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Steve’s Book Roundup 1/7/2020

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I write a lot and have quite a few books.  So now and then I’m going to post a roundup of them for interested parties!

My sites:

Fiction

I’ve been returning to fiction with a techno-fantasy setting of several planets orbiting a star called Avenoth.  Take a typical fantasy world of magic and gods, and let it evolve into the space age and internet age . . .

  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet – Two future teachers of Techno-Magical safety find trying to earn their credentials hunting odd artifacts backfires when you’re hired to put some back . . . on a planet where gods go to die!

The Way With Worlds Series

This is what I do a lot of – writing on worldbuilding!.  You can find all of my books at www.WayWithWorlds.com! 

The core books of the series will help you get going:

  • Way With Worlds Book 1 – Discusses my philosophy of worldbuilding and world creation essentials.
  • Way With Worlds Book 2 – Looks at common subjects of worldbuilding like conflicts in your setting, skills for being a good worldbuilder, and more!

When you need to focus on specifics of worldbuilding, I have an ever-growing series of deep dive minibooks.  Each provides fifty questions with additional exercises and ideas to help you focus on one subject important to you!

The current subjects are:

Creativity

I’m the kind of person that studies how creativity works, and I’ve distilled my findings and advice into some helpful books!

  • The Power Of Creative Paths – Explores my theories of the Five Types of Creativity, how you can find yours, and how to expand your creative skills to use more Types of Creativity.
  • Agile Creativity – I take the Agile Manifesto, a guide to adaptable project development, and show how it can help creatives improve their work – and stay organized without being overwhelmed.
  • The Art of The Brainstorm Book – A quick guide to using a simple notebook to improve brainstorming, reduce the stress around having new ideas, and prioritize your latest inspirations.
  • Chance’s Muse – I take everything I learned at Seventh Sanctum and my love of random tables and charts and detail how randomness can produce inspiration!

Careers

Being a “Professional Geek” is what I do – I turned my interests into a career and have been doing my best to turn that into advice.  The following books are my ways of helping out!

  • Fan To Pro – My “flagship” book on using hobbies and interests in your career – and not always in ways you’d think!
  • Skill Portability – A quick guide to how to move skills from one job to another, or even from hobbies into your job.  Try out my “DARE” system and asses your abilities!
  • Resume Plus – A guide to jazzing up a resume, sometimes to extreme measures.
  • Epic Resume Go! – Make a resume a creative act so it’s both better and more enjoyable to make!
  • Quest For Employment – Where I distill down my job search experiences and ways to take the search further.
  • Cosplay, Costuming, and Careers – An interview-driven book about ways to leverage cosplay interests to help your career!
  • Fanart, Fanartists, and Careers – My second interview-driven book about ways to leverage fanart to help your career!
  • Convention Career Connection – A system for coming up with good career panels for conventions!

Culture

  • Her Eternal Moonlight – My co-author Bonnie and