Ask the Author: S.B.K. Burns
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S.B.K. Burns
Yes, the sci-fi horror erotic romance, GETTING THEM UP, is from Simon & Schuster that inherited the distribution of this story from Whiskey Creek, .
She was cured by the bots, the microscopic reef swimmers of the plankton. But what mischief would the creatures swimming her bloodstream get into, if doctors couldn't remove them from her body?
She was cured by the bots, the microscopic reef swimmers of the plankton. But what mischief would the creatures swimming her bloodstream get into, if doctors couldn't remove them from her body?
S.B.K. Burns
I think I'd like to spend time with Mowgli in THE JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling.
S.B.K. Burns
Who is the mother of my child?
S.B.K. Burns
In the series LEGENDS OF THE GOLDENS, my favorite fictional couple is AKEELAH and SAFFRON. They are both Golden hybrids and grew up together, but he thinks he's more psychically powerful than she is. Wrong!
But she's good at hiding her powers and puts an end to his into-himself attitude.
The couple appear in the first book of the series, LEGENDS OF THE GOLDENS, and are the parents of ANDREW and AMINALI (in DANCING DRAGONS), even more powerful at orbing, pathing, and shifting than their parents.
I enjoy writing coming-of-age stories (NAs), especially because my characters have greater challenges before them in controlling their psychic powers. They must first break away from their guardians/parents.
But she's good at hiding her powers and puts an end to his into-himself attitude.
The couple appear in the first book of the series, LEGENDS OF THE GOLDENS, and are the parents of ANDREW and AMINALI (in DANCING DRAGONS), even more powerful at orbing, pathing, and shifting than their parents.
I enjoy writing coming-of-age stories (NAs), especially because my characters have greater challenges before them in controlling their psychic powers. They must first break away from their guardians/parents.
S.B.K. Burns
My Work In Progress is JUST ONE LITTLE DROP OF BLACK. It's a contemporary (mostly) romance (suspense/thriller) staring my Tanzanian dark-phase albino (from LEGENDS OF THE GOLDEN) as heroine. My hero is a dark-skinned former Navy SEAL, who is now a firefighting chief in inland Southern California. He's to be best man in her wedding to his best friend, his SEAL diving buddy, that is, until, the shark attack.
S.B.K. Burns
As long as I don't view creative writing as perfection, I always have the opportunity to polish what I've written. Therefore, I get more blockage when I'm, maybe, two-thirds of the way through my novel (kind of like trying to follow all the rules in finishing a poem).
Another approach is to WRITE CRAP. You can always edit the hell out of it!
Another approach is to WRITE CRAP. You can always edit the hell out of it!
S.B.K. Burns
For me, the best thing about being a writer is sharing my world view in a way that my reader audience can understand. That's the challenge.
S.B.K. Burns
Examine if over the years of your life you have preferred writing to more social activities. If you have and you want to write a book, then write for 30 minutes a day and increase as needed.
Don't worry about quality. Just write and join critique groups to expand your editing ability. Edit in layers until you're satisfied, then publish.
Go through your upset at criticism at home. If you do it in front of your critiquers, they will stop helping you. You need their help, if you know it or not.
Don't worry about quality. Just write and join critique groups to expand your editing ability. Edit in layers until you're satisfied, then publish.
Go through your upset at criticism at home. If you do it in front of your critiquers, they will stop helping you. You need their help, if you know it or not.
S.B.K. Burns
I like to tell stories as did my ancestors who were also storytellers.
S.B.K. Burns
Coming out this year, I hope, SPACE FOR US (FLAT SPIN) is a space-opera thriller where the heroine works in aerospace forensics like I did.
It's about the death of an astronaut in one of the first space planes, and what that has to do with an alien held hostage for the First Lady of The North American States.
Holos (holograms abound)
My present WIP, JUST ONE LITTLE DROP OF BLACK is a contemporary romance (well, as contemporary as a sci-fi romance (SFR) author can get).
The heroine, an emergency doctor, tries to convince her bestie's NAACP chapter that she's black even though she passes as white.
The hero is prejudiced against taking a white girlfriend because of his dark-skinned sister (the heroines best friend) having been dissed by so many of his black brothers.
Not long ago, a white girl tried to convince her NAACP chapter that she was black. The book puts forth the idea that all "races" arose from Africa and so each probably has DNA African-root alleles, evidenced by just one little drop of black.
It's about the death of an astronaut in one of the first space planes, and what that has to do with an alien held hostage for the First Lady of The North American States.
Holos (holograms abound)
My present WIP, JUST ONE LITTLE DROP OF BLACK is a contemporary romance (well, as contemporary as a sci-fi romance (SFR) author can get).
The heroine, an emergency doctor, tries to convince her bestie's NAACP chapter that she's black even though she passes as white.
The hero is prejudiced against taking a white girlfriend because of his dark-skinned sister (the heroines best friend) having been dissed by so many of his black brothers.
Not long ago, a white girl tried to convince her NAACP chapter that she was black. The book puts forth the idea that all "races" arose from Africa and so each probably has DNA African-root alleles, evidenced by just one little drop of black.
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Aug 21, 2019 11:09AM · flag