This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the story “The Enemy Within. Please read the original story first if you want to avoid spoilers… First off, an apology for the lateness of this post. It was supposed to be ready Wednesday, but Wednesday got consumed by “other things” (read, real life). Then Thursday got […]
Behind The Scenes: Xeme
If you want to avoid spoilers, please read the original story – Xeme – before reading this post. First off, apologies for this post being a day late. That’s really been a bit unavoidable as a great deal of my evenings this week have been spent moving to new web hosting. The new design was […]
Behind The Scenes: Warrington
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the story “Warrington“. Please feel free to read that first, if you want to avoid spoilers… This is 28th story of the year, so it’s the second of the stories using the random letter. Again, I copped out and made it a character’s name – sorry. Warrington […]
Behind The Scenes: Marooned
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the story “Marooned“. Please feel free to read that first, if you want to avoid spoilers… This is the first story of the second half, and I wanted to open with something a bit different. I’d had the idea for this story in my head for a […]
Behind The Scenes: Your Death, Foretold / Zero Nine
I wasn’t well last week, and I really didn’t manage to get a lot done on Wednesday other than running a high fever and feeling sorry for myself. So this is a kind of “roundup” of the two. Click the links to read the original stories, if you haven’t already. Your Death, Foretold I wanted […]
Behind The Scenes: Xenon
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the short story “Xenon”. To avoid spoilers, please read the original story first. Of course the name came first. I’ve been doing them in alphabetical order all year, so naturally the name came first. Instead of the idea coming to me through inspiration, it came to me […]
Behind The Scenes: The Woman In The Water
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for “The Woman In The Water“. Please read the original story first to avoid spoilers. This story was the first idea that I had and tried to write for this year of short stories. For some reason, it wouldn’t come then, and it wouldn’t come a few weeks […]
Behind The Scenes: Veronica
This is the “Behind The Scenes” for Veronica. Please read the original story if you want to avoid spoilers. Veronica came to me while walking the dogs, basically while looking for a story to write for the week. The idea came to me more or less fully formed, and all I had to do is […]
Behind The Scenes: Underground Supporters
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the latest story, “Underground Supporters“. If you haven’t read the original story yet, I advise you to do so as this post is more spoiler-laden than usual… First off, an apology for this instalment of “Behind The Scenes” being a day later than usual. That’s simply because […]
Behind The Scenes: Trees Looking At Me
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the story “Trees Looking At Me“. Please read the original story first if you want to avoid spoilers. I had a great idea for a story last Tuesday. There was a talking tiger, it was set in 1830s India, it was kind of kooky. It was going […]