How Alien Technology Could Shift Power Dynamics on Mars
My carefully laid plans to thwart MarsVantage and its independent-minded employees like Chuck O’Donnell, the CEO, lay in shreds at my feet.
The Siege of Mars
Fun With Chapter Titles
Unknown to me until recently, chapter titles are controversial–in one of my writing groups, anyway. Opinions fell into a few broad buckets: liking them, doesn’t matter, and takes the reader out of the story. As far as taking the reader out of the story… If a title does that, what does just “Chapter 1” and … Read more
When the Ex Is Coming
This post is about characters in The Siege of Mars Gretchen learns James Wagoner, a war correspondent for the All News Network, is coming to Mars. Why he’s coming now makes her suspicious. No reporters arrived after she and Frank discovered a buried alien city over the Martian horizon. Even when reporters and inspectors descended … Read more
Avoiding Unavoidable Conflict?
Since discovering Bvindu technology two years ago, Frank, as part of the Citizens in Freedom Committee, diligently worked to push MarsVantage to self-sufficiency under the radar. For him, that’s the key. He believes the company will achieve it before Washington gets wise and attempts to stop them. The other members of the Committee, including his … Read more
Why Two Years?
When I decided to write a sequel to The Music of Mars, one of the first decisions I had to make was how much time passed before the new book began. Too little or too much and believability would be strained. For the story I wanted to tell, I needed my MarsVantage main characters (Gretchen, … Read more
New Short Story – Greed Over Good Sense
Two years have passed since Gretchen Blake and Frank Brentford of MarsVantage discovered an alien city, Bvindu Dome, buried under the Martian plain. Kept secret from everyone except for a select few, Gretchen and Frank plan to leverage the city and its technology to gain self-sufficiency for MarsVantage. Exploring it along with a small group … Read more