Feel Boss
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Sci-fi writer, casual gamer, geek.
Finally got around to a new character profile to stick on the blog. Been trying to work on other stuff, but this one was too interesting for me to ignore. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/c... #sci-fi #sciencefiction #characterprofiles #writing #immortalcharacters #stories #fiction
Character Profile: Morticia Romanus, Immortal Bounty Hunter
Here’s another character that came from several conversations with the friend I’m frequently brainstorming with. It started with a few ideas that came to mind while we were talking abou…
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December 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Finally got around to a new character profile to stick on the blog. Been trying to work on other stuff, but this one was too interesting for me to ignore. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/c... #sci-fi #sciencefiction #characterprofiles #writing #immortalcharacters #stories #fiction
Got a new blog post up without letting months pass first. Some thoughts on recent events and how my brain works them into my writing, plus 3 character profiles: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/m... #sciencefiction #sci-fi #DarkAges2.0 #writing #stories #fiction #dystopianfiction
Motivations and a Few Character Profiles
On some days, keeping up with current events is just … exhausting. But I prefer to have at least some idea of what’s going on, rather than ignoring it all and being blindsided by someth…
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September 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Got a new blog post up without letting months pass first. Some thoughts on recent events and how my brain works them into my writing, plus 3 character profiles: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/m... #sciencefiction #sci-fi #DarkAges2.0 #writing #stories #fiction #dystopianfiction
Still working on "Dark Ages 2.0" stuff. Rewrote the intro for, like, the 6th time. Posted the rough draft on my blog, with more stuff to follow. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/i... #scifi, #sciencefiction #cyberpunk #dystopianfuture #writing #fightingfascism
Intro to “Dark Ages 2.0” — Revised
As I mentioned last time, I’m considering posting my Dark Ages 2.0 stories and supplemental pieces on sites like Patreon and just using the sites as tip jars. I’m still looking around f…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Still working on "Dark Ages 2.0" stuff. Rewrote the intro for, like, the 6th time. Posted the rough draft on my blog, with more stuff to follow. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/i... #scifi, #sciencefiction #cyberpunk #dystopianfuture #writing #fightingfascism
A note about something new I'm considering trying, followed by a new character profile for a series of stories I'm working on: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/c... #sciencefiction #dystopian #cyberpunk #futuristic #actiongirl #writing #fiction #scifi
Character Profile: Venka Castro
Quick note first: I’m considering using Patreon and Ko-fi and any other website I can find to just post my Dark Ages 2.0 stories for anyone to read, and use those sites as tip jars. I tried t…
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August 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A note about something new I'm considering trying, followed by a new character profile for a series of stories I'm working on: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/c... #sciencefiction #dystopian #cyberpunk #futuristic #actiongirl #writing #fiction #scifi
My depression issues are sometimes triggered by the most unexpected things. And then I can't let it go until I've figured out how to rewrite something... scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/w... #Thunderbolts #movies #MCU #writing #stories #fiction #scifi #depression
What If … a Ton of Wasted Potential Could be Fixed?
