Hopefully by now you have finished reading part one of Shelter, so here’s the conclusion. After you finish with part two, please come back here and leave a comment with your suggestions or complaints. Enjoy:

Shelter (part two)

A little processor, run by a sub-system and powered by a miniscule trickle of power off the fusion generator, was running a countdown.  It ticked to zero and a second later, whirs and whines called out softly within LifePod 117 as circuit boards and computer stacks came to life.

Having finished its job, the little processor set its countdown back to two hundred years.

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

January 15, 2010

in Cool Stuff

Mindy PageMindy is kind, thoughtful, beautiful, and one of, if not the sweetest person you’ll ever meet.  She’s had a rough couple of years, and a horrendous 2009, but she’s striding into 2010 with her chin up and a smile on her face.  She’s amazing.

She is a very talented artist with forty years of experience, and is master of pretty much all mediums from oil to watercolor, charcoal to clay.  You should check out her website MelindaPageDesigns.com.  And you should definitely let her immortalize you with a portrait!  (You just send in your picture, you don’t even have to sit for it–unless you want to!)


So cheers to Mindy on her birthday!

I’m very proud of you, Mom.

Love,

George…  (your oldest son)

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A Geode Night

January 13, 2010

Last night, I found myself at a table in a house I had never before been in.  Seated at my right was a British scientist.  On my left was a classical guitar virtuoso.  And on the other side of this small round table were two professional male ballet dancers.  We were playing poker–Texas Hold ‘Em–and I was [...]

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Adding Short Stories to the Mix

January 9, 2010

With the new year I’m adding a new section: Short Stories.  Click that link or the tab above to check it out.  I’ll be posting my stories from time to time, broken up into easy-to-read chunks.  I hope you enjoy them.  And if you do, leave a comment and tell me about it!
Why not leave [...]

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Creative Writing Talk

October 15, 2009

Tomorrow I’m talking with a FWCD creative writing class–or so I’ve been told.
In preparation and for their further edification, this link will take them to most everything I could think of that has helped me be a professional writer.
On Writing
If you’re not in the class… well, enjoy the freebie!

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Moved to This New Spot!

September 4, 2009

The TGAPGeorge personal blog will no longer be on blogger.com, but here and master of it’s domain!
Now be patient while I straighten all this CSS out.
TGAPGeorge
Write like you don’t have a backspace and edit later…
ShinyPen.com

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First Novel… Check!

June 4, 2009

After many late nights and much gnashing of teeth, Under the Gun has jumped through all the hoops and is now a real book! How cool is that?
Of all the things I’ve written, it’s unique. Actually, as a business novel, it’s one of only a few in the genre.

Under the Gun: How to [...]

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TGAPGeorge on Sweet Success Radio!

January 20, 2009

There are a lot of things in life that most people don’t get to do. Of all those things, there are a lot that people either don’t think about, or simply take for granted. I believe being on the radio is one of those things.
I mean, it’s not like TV. That’s still [...]

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The Craft of War: Blind

January 5, 2009

Now, I’ve liked machinima since right before it got the label “machinima.” (Machinima is animation using a video game’s engine.) I used to watch RedVsBlue all the time, and still do occasionally. If you haven’t seen a RedVsBlue episode, please stop breaking big rocks into small rocks and ask the warden if [...]

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Twitter Me This!

December 5, 2008

To be perfectly honest, I read a bit about Twitter over six months ago. I went to the site, read their information pieces, and just didn’t get it. Not really sour grapes, but their home page — for non-account holders — is sparse on details, and not a little cryptic.
Five days ago, I [...]

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