Production Physics
May 16, 2000
6:20 a.m.
I've spent most of the last two days of my writing time working out relativistic equations and trying to develop the infrastructure of a FTL world. It's slow work, but really intriguing. I've got my reference books, and my space-time charts with lines drawn at all sorts of weird angles.  But this is what you get when you write an across-the-galaxy epic, eh? So now I'm just waiting for the men in white to come gather me up. At work, I call myself a rot-gut coder, meaning that I can do most of the acronyms, C, C++, HTML, javascript, a piddling of java, PERL, VB, ASP, and a few others. I wouldn't suggest I'm a production coder, though. What a scary thought. I'm a leader who can "do" in a pinch, not a doer who can lead when required. I think I'm the same way when it comes to deep thought physics. For someone really brilliant, they could probably do in an hour what it's taken me two days to scratch out. But just like I code because I really enjoy being able to do it, I find I really love playing the mind games that come with various elements of physics and the sciences. That's actually one of my problems, of course. I get caught up in things, and suddenly I'm off in left field looking at nebulas and novas and pulsars and ram scoops and whatever. It's one of the reasons that I work so hard at self-discipline and focus--I need it to make sure I stay on course.   The story is progressing even more slowly. The last effort in this series ("The Taranth Stone") took me a total of seventeen drafts, many brand new starts. Hopefully this one will be a little quicker. But I'm up to start numer three. The first two starts to date have been valuable in that they've given me insight into the character and helped settle my mind as to what's going on in his life. So, while I can't actually use any of the words, they've been helpful. At least that's what I tell myself. :)  To Infinity and Beyond! Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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