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Story HackStory HackThis blog has articles and resources for fiction writing. It is also the home of the serial action-adventure-horror novel Oasis. Articles
Oasis: Chapter 44
2008-02-22 18:07:00 [If you have never read Oasis before, you’ll probably be better off starting at the beginning.] A Tangled Web “I don’t really know what I can say that will convince you otherwise, but here’s what happened. Last night, Lily came into my room and attempted to seduce me. I got out of there. In the hall, ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
New Newsletter
2008-02-20 15:00:00 Rather than continue using feedburner, I decided to finally set up a real newsletter. The signup is in the upper right, where the old signup for feedburner was. When you join the newsletter, you will still be notified when I’ve posted new fiction, or something equally exciting happens. I’ve just got a lot more control ... More About: News , Newsletter
Oasis: Chapter 43
2008-02-18 16:36:00 [Sorry about the extreme lateness. Weekends always get busy around my place. If you’ve never read Oasis before, you should start with chapter one. I’m pretty sure we’ll be back on track for another new chapter this Friday. Thanks for your patience.] Trial “Right now?” ?If it were up to them, they’d have already tossed you out.? ?Fine, ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
Sorry
2008-02-15 17:42:00 Something came up last night, namely my sewer lines backed up into my basement. Anyway, I didn’t get the oasis chapter done. I think I should be able to get it up sometime tomorrow. On the plus side, water seems to be flowing all the way to the main line now. More About: News
Dialogue Is Not Idiot Talk
2008-02-13 03:25:00 I checked out the book How to Grow a Novel by Sol Stein from the library a week or so ago. As I flipped through it, I came across the chapter on dialogue. He says some things that opened (reopened?) my eyes, as well as some things that made me laugh. For example: Dialogue has to make ... More About: Talk , Idiot
Oasis: Chapter 42
2008-02-08 17:26:00 [note: If this is your first time reading Oasis , you really should start at the beginning. ] Judge, Jury, and Executioners Lily twirled around and strutted down the hall. I considered my options. I could run, but that’d only make me look more guilty. I could follow her, but that’d look just as bad. If I ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
Super Tuesday
2008-02-05 19:54:00 If you live in a super Tuesday state like me, I’d highly suggest you getting off your butt and voting in the primaries today. And please vote for whoever you think will do the best job. Choosing the lesser of two evils just because they have a better chance of winning is weak and irresponsible. There, ... More About: Super , Super Tuesday
Oasis: Chapter 41
2008-02-01 17:40:00 [If this is your first encounter with Oasis , you should start at the beginning. And to answer the question from last chapter’s comments, my goal is to get chapters out on Fridays before 9 a.m. mountain time. It doesn’t always work out that way. Like today, for instance. I had to shovel snow again.] Consequences Who’s going ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
More Snow.
2008-01-30 17:32:00 So it’s been snowing pretty much every day or every other day in my neck of the woods. I’m a little tired of shoveling. Here’s what my place is looking like. But my point here is not really to complain. I’m actually just excited to show that my image uploading is fixed. Also, if you haven’t ... More About: News , Snow
Oasis: Chapter 40
2008-01-26 18:19:00 [If you?ve never read Oasis before, you should start at the beginning. I had to run this one by my wife first.] Temptation Kevin opened the door and Kim blasted through. She grabbed Kevin’s hand and kissed him full on the lips. ?Come on, they’re getting dinner ready.? It probably shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did. I suppose ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
Help spread the virus!
2008-01-24 18:48:00 I know, I know. You’ve lying awake at night just wondering what else you can do to help spread the word about Oasis. Well, here’s one way. I just set up a facebook page for Oasis. If you’ve got a facebook account, all you need to do is visit the page and click the little “Become ... More About: News , Virus , Spread
New Writing Downloads
2008-01-23 20:51:00 I finally got off my butt and added a couple more downloads to the writing resources page. They are: Ideas For Getting Published - by Randy Ingermanson. Includes information about writing query letters, proposals, and finding an agent. StoryWorld - by Randy Ingermanson. Create more a more engrossing world for your characters to live in. Great ideas, ... More About: Downloads , Writing
Chapter 39
2008-01-18 22:06:00 [If you?ve never read Oasis before, you should start at the beginning. The something is still broken with the image uploading (I can use old ones, just not upload new) so no chapter image until I get it fixed. I think my host is finally starting to go throung those upgrades I talked about a ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
Oasis: Chapter 38
2008-01-12 17:17:00 [If you’ve never read Oasis before, you should start at the beginning. Something mysteriously broke with the image uploading (I can use old ones, just not upload new) so no chapter image until I get it fixed.] A Hotel Divided Half an hour later the sun was fully up, heralding another scorching Oasis day. Samson and I ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
I?m A Little Slow Today
2008-01-11 17:48:00 OK, so I got up about 6:00 am this morning to finish up this week’s chapter of Oasis and my three year old immediately follows me downstairs and begins demanding to play. Anyway, I’m close to having chapter 38 done, but it may be tomorrow morning before I get it up. Sorry. I occasionally do have ... More About: News , Today , Slow
Choosing A Cheap Self Publishing Solution
2008-01-08 16:52:00 As many of you know, unless something really strange happens (like a publishing contract falling from the sky) I’ll be self-publishing Oasis after I get it done and clean it up a little. Because I don’t have extra money to burn, I’m limiting my self-publishing choices to printers that do not require any setup fees. ... More About: Publishing , Cheap , Solution
Oasis: Chapter 37
2008-01-04 16:12:00 [If you are new to Oasis , start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.)] Difficult Choices Linda gave me a look. ?Why?? ?He’s been bitten. He’s infected.? Linda turned and left the room. I wondered how long ago he had been bitten, and how long he had until the virus claimed his life and endangered ours. I walked ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
Can?t Come Up With An Idea?
