I am hardly an authority on writing. I have no published works, except for some short stories in a collection of short stories by various authors. But people have read my works and liked them, and to the extent that they were writers too, have asked about my process of developing a novel.
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GREENSPACE
BY

Keith DeHavelle

IN SPACE, no one can hear you’re green. It’s a pity.

Caesar turned slowly, arms outstretched to catch the sun. In the middle distance, I could see Hamlet doing the same thing. A moment later, Fortinbras began to turn. Yes, they’re all named for dead people - they’re all shades.
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Most of the commenting action - nearly 60,000 comments so far - take place on my LiveJournal site, as that’s where most of the readers are.  You’re always welcome to comment there or here, but a larger number of readers will see (and respond to) comments there.  I have always allowed anonymous comments there; the only reason I don’t do that on ( Read more... )

From my article here. Wikipedia’s article about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court gets details of the plot rather wrong. But this bit is interesting: these are stories written about people transported to the past with modern knowledge, but who didn’t succeed it putting it to use:( Read the rest of this entry » )

A short story I wrote nearly a decade ago seems appropriate for the events early this morning.
The Return from Space

August, 2018: Very quietly-for many reasons-the deal had been struck. One side must act first…( Read the rest of this entry » )

Not politics. Science and a bit of science fiction, combined with a sad commentary on … a commentary.

A satellite is preparing to re-enter the atmosphere. It is of some interest; it’s fairly big and some thousand pounds or so are expected to make it back to Earth. (Not in one piece.)

Here’s an article describing the satellite and situation. But ( Read more... )

The title here, “Perry Aster,” comes in part from Texas governor Rick Perry’s appearance and rapid rise in the race for the Republican nomination.

But there’s another layer to the title: I’ve written a short story called “Periaster” which I’m expanding into a novel. It has two completely different meanings, and the story takes advantage of both. So ( Read more... )

Not "talking squids in outer space" -- which is the primary topic and name of this interesting website. (Perhaps my own novel will be there one day.)

But an actual NASA Squids in Space project, being launched on the EndeavorI like it. They are studying the effect of microgravity on particular squid embryos. In past experiments, microgravity has ( Read more... )

The Economist magazine has a style guide for writers. It's several years old. I was amused at who they chose when they wanted to show an example of how military rank should be treated. Here's the first paragraph:Use upper case for ranks and titles when written in conjunction with a name, but lower case when on their own. Thus President Bush, but ( Read more... )

This is a bit of information on the design of a book cover.
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