I’d been trying to decide whether to go see Thunderbolts, wait for it to arrive on Disney+, or skip it. The trailers made it look fun as all hell, so I was leaning toward seeing it in the the…
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May 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My depression issues are sometimes triggered by the most unexpected things. And then I can't let it go until I've figured out how to rewrite something... scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/w... #Thunderbolts #movies #MCU #writing #stories #fiction #scifi #depression
Finally finished Part 2 of the previous blog post on Dark Ages 2.0: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/d... #sciencefiction #scifi #cyberpunk #dystopia #fightingfascism #writing #fiction
Darker Ages, Part 2
Since putting all this stuff in one post would’ve made it too long, this is a follow up to the previous one. Here, I’ll be getting into the setting in general, some discussion of the ch…
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March 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Finally finished Part 2 of the previous blog post on Dark Ages 2.0: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/d... #sciencefiction #scifi #cyberpunk #dystopia #fightingfascism #writing #fiction
Haven't posted anything in quite a while. Just been beaten down by everything that's going on. Finally wrote up a blog post about trying to process it through writing fiction. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/d... #sci-fi #cyberpunk #writing #fightingfascism #stories #novels
Darker Ages
So … I’ve been bouncing around from one project to another even more than normal, in the past few months. I get inspired, go back to work on one story or novel or whatever, then fizzle …
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March 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Haven't posted anything in quite a while. Just been beaten down by everything that's going on. Finally wrote up a blog post about trying to process it through writing fiction. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/d... #sci-fi #cyberpunk #writing #fightingfascism #stories #novels
Another character profile and a bit of rambling about some of my writing and some everyday-life stuff is up on my blog: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/c... #writing #sciencefiction #scifi #characters #characterprofiles #dystopia #dystopianfuture #cyberpunk
Character Profile: “Jagger”
As hard as I try to work on other stuff, my mind still keeps snapping back to the Dark Ages 2.0 stories I’ve talked about so many times here. So all I can do is write down what comes to mind,…
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October 11, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Another character profile and a bit of rambling about some of my writing and some everyday-life stuff is up on my blog: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/c... #writing #sciencefiction #scifi #characters #characterprofiles #dystopia #dystopianfuture #cyberpunk
Managed to actually get some writing done in between car breakdowns and other slings and arrows. So here's a scene from a current work-in-progress. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/a... #writing #sciencefiction #scifi #DarkAges2.0 #scenes #WIP #actionscenes
A Scene from a Work in Progress
Bah. My mind keeps bouncing back to the Dark Ages 2.0 stories I've talked so much about here, as much as I keep trying to work on other projects like Uncharted Territory. I guess I'm just too angry ab...
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September 18, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Managed to actually get some writing done in between car breakdowns and other slings and arrows. So here's a scene from a current work-in-progress. scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/a... #writing #sciencefiction #scifi #DarkAges2.0 #scenes #WIP #actionscenes
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September 18, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,479,596!
Been dealing with a lot of everyday-life stuff, so I needed to write about something fun for once. So ... some thoughts on Deadpool-style humor in a Star Trek show: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/a... #StarTrek #deadpool #sciencefiction #scifi #humor #comedy #characters #Borg
A Few Thoughts on Deadpool-style Humor in Star Trek
Taking a break from dealing with everyday-life stresses and the serious, anger-inducing, and depressing subject matter that's been driving my writing lately, and talking about something fun. https://y...
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August 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Been dealing with a lot of everyday-life stuff, so I needed to write about something fun for once. So ... some thoughts on Deadpool-style humor in a Star Trek show: scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/a... #StarTrek #deadpool #sciencefiction #scifi #humor #comedy #characters #Borg
More stuff I'm working on, now that I finally have a moment to write up something about it: "More New Characters and Stuff" ... scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/m... #writing #scifi #sciencefiction #novels #stories #cyberpunk #dystopia
July 30, 2024 at 11:53 PM
More stuff I'm working on, now that I finally have a moment to write up something about it: "More New Characters and Stuff" ... scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/m... #writing #scifi #sciencefiction #novels #stories #cyberpunk #dystopia
A follow-up to the previous blog post, focusing on one character in particular. #sciencefiction #scifi #fiction #characters #writing #stories #novels scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/t...
The “Ghost” of Chelsea Orlova
Here's another one that breaks my personal guidelines about not killing off a character's parents. It's a trope that happens often enough that you can usually see it coming miles away, but it can stil...
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June 28, 2024 at 10:41 PM
A follow-up to the previous blog post, focusing on one character in particular. #sciencefiction #scifi #fiction #characters #writing #stories #novels scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/t...
Blog post: several brief character profiles, a few excerpts from a novel and a short story, and some discussion of space pirates and immortal characters. (And that thumbnail ... Jesus Christ.) scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/s... #sciencefiction #scifi #novels #stories #characters
Space Pirates!
