Randal L. Schwartz's posted comments

  1. On Error, Error:

    posted 10 months ago

    Yes, this is the tension I saw in the original. And now to slowly reveal whether it’s a hoax, or a real supernatural event, but through letting the characters discover it for themselves.

  2. On Pouring Out What's Left:

    posted 10 months ago

    Beautiful. Sets it up almost exactly as I had envisioned the backstory: a scientist whose wife had passed away, and was now buried in his work in denial.

  3. On John and Ray:

    posted 10 months ago

    The problem is that four of the characters are already there, but three are anonymous, since I started with only Kevin in the first bit to keep the dialog moving. So I was using this piece to give them names… and yes, after a re-reading I see that it confuses more than it expands.

  4. On A Digital Cry for Help:

    posted 10 months ago

    Beautiful! I may start here, instead of at my previous end. Good job!

  5. On Not quite an error:

    posted 10 months ago

    I’m thinking there’s a sequel or two, although it’d be interesting to sit back and see where others take it first. I got the idea in the shower this morning, germinating from “what if ‘expected error’ was really some quantum effect trying to tell us something?”. But for ease of storytelling, I decided to take it supernatural instead of supertechnical.

  6. On Buffalo Central Terminal:

    posted about 1 year ago

    A sequel? I hit the 1024 char mark pretty fast, but luckily I got the conflict in there. :) It does sorta beg for at least one or two more ficlets before it gets interesting.

  7. On Searching For Junk:

    posted about 1 year ago

    Not sure where you were going, but it gave me a nice leaping-off place for a sequel. Thanks!

  8. On Caring is our business... :

    posted about 1 year ago

    Soylent Green… is…

  9. On Another long travel day:

    posted about 1 year ago

    In the US, it’s spelled Brazil. But “in country”, it’s spelled Brasil.

  10. On Where Is Mary Gone:

    posted about 1 year ago

    OK, the ambiguity of Mary there led me to my prequel. I had to do it. :)

  11. On Powerful Mistakes:

    posted about 1 year ago

    Yes! Great followup. Oddly, I had something bizarre like that in mind just as I was hitting the 1K mark in the first part.

  12. On Language Wars at the Ravens Gate Pool:

    posted about 1 year ago

    This was inspired by http://flickr.com/photos/15965815@N00/230245283/ – and I’m not sure why that didn’t come up linked as inspiration.

  13. On three beers before ficlet:

    posted about 1 year ago

    Yeah, so far, I’m writing very immediate stories, because I’m trying to develop a sense of narrative style. I already have the fiction down… I mean, I write technical books for a living. :)

  14. On dead lines:

    posted about 1 year ago

    Not to give away my secrets too much, but the final line was actually what my real-life editor said when I pointed him at the first two segments. :) So I had to write the next piece, incorporating that. Gotta take your inspiration from wherever it comes!

  15. On The realization:

    posted about 1 year ago

    I enjoy that it took my piece in a totally unexpected direction from the one in my head. Since this was my first ficlet, it’s a great experiment. Thank you!

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