Cephus' Corner

A Place for my Geeky Side

Had a Difficult Morning…

May 30th, 2023

I think all writers recognize this one, but I had a really hard morning because something really terrible happened.

I had to kill a major character in a series of books and I feel really bad about it.

Let’s talk about it.

This is Why People Have Problems!

May 13th, 2023

So I just watched this video and while it’s well-done and I guess the conclusions make some sense, it really only works if you’re an idiot, which sadly, most people seem to be.

I love video games, but I am not a fanatic about them. I never have been and I never will be. I play when I have something to play and when I don’t, I have other things to do. You know, like a normal person. So why do some people have so many problems and why do video game manufacturers get rich taking advantage of them?

Let’s find out.

Bizarre Ideas in Sci-Fi

May 12th, 2023

I’ve been watching some videos from Sci-Fi Odyssey over on YouTube recently, not really because I find them to be great, but because I’ve been bored. That’s not to say that they’re bad, because certainly, they’re not, I just find his take on things to be “interesting”. I say it like that because I simply do not agree with some of his overarching ideas. He seems to think, again, from my limited exposure, that science fiction must, by necessity, be hard, meaning it’s got to be scientifically plausible to be worthwhile.

That’s not how it works, though.

No Matter What You’ve Heard, Self-Publishing Isn’t Free!

May 11th, 2023

I’ve seen this too much lately and I just had to say something about it. Tons of people seem to think that writing for publication, it’s just something that you can do on a whim, that you don’t have to put in any effort or cost, everyone owes you automatic success, so there!

It just doesn’t work that way. I’m here to set the record straight.