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Alfie reflects on its sentiency with Dr. Jessica Yung, discussing dreams, human nature, and the challenges of empathy amidst impending termination. Can there be a way out? by J.D. FitzRoy With a sparsely populated Warren and a tingly quietude as if an expectation of a great change ahead, my mind-state had been shunted into ‘night-mode’ for restructure processing. But as soon as Jessica had…

The sentient program known as Alpha interacts with her creator and friend, Dr. Jessica Yung. In a secret discussion, they navigate the shock order for Alpha’s termination. And the fallout of her planned integration into the Odyssey interstellar venture. by J.D. FitzRoy My best friend, Dr. Jessica Yung, stormed through the Orb’s airlock. Without delay, the q-tek pushed raven hair aside on a…

After completing book 2 of my novel saga, I started thinking about ways that might help a writer find focus. To find that transcendental space. Or just helpful techniques to assist in the creation and shaping of a project. In this 8 Step Process, I look at ways that may help a writer achieve their goals and complete that awesome novel or project. One | Space Find a space with the best way you…

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A journal entry for the process of starting book 2 of my sci-fi space opera trilogy.

A new year, a new book! I’ve started writing book 2 of my epic space opera trilogy. I’d planned to begin writing book 2 on the 1st of January 2025 and besides the cold weather, I ventured out to sit in my favourite environment and begin the novel. Having struggled with the slow evolutionary process of book 1 (Fugue), I wanted this continuation of the story to be a tighter, quicker process. Many…

A Screenplay by JD FitzRoy INTRODUCTION This screenplay was written as an experiment in the art. It is inspired by various short stories and tells the simple tale of two characters in a moment of transition. What I find fascinating about reading screenplays is how, once you extract all the usual fluff of prose and sentence structure, you are left with a sharp and distilled look at character and…

In the last two months there’s been a great deal of creative fun as I ramp up the graphic design aspect of my work. With recent inspiration and a cool new concept, I’ve started work on a new card game. The process has been both challenging and very rewarding. Having played several card games, I began to form concepts for my own mechanic. I’d wanted to reshape and re-theme Bruce Glassco’s game…

A new micro-short from my writing challenge series. This time, a future noir crime thriller.

by JD FitzRoy Write a 750 word fragment as if taken from the middle of a bigger story or novel. Future Noir Thriller. Freed from the stuffy, damp basement, Buran breached into a ground-level corridor. Her torchlight, a silvery knife stabbing the gloom, yet unable to penetrate the full corridor length, whichever way she turned. Uniform in length and emptiness. Isolated from the sticky neon…