2008-01-02 04:47:00 Do you ever want to write something, but you just don’t know what to write about? Here’s a small collection of story & idea generators. This one will give you a one-sentence summary of a story. Example: A demigod blows up the car of an accident-prone steelworker. http://www.lifeformz.com/cgi-bin/idea/ide a.cgi This one gives you an idea in several parts. ... More About: Idea
Oasis: Chapter 36
2007-12-28 21:47:00 [note: Oasis started a long, long time ago. If you haven’t read it before, you should start with Chapter 1. In other news, I think it’s time I admit that I won’t be reaching my goal of finishing Oasis before the end of the year. There’s just too much pain left to heap upon poor ... More About: Fiction
Pride Of The Traveller
2007-12-23 18:09:00 And merry Christmas to me! I’m currently at my in-laws house for the weekend and I’m leeching off of the neighbor’s wireless network, so I’ll make this quick. The second issue of Astonishing Adventure Magazine is here, and guess who has a story in it? That’s right, its me. It starts on page 53. Check it out. P.S. Thanks to the ... More About: News , Fiction , Pride , Traveller
Oasis: Chapter 35
2007-12-21 16:42:00 [note: If you are new to Oasis , you should start with Chapter 1] Breaking and Entering Kevin pounded three or four times on the door. ?It’s not supposed to be locked.? The teenage girls gasped. The middle aged man’s eyes went wide. ?What do you mean, locked?? Kevin continued pounding. ?Open up!? I turned and scanned the area. I didn’t ... More About: Fiction
‘Tis The Season?
2007-12-19 16:21:00 I really don’t know what I could say about these photos that would match my feelings. This is a house in my neighborhood. Sorry about the fuzzyness. With the flash on, it washed out most of the fun. With the flash off it got blurry. And it was way more creepy and awesome at night than during the day. Merry Christmas, all. P.S. This was actually last year. This year they only have up one lonely snowman. Bah Humbug. P.P.S. And yes, there will be an Oasis chapter this week. More About: Season
Oasis: Chapter 34
2007-12-14 16:49:00 [note: If you haven’t read any Oasis before, you should start at the beginning. This chapter may be kind of raw, I haven’t read through it as much as I usually do. As always, I’m not offended by you pointing out typos and half sentences. Also, the following link is just so that I can ... More About: Fiction , Chapter
The One Survival Skill
2007-12-11 21:26:00 I was watching a movie the other day, and I realized something. When the poop hits the fan, there is one survivor skill you will always need. No matter what’s going on in your life: you need to stop a terrorist, you’re being hunted by the FBI/mafia/Girl Scouts, you are looking for a long buried treasure, giant ... More About: Skill , Survival , Viva
Ghost Hunters Revisited
2007-12-10 18:50:00 OK, folks, a while ago I mentioned darcknyt’s serial novel Ghost Hunters . Well, he’s finally wrapped that sucker up. I think that’s pretty impressive seeing as it started out with an experiment in dialog. Plus, apparently he writes at least 3X as fast as me. Anyway, its a fun ghost story without a ton of blood ... More About: Fiction
Oasis: Chapter 33
2007-12-07 21:47:00 [note: Sorry about the lateness of this one. Today has been crazy. If you are new to Oasis , start with Chapter 1.] Help And Red Shoes The yelling got louder. I knew they had to be close, so I slowed down and kept moving toward the sound. I still wasn’t sure why I was going or what I ... More About: Fiction
Server Voodoo Happening (Hopefully) Tonight
2007-12-05 00:17:00 My host is undergoing some upgrades that will hopefully happen tonight. There may be chaos in reaching Story Hack for a day or two, but everything should be green by new fiction time on Friday morning. More About: News , Server , Tonight , Voodoo , Serve
Oasis: Chapter 32
2007-11-30 07:25:00 [note: As you can see, we’re a long way into Oasis . If you’re just arriving here, you should start with Chapter 1: The Last Shift] Betrayal Pains The blow caught me in right in the stomach. Air exploded out my mouth and my diaphragm refused to take in more. I dropped to my knees. It hurt bad. In the ... More About: Fiction
Brave New Theme
More articles from this author:2007-11-27 00:55:00 OK, so here’s the new theme I’ve been experimenting with. I was aiming for something much more fun and pulpy. So what do you think? Did I go too far? Not far enough? I’m open to suggestions and comments. Again, Corbin St. Laurent will be back Friday in Oasis Chapter 32. More About: News , Theme 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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