It’s the small things that make big differences sometimes. I see that quite often in my weeks, especially these last two where I have been very busy with my day job. In fact, I’ve been so busy I’ve had to make some small adjustments lately.
Whether it’s finding different times to write or carving out some of my down time to add words to my story, I’ve managed to make a few small changes. Enough small changes add up to bigger changes.
The little things add up. In my current story, a series of small decisions and actions lead to the greater conflict coming to the forefront. For good or bad, the protagonist made those decisions and faces the consequences. In the same way, his small changes can help him work his out of it.
Of course, since it is a story and a science fiction one at that, the trials and challenges are more dangerous. They’re worse than anything I hope I’ll ever face. But he improves by doing the small things repeatedly and consistently.
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My latest book, For All the Stones, takes place in a world that is coming to terms with the rising technology and the waning magic. Even though the magic has faded, some are still after the ancient glories of the mages who once ruled the land.
My book, Collected Lives, takes place near the end of the twenty-second century, with vacations and tourism to Earth by off-worlders controlled by major corporations. The largest corporation, Collected Lives, has several enemies. The story follows the events as four people from different portions of Collected Lives’ process are thrown into the middle of a larger problem.
My fantasy, A Map, a Mage, and a Sacrifice, is set in a world with ancient technology where sacrifice of lifeforce brings magical power. The greater the pain and suffering, the greater the magical energy generated. The Forty mages controlling the empire use voluntary sacrifice of the citizens to generate power they use to protect and defend the empire. But their rule may be coming to a close.
Malignance, my third book in my time travel series that began with Resonance and Dissonance, is on Amazon as a kindle and a paperback. That was a fun series to write, and for now, it is completed. I have also placed all three books from that series into one volume titled The Machina of Time.
If you’re looking for a science fiction story, try my book The Promise of Dust, which takes place in a cloud city floating in the atmosphere of Venus. Or Progenitor’s Legacy: Deceit, which takes place many years in the future on a tidally locked world that orbits a red dwarf and has been reached by humanity in their search for the alien progenitors who seeded the galaxy with nano machines.
If a young adult science fiction is more to your liking, check out my series This New Earth, that starts with Demons of a Dead World and Secrets of a Dead World.
If you are looking for a young adult fantasy, check out my book The Threads Unbound.
DANIEL R. BURKHARD 