tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post231860769414758955..comments2023-10-23T23:35:22.776+02:00Comments on Cross Words: Interview with a WizardTed Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-48264100306200875182010-08-30T20:48:00.347+02:002010-08-30T20:48:00.347+02:00Great interview...tons of fun. Thanks for sharing...Great interview...tons of fun. Thanks for sharing. :)Okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393689307300304035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-10932480671336886502010-08-28T21:56:11.617+02:002010-08-28T21:56:11.617+02:00Awesome exercise! I'll be doing this w/my char...Awesome exercise! I'll be doing this w/my characters.Robert Guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618840090348189477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-16865027033466613702010-08-28T08:11:19.958+02:002010-08-28T08:11:19.958+02:00Wendy, that is the plan for my third book. The WIP...Wendy, that is the plan for my third book. The WIP takes place on Earth and is a sci-fi action/suspense story that details some of what is written above. The next story is also a prequel to my first book, and Xax would be the main character. The fourth book is the only sequel I have planned, and details the arrival of one of the generation ships from Earth, sort of like Christopher Columbus landing in the Americas.Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-8272712186084361932010-08-28T01:33:29.720+02:002010-08-28T01:33:29.720+02:00Now, Ted, this is good writing. This was so easy ...Now, Ted, this is good writing. This was so easy to read. And, with regard to length of your story and not getting to certain things - you know you could just give him his own book, explore what you didn't get to.Wendy Tyler Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841984342368861282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-1595743581809577312010-08-27T21:13:35.876+02:002010-08-27T21:13:35.876+02:00Oh, Hart, you wouldn't believe how much backgr...Oh, Hart, you wouldn't believe how much background info I have. I have four books laid out for now, and an entire history for everything. I could have gone on for hours just interviewing this character and never even come close to running out of material. I just hope I get the chance to publish someday.Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-75398149383874486232010-08-27T20:44:02.102+02:002010-08-27T20:44:02.102+02:00I love this deeper look at the ideas underlying yo...I love this deeper look at the ideas underlying your world! I had heard the broad strokes of it, but you really have a well-developed plan here! Fabulous!Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-68049764101240113942010-08-27T20:35:14.132+02:002010-08-27T20:35:14.132+02:00Interesting character interview. I may have to try...Interesting character interview. I may have to try that.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01445455787485222068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-41549252304361959012010-08-27T19:34:23.346+02:002010-08-27T19:34:23.346+02:00How enlightening!... and a fabulous idea. Mind if ...How enlightening!... and a fabulous idea. Mind if I steal it?Empress Awesomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07712340272157084662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-39363679266199676432010-08-27T19:14:53.497+02:002010-08-27T19:14:53.497+02:00This is such a great idea to do with a character -...This is such a great idea to do with a character -- especially where magic and world building are involved. Thanks for sharing!Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-90904375104093633502010-08-27T18:05:51.761+02:002010-08-27T18:05:51.761+02:00Lydia, that's the part I worry about someone e...Lydia, that's the part I worry about someone else using. Maybe it has been used before, but I have never seen it. I've always seen immortality done within the original body, while I think my method is more likely. I do see the possibility in the not too distant future of being able to digitalize what we have in our minds. Thus, the ability to make us 'live' again within another container, perhaps even our own reconstituted bodies, seems very realistic to me.<br /><br />I've also never seen anyone do the colonization of another planet the way that I suggest, by having a ship with no living beings on it do the travelling and only upon reaching the destination then recreating the colonists.Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-81946270575493018442010-08-27T16:52:14.842+02:002010-08-27T16:52:14.842+02:00I like that idea of immortality. It's brillian...I like that idea of immortality. It's brilliant. <br />Great world building in there. Way to go!Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-47447080318216590172010-08-27T16:43:14.430+02:002010-08-27T16:43:14.430+02:00Intriguing! I like the sci-fi/fantasy blend you...Intriguing! I like the sci-fi/fantasy blend you've got going here. Kinda reminds me of Terry Brooks' ideas about a far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far post-apocalyptic future with druids and river gods and such.<br /><br />Makes me think I should hurry up and finish critting your manuscript too. *sigh*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-23484306867793470352010-08-27T16:12:10.536+02:002010-08-27T16:12:10.536+02:00ted- that is so so so cool! i'm with alex on ...ted- that is so so so cool! i'm with alex on this one! you must def work on a xax book! and LOL about tolkien's family tracking the guy down!!<br />i love this kind of science fiction! the kinds that are more biology-related than machine!<br />super super cool!vic caswell https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218698236837610704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-72876056229612981102010-08-27T15:42:45.482+02:002010-08-27T15:42:45.482+02:00Hah, thats a fantastic idea to interview your char...Hah, thats a fantastic idea to interview your character. Xax sounds amazing :)CATE https://www.blogger.com/profile/05302489120654085490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-89586974610692918972010-08-27T14:42:50.318+02:002010-08-27T14:42:50.318+02:00Fascinating! Maybe you need to do a separate book ...Fascinating! Maybe you need to do a separate book on Xax alone.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-62764174087918505482010-08-27T14:36:27.362+02:002010-08-27T14:36:27.362+02:00Thanks, guys. Matt, he was 63 at the time they cap...Thanks, guys. Matt, he was 63 at the time they captured the mind recording that was sent on the ship. It was then infused into a twenty year old clone body (using his own DNA of course).Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-84723869601856926412010-08-27T14:20:01.879+02:002010-08-27T14:20:01.879+02:00That is some first-rate world-building! I love you...That is some first-rate world-building! I love your take on the Science/Magic comparison. Keep us posted on when it's out...Will Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10158149526658590324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-24541930484478126282010-08-27T14:13:00.847+02:002010-08-27T14:13:00.847+02:00This is fascinating! Thanks Ted (and Xax).
One th...This is fascinating! Thanks Ted (and Xax).<br /><br />One thing that confused me though is that in the beginning he says he spent 63 years on Earth, but he was only twenty when he landed on The Shard planet? Was there a space-time continuum wormhole put to use or something?Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.com