situations. At the most, the unique situation made him… cautious.
The Scout, uniformed in the typical Union deep blue, stood idly by as he waited for Travis to review the information. His silence spoke volumes. The Scout had been specifically told that no one was to see the contents of the delivery, not even himself. Even worse, the Scout was then to be placed under the command of this Frank Travis indefinitely, and only given enough information to complete the mission. This Scout exuded frustration like an oven gave off heat. Scouts only ever answered to the Willers.
The large silver box lay open on the Commander’s desk. Inside was several thickly bound stacks of paper and a smaller container that was locked with a thumbpad. Travis was familiar with those: it would open only for him, and its contents would be erased after a short amount of time. It was the information meant only for his eyes. He left it closed, for now.
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Chapter 7 Preview
By Dan Hughes | August 21, 2008
Tags: Cerberus, Chapter 7, Danni, Deia, Heir, Mensch, Peanut Butter Bandits, Tailz, Travis, Xia
Here’s something I decided to try. As it sometimes take a little time between chapter posts, I’m going to create small previews like this one. There is a little spoiling, but I am cutting out the main juicy-ness to make the reading still exciting.
If you want to see the preview, click below.
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VI - Obscured Clarity
By Dan Hughes | August 17, 2008
Tags: Cerberus, Chapter 6, Danni, Deia, Earth's Sin, Fenix, Mensch, Peanut Butter Bandits, Prism, Srynn, Tailz, Ternagis, Xia
Stunned silence blanketed the room, holding everyone still as sure as steel chains. Xia looked up at the ceiling. Earth’s Sin had ignited Sol III, taking with it its entire solar system and more. No one really knew what it was, or even remembered why it was called Earth’s Sin, at least not until Cerberus had come and explained the history. The Spherics found on Earth caused an entire arm of the galaxy to detonate before the chain reaction had run its course. Frighteningly, that power was what Tailz was after.
Danni and Fenix looked at each other. “I don’t understand,” Danni said. “Cerberus said it was because of people using machines to talk without speaking. He said they set it off.” She eyed Cerberus. “Right?”
Cerberus gazed back, considering. His face lifted, as if to speak, but then sighed. He watched Xia staring blankly up at the ceiling and kept silent.
Fenix’s eyes widened as realization dawned on him, and turned his head slowly to look at Cerberus. He spoke quietly. “Tailz.” When he saw the flicker of Cerberus’ eye, he continued. “Cerberus… is it true?” The Scout said nothing. “Tailz knows how to talk without speaking. That’s how he did it.” He stepped up to Cerberus. “Is that how you know? Did Tailz…speak to you?”
Just like that, Cerberus’ calm cool snapped. His arms lashed out, gripping Fenix’s jacket by the collars, and hefted him against the wall. “Damn you, I did not mean to! It was not supposed to happen!” His face was a mix of anger and terror. He shook Fenix against the wall. “I did not want it, you hear me! I did not want it!”
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P.S. Old Skool
By Dan Hughes | August 12, 2008
Tags: guestbook
BTW, I added a Guestbook to the site… (see top bar). Do me a favor… leave your mark for history’s sake!
~Dan
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Poll - Fight to the Death!
By Dan Hughes | August 9, 2008
Tags: Cerberus, Tailz
Who do you think would win in a one-on-one duel to the death right now?
Vote on the poll!
~Dan
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Just Because I Can:
By Dan Hughes | August 6, 2008
Tags: Chapter 5, Chapter 6, kickass
I just want to say that I believe the beginning of the new chapter, while not as unbelievable as the end of Three Days, is still pretty kick ass.
~Dan
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Alright… back to writing…
By Dan Hughes | August 6, 2008
Tags: Cerberus, Chapter 6, Fenix, posting, Tailz, Xia
Chapter 6 is now back in full swing.
Some of you may have noticed that when I used to post on the Riddlers’ Lounge, that I would post in small pieces, or scenes. Here, I am posting in full chapters. I’ve been asked why I made that change. “Why not give us little pieces in the meantime?”
The reason for that, is because when I post something into public view for people to read, it is that much harder to have to change it. Sometimes I will want to add a piece or so to the end of the chapter, but find that I would have to make a number of changes in the chapter for it to fit. With it all in one post, I can make changes at will while I write. I feel that my writing gets… forced… a bit when I realize I’m “stuck” with something I’ve written already.
I will give a generic overview though, if you are interested:
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Welcome to Starraisers.com!!!
By Dan Hughes | July 3, 2008
Tags: aol sucks, macness, new site
I’m so very excited about this launch! After countless problems on AOL’s mail servers, I wanted off! They would not, however, release my starraiser domain, so I decided to get better by going plural!
For now, the only thing on the site is the blog, and the login for group of folks with starraisers.com email addresses (which I’m using Google Apps for). I’m tweaking it out still, but has a few features and abilities I did not have on the previous blog.
I WAS able to retain everyone’s comments and all the posts, thank god, so I did not have to repost everything.
This is the main reason there was no writing this week, working out the bugs.
I want to give a special thanks to Edwin Soto of www.edwinsoto.net, who assisted me in the main workings of the site. He’s going to help Administer www.starraisers.com, so if you see him around (handle: macness), say hi!
Again, thanks to him, and thanks to all of you for coming along for the ride!
EDIT: Literally, right as I was about to send off this post, AOL finally responded to my request with directions on how to release the old site. 3 weeks after I initially requested it. Well, too late now…
~Dan
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How Deia Got Her Name
By Dan Hughes | June 25, 2008
Tags: Deia
DragonAvenger: Where oh where am I?
Me: Hmm… that’s a good question, love. I am trying to keep the story semi-plausible, especially if i want a shot at getting this novel done and possibly even published… but DragonAvenger isn’t a very "plausible" name for a person… I have to come up with some story how you earned a nickname like that "The Dragon’s Avenger" or something, and then shorten that. DA might be D.A., or they may just call you Avenger, or something. I don’t know. I’ll figure it out.
DragonAvenger: I was Devona Averen in the Mafia thread at the old RL. Though a cooler name would be cool. haha
DA became Deia. The rest is history. It turns out she loved the name so much, that she adopted it!
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