About Us
Retired engineer living in Sacramento area and science fiction author. I am active in a couple of writing groups, including as a founding member of the Elk Grove Writers Guild which put on the Elk Grove Writer's Conference in 2018. The Guild is a critique and discussion group, currently not meeting of course, but making plans for the future, including another conference in 2021.
How We Got Started
Inspired by the history of the Wells Fargo wagon to write about a colony around another star (without FTL for travel).
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Recommendations Received (8)
"I've known George for a few years now, and he's a terrific author who also has technical..."
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"I've known George for a few years now, and he's a terrific author who also has technical abilities. His imaginative science fiction always impresses and entertains. George is always professional, too."
"Writes engaging well-researched sci-fi books that draw you in to care about his characters. "
Products & Services
Through its association with the Elk Grove Writers Guild, www.egweg.org.
See web site at www.tauceti2.com for details on all my novels and links to Amazon.
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Nobody. I will listen to anyone with suggestions or critiques, but the final decision is mine.
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Nobody. I will listen to anyone with suggestions or critiques, but the final decision is mine.
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As an author, I am a member of the Elk Grove Writers Guild. We discuss our work with monthly meetings (currently using Zoom) and critique each others work using Google Docs.
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As an author, I am a member of the Elk Grove Writers Guild. We discuss our work with monthly meetings (currently using Zoom) and critique each others work using Google Docs.
I have an office with my computers and reference books. The computer plays music, essentially white noise since I don't even hear it when a favorite song comes on, and is used to develop and run the software that I use to keep track of characters, timelines, etc.
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I have an office with my computers and reference books. The computer plays music, essentially white noise since I don't even hear it when a favorite song comes on, and is used to develop and run the software that I use to keep track of characters, timelines, etc.
All my networking is with other writers, and we are 100% remote currently. We will return to in-person meetings as soon as we consider it to be safe.
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All my networking is with other writers, and we are 100% remote currently. We will return to in-person meetings as soon as we consider it to be safe.
I can start wandering whether I’m in, out, in the shower, or in bed not yet asleep. That’s how I get a lot of my ideas.
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I can start wandering whether I’m in, out, in the shower, or in bed not yet asleep. That’s how I get a lot of my ideas.
My marketing has not been terribly successful, I'm afraid. I have used Amazon ads, giveaways on Amazon and Goodreads, and posts on reader websites like Electric Bookshelf, Goodreads, and diabolicShrimp. Probably the most successful was the first Amazon giveaway because it got 695 copies of my...
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My marketing has not been terribly successful, I'm afraid. I have used Amazon ads, giveaways on Amazon and Goodreads, and posts on reader websites like Electric Bookshelf, Goodreads, and diabolicShrimp. Probably the most successful was the first Amazon giveaway because it got 695 copies of my first book out there and stimulated sales on all three of my trilogy. I've had a few signings with some success, but none of them were in big bookstores. I hope this helps a little. Good luck.
I usually have an idea of where I want the relationship to go, based on the needs of the story. In other aspects of the character's evolution, characters do sometimes tell me what they want. For my third book, publication was delayed by a problem with my cover designer, and a minor character...
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I usually have an idea of where I want the relationship to go, based on the needs of the story. In other aspects of the character's evolution, characters do sometimes tell me what they want. For my third book, publication was delayed by a problem with my cover designer, and a minor character started bugging me with the idea that, since I wasn't doing anything, I should give her a bigger part. I did, and that character played a significant role in my fourth novel also.
I don't copy people, but I do copy traits sometimes. I've used my wife's smile several times.
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I don't copy people, but I do copy traits sometimes. I've used my wife's smile several times.
I won't be writing about this in particular since my novels take place far in the future, but the experience could color the way I handle things. We always borrow something from our real lives, I think, even if we're writing science fiction or fantasy.
My novels often mention the "Yellowstone...
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I won't be writing about this in particular since my novels take place far in the future, but the experience could color the way I handle things. We always borrow something from our real lives, I think, even if we're writing science fiction or fantasy.
My novels often mention the "Yellowstone Event" in 2210. Although it has always been treated as something in the past that reverberates to the time of my novels, I may someday tell the story of that event and the changes it wreaks in my future universe. The experience of this crisis could help me write about the societal impact of that future event.