As discussed in a post from last month as well as the post before it, I'm getting back to work on Uncharted Territory and trying to actually finish it before I go back to Dark Ages 2.0. I'd started re...
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June 25, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Blog post: several brief character profiles, a few excerpts from a novel and a short story, and some discussion of space pirates and immortal characters. (And that thumbnail ... Jesus Christ.) scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/s... #sciencefiction #scifi #novels #stories #characters
Reposted by Feel Boss
Another new blog post: Inspiration from random stuff. Rambled on and on and never got to the topic I planned to write about. O_o scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/i... #writing #sciencefiction #sci-fi #scifi #characters #writinginspiration #ideas
Ideas Springing Forth from Random Stuff
The plan was to follow up on the previous entry by posting two or three snippets from the story discussed there and in the one before that. A few other ideas came together in my head over the past few...
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June 5, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Another new blog post: Inspiration from random stuff. Rambled on and on and never got to the topic I planned to write about. O_o scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/i... #writing #sciencefiction #sci-fi #scifi #characters #writinginspiration #ideas
Was working on a new story and planning to send it to a specific publisher until ... this. So now I'll have to use the story for something else. Not willing to risk my work on a possible dead end. #writing #publishing #redflags #scifi #shortstories scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/a...
Another Door Closed
Very often I think that "disappointment" might as well be my middle name. Okay, here's the thing. Last time I talked about a story I'd started writing after finding a publisher that looked promising. ...
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May 25, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Was working on a new story and planning to send it to a specific publisher until ... this. So now I'll have to use the story for something else. Not willing to risk my work on a possible dead end. #writing #publishing #redflags #scifi #shortstories scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/a...
Writing _about_ writing instead of actually _writing._ Still, it helped me get most of my notes down in one place. Might actually be able to get started on the story itself now. #writing #sciencefiction #scifi #stories #fiction #characters scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/t...
The Specialists
Once again I find myself writing about writing instead of ... y'know ... actually writing. But this one is still in the "piecing it together" stage. I'm still figuring a lot of the details out. Maybe ...
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April 30, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Writing _about_ writing instead of actually _writing._ Still, it helped me get most of my notes down in one place. Might actually be able to get started on the story itself now. #writing #sciencefiction #scifi #stories #fiction #characters scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/t...
Finished another blog post. Continued another project that I keep getting distracted from and going back to ... #Predator #Yautja #fanfiction #writing #stories #oddballcharacters #sci-fi #sciencefiction scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/04/21/d...
April 22, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Finished another blog post. Continued another project that I keep getting distracted from and going back to ... #Predator #Yautja #fanfiction #writing #stories #oddballcharacters #sci-fi #sciencefiction scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/04/21/d...
Just finished a new blog post. Had a few thoughts on how one of the alien civilizations in my novels might handle education. Better than we have, most likely ... #writing #sciencefiction #novels #stories scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/04/16/s...
April 17, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Just finished a new blog post. Had a few thoughts on how one of the alien civilizations in my novels might handle education. Better than we have, most likely ... #writing #sciencefiction #novels #stories scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2024/04/16/s...
Working on a new blog post, but I happened across this one while looking something up and thought I'd toss it up here. It's a thought experiment that turned into a distant epilogue to the whole Star Wars saga. #starwars #writing #sciencefiction scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/i...
April 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Working on a new blog post, but I happened across this one while looking something up and thought I'd toss it up here. It's a thought experiment that turned into a distant epilogue to the whole Star Wars saga. #starwars #writing #sciencefiction scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/i...
Finally remembered to dive in here and see what happens. Had a blog for a few years, so here's the first post to serve as a more detailed introduction. Main difference is, I'm currently homeless again. Whee... scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/w... #writer #scifi #sciencefiction #blog
April 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Finally remembered to dive in here and see what happens. Had a blog for a few years, so here's the first post to serve as a more detailed introduction. Main difference is, I'm currently homeless again. Whee... scifiwriterfredtkerns.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/w... #writer #scifi #sciencefiction #blog