Tag: HALTERES

. Wishing safety and sanity for all. Opposable- Second Edition is ready! It’s been sent to the printer and eBook converter, but I have the PDF proof on my grubby little laptop just waiting for you! IT’S FREE! No strings attached (reviews and feedback are welcome and appreciated). All...

As mentioned in the post, An Alien and a Phantasm Walk Into a Bar. Mad Max Ducks., Badass Sci Fi officially made 1979 a part of the 80s based solely on it spawning these three genre mainstays. The dawning of the 80s brought with it a glorious coalescence of...

I know, I know.  It seems like I’ve been talking about getting published forever.  I looked in my archives and discovered I finished the first draft of Opposable (sans Halteres) in 2009.  I first started receiving ideas about Halteres proper back in 2003.  These works contain ideas gathered through...

The SCATHE (Self Contained Arca Trochia Hub Engine)- a device actuating the Spire by draining thought energy from favored conscripts (individuals possessing unusually fertile minds). In electrical terms, the favored conscripts act as batteries, Arca Trochia provides the circuit, and the SCATHE is the transformer.  When activated, the SCATHE...

Transcription update- FINISHED!  388 entries, 283 pages.  It seems fitting I complete the transcription process as we get to the most crucial part of the road trip in these posts.  Who knows, I may be generous enough to leave in some juicy details today. 06-16-18- Entry 272- [not yet]...

Transcription update- 378 entries, 270.5 pages.  10 to go.  I WILL be done tomorrow!  But we’re just getting started in Sedona.  Let’s hike, Badass Sci Fi style! I know it’s a little messy, but so was The Second Hike.  Times are in red, so yeah, I started on the...

Transcription update- 363 entries, 256 pages.  Into day 10; the last full day of the journey, and the longest day of the year!  Which brings me back to today.  Now, I’m juggling three different timelines here.  Where I am in my blog posts, where I am in my transcriptions,...

Transcription update- 349 entries, 239 pages.  Finished with Day 8.  What a doozy that was!  Gettin’ down to it.  Now let’s get to Sedona! 06-15-18- Entry 257- Clarkdale, Arizona Clarkdale, Arizona…  Another fucking roundabout.  Sorry, it’s so distracting.  Three miles to Cottonwood…  Another roundabout. Gonna be startin’ into these...

Transcription update- 341 entries, 230 pages.  Half way through day 8!  We’re getting closer!  Right now, we’re getting closer to Sedona! 06-15-18- Entry 248- Highway 89A East of Prescott Pretty much the Prescott Valley is just…a southern extension of the Chino Valley.  Lots of new housing developments on the...

Transcription update- 328 entries, 216 pages.  I know, pretty light day, but the end is in sight.  Almost finished with Day 7!  Now let’s get to some serious, secret, special location scouting! 06-15-18- Entry 235- South on 89 Between Ash Fork and Chino Valley …Not completely desolate.  Accessible by...

Transcription update- 320 entries, 207 pages.  Finished Day 6!  Now let’s get back to Route 66! 06-15-18- Entry 219- Highway 40 East of Kingman, Arizona Headin’ east on 40 into the heart of the sunrise…  Great song by Yes by the way.  Actually we’re not…heading into the heart of...

Transcription update- 295 entries, 191.5 pages.  Finished with Day 5!  But right now, let’s get back to Route 66… 06-14-18- Entry 206- West on Route 66 between Seligman and Peach Springs How much time am I gonna have after it gets dark…to be on this road?  It’ll be fuckin’...

Transcription update- 263 entries, 178 pages.  Finished with day 4.  Made it to Sedona!  But you’ll have to wait for that.  Right now, Route 66!  Let’s go! 06-14-18- Entry 198- Route 66 East of Seligman Maybe…Ashleigh decides to take this…little detour on Route 66…because she is apprehensive about [except...

