Blog Prompt #17 – Blog as a Character – Pocket Conflicts

Blog Prompt #17 – Blog as a Character – Pocket Conflicts Once again, it’s time to blog in the voice of a character, either your own creation or someone from canon. This week’s prompt is about small conflicts. Stories need conflict. Otherwise, there’s not much to tell. But war, torture, divorce, bullying, and fights for survival aren’t the only conflicts out there. Some are just little things, like when someone doesn’t put the seat down. Your character’s blog entry is to be about a conflict that’s anything but earth-shattering. It’s those little, niggling annoyances and spats that give characters color, verve, and dimension. We’ve got responses! Rogue Jawa’s Teegan Rhys thinks her LCARS display has been changed deliberately jespah’s Marie Patrice...

Book Club Choice #7 Author Q & A

Book Club Choice #7 Author Q & A An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival Once again, we find ourselves sitting in a book-lined library, a crackling fire nearby (none of the books are on fire), a tray of lovely canapés nearby. I am sitting here with Miranda Fave and we’re here to talk about An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival. Why an Expanded Universe? How does this story fit in with your own plans for your universe? Is this a corner, or more of a cornerstone?   A Question of Survival was an origin story for the character of Caitlyn Ryan who featured in my very first original fan fiction crew, The Accipiter. Yes, my fetish for bird of prey like names for my ships existed from the very start.Alas, said series was filled with fan...

Boldly Reading Book Club #7 – An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival

Boldly Reading Book Club #7 – An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival Our next Boldly Reading Book Club selection is Miranda Fave ‘s An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival . The story is rated T. Introducing An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival Accipiter is the group of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae; many of them are named as goshawks and sparrow hawks. Our story begins with a simple designation – Day 87. Day 87 of what? The Characters The cast is small, and easy to follow. There’s Caitlyn Ryan and an unnamed Cardassian. And no one else. Talking Points Caitlyn is almost used to what’s happening to her. Without giving away too many spoilers, the main genre is horror. Something awful is happening to her....