The steam clears at 7pm UK. 🐇💧 Hec'ten and his human commander survived the explosion, but the real danger is what's hidden beneath the pipes... and the order to cover it up.
Read it here: graemesatlas.substack.com
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Reading Stephen Fry’s Mythos for research. Did you know Athena was born fully armored from an axe wound in Zeus's head? 🤯 Prepping for an Ancient Greece segment in my sci-fi serial, The Strings of Us. Make it make sense! 🐇 Read my notes: substack.com/profile/1669...
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An intense work week!
I was feeling pretty burnt out and anxious about the many things I ‘should be doing’. So I went back to my masterplan document and had a look at what I could do.
"Refill the well. Read books, watch films... Creativity is not an infinite resource."
Thanks past Graeme.
Oh, I have never heard of this story until now, but reading the premise, I can see how wonderful it would be to get swept up in an adventure that happens right on your doorstep. For a similar reason, as a kid, I loved Stig of the dump. So sweet.
Stay tuned to my substack to see what shenanigans I have been cooking up.
At 7, my Grandma blew my mind: people actually draw worlds for a living. 🤯 In 1 hour, I’m taking a massive step to bring my own sci-fi universe to life.
What movie/book made you a storyteller?
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I am excited to givbe it a go as well. Its been an odd process because my first thought would have gotten me in trouble with the SEC. Naturally I had to water it down a fair bit from that. But ultimately I want to propogate a community driven funding model, where people have real skin in the game.
What’s your biggest frustration with the traditional indie publishing model?
100 subscribers! 🎉 To celebrate, I’m testing a new community-powered launch model for my sci-fi serial, The Strings Of Us. Think indie pub meets co-op. Full details drop tomorrow at 6pm GMT! 🌌 Come join the Guild over on Substack: graemesatlas.substack.com
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Deciduous and Evergreen: Part 4 is live. My Halloween Speculative fiction, where we explore a strange historical prophecy that is suddenly coming back to life for three young adults. open.substack.com/pub/graemesa...
Do you ever feel brave enough to do writing that spins a yarn on social commentary? To be a bit Dickensian?
Deciduous and Evergreen:
This is a new short story I’m writing for spooky season, Inspired by that feeling you get from movies like Casper, Hocus Pocus, and Stranger Things, all wrapped in the folkloric texture of a book like Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
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What is my serialised book about?
Genre: Sci-fi 🛸
Description: Humans and Rabbits must work together on a journey that will take them into deep space, to discover why it is that Rabbits are gravitationally aligned with the centre of the galaxy.
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This is awesome! Thank you for sharing! It's always nice to meet creatives exploring the same thing.
Is anyone else doing #Pentober on substack?
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#Pentober Day 001 - Fog
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Im back after a long holiday, within which, I decided to re-addict myself to Downton Abbey. Foolish? Yes. Worth it? Also yes.
I have spent time here composing some thoughts about what this show does well, and how it uses story to keep you addicted.
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Sometimes my IRL work permeates into my storied life. This is part 001 of a short story about what happens when an ancient bottle of Madeira wine decides to share its memories.
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This detail from the 1st chapter comes early, and it lingers. I really enjoy the sense of space and time it creates within the text. It has a length to it. Like a fine wine.
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21) Is my MC a morning person?
I would say yes and no. Once they get into their journey, strict regimented industrial earth time, i.e. doing a 9-5, is less relevant. He sleeps with the curtains open. So that helps to be a morning person by virtue of the light seeping through.
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Ahh running out of time!
20) Superstitions in WIP
There is a thing called the strings. Its relatively unknown by humans, and those that have heard of it think its nonsense.
Rabbits on the other hand live with it every day. To them it is a way of life. Who has the truth of it?
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My Raw & Unedited series continue. Where you can see both what comes directly out of my notebook, and any thoughts I have about how I might improve it once i get to the second draft.
Let me know what you think!
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AI is a hot topic. There are many facets to the discussion that range from ethics, philosophy, politics, creativity.
In this entry, I have focussed only on what we can do, as creatives, to not lose ourselves to the machine entirely, if we do decide to partake.
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Oh nice, yes this makes a lot of sense. It also shows up my filmic background starkly because of how I tend to think of expression as a composition of the face.
I like this though, and I've always felt characters really do need to have unique expressions in the way they talk. Especially in writing.
I tried to give Cash’ya a posture that mixes confidence with a hint of impatience and uncertainty. But I'm curious what details you all notice first.
What's the most revealing element of a character's design for you?
(Poll Options: 1. Their expression, 2. Their Posture/Stance, 3. Their Clothes
When you’re first introduced to a new character design, what’s the first thing your eyes are drawn to that gives you a clue about their personality? For me, a character's stance and overall posture can say so much before they even speak a word.