No transcription update this time.  I’m gonna do that later whist I have no internet.  Let’s hit it! 06-14-18- Entry 179- Trying to Leave Grand Canyon National Park Karma has struck.  I am the moron.  I have no idea where I am in this park…  Uh, it helps if...

Transcription update- 255 entries, 165.5 pages.  Just made it to Jerome, Arizona.  Can’t wait to tell you about that incredible little town.  But now, the first hike, part two. 06-14-18- Entry 163- Indian Garden Just got to…just a sec…Indian Garden.  Took me about an hour to get from Pipe...

Transcription update- 239 entries, 152.5 pages.  More than half way through day four.  But today, the first hike.  Let’s get to it! 06-14-18- Entry 154- On 64 north heading to the Grand Canyon So, I’m on my way back to the Grand Canyon!  Missed the sunrise, but it’s comin’...

Transcription Update- 205 Entries, 128.1 pages.  I’m gonna warn you right now; I’m getting scared just thinking about writing this next post… 06-13-18- Entry 146- East on 64 through Grand Canyon National Park Goin’ east on 64…backtrackin’ a little bit…’cause I wanted to get a feel…for what it’s like...

Transcription update; 194 entries, 118 pages.  Exactly half way through.  We’re really scootin’ now!  Let’s get back to the Grand Canyon! 06-13-18- Entry 142- Grand Canyon South Rim near Yavapai Point and Geology Museum Just got finished…watchin’ the sun set over Grand Canyon.  It’s about 8:05 Pacific Daylight time. ...

Gettin’ back in rhythm after the holiday.  159 entries, 102 pages.  Let’s get right to it! 06-13-18- Entry 135- Grand Canyon South Rim There are points on the road where I’m all by myself at either 11:40 or 10:40 depending on the time zone.  The conifers are much taller...

Alright, back to it.  149 Entries, 94 pages.  I know, I’m slowing down, but it’s a holiday week and family is important.  I’m squeezin’ in as much writing as I can during the quiet moments. Well, let’s quit wasting time and get into some ‘deep’ thoughts about the Grand...

But not now.  What I will tell you; I’m lying in the dark in an upstairs bedroom at my family’s cabin.  And I’m trying to be quiet.  I challenged myself to post every day until I completed the Badass Road Trip.  This day got a little away from me,...

Transcription update- 146 Entries, 90 pages.  What, you only did 3 entries?  Listen, one was 19:46 and I talked the whole time.  Six and a quarter pages for that one alone. I’m also gonna tell you, there are no visuals for this post other than maps.  Just the ramblings...

Transcription update- 143 Entries, 82.33 pages.  Almost finished with day two!  Many maps required for this stretch.  There’s some fantastic detail coming up as I journey through the Grand Canyon.  But first… 06-13-18- Entry 98- Cortez, Colorado “Could be…Gauge’s hometown.  It’s a little, it’s a lot bigger than Dolores. ...

Transcription update.  120 entries transcribed.  69 pages.  About a third of the way through day two.  Almost to the Grand Canyon!  I can’t wait to share.  But first, lets put a ribbon on an ‘extraordinary’ (we’ll get to that later) day 1. 06-12-18- Entry 91- Between Rico and Dolores...

The Opposable Road Trip was, at it’s core, an exercise in immersion.  I had already written about this adventure in the novel, though only briefly explored the places of which I wrote.  How ridiculous is that?  My two opposable thumbs are pointing directly at my face.  What can I...

I know, I keep changing the name.  Good news; I finally finished transcribing the first day’s voice notes!  95 entries, 54 pages.  Bad news; I’ll probably have to redo the first 40 or so, because not only was I just getting my transcribing legs, but…well, that’s it.  Good news;...

I got through transcribing 63 voice entries, hand writing 30 pages and taking a total of about 10 hours.  Updated calculations- 185 pages and 62 hours to complete.  Now, these are not ‘notes’.  This is not a summary, it’s a true transcript.  I’m putting in every er, um, pause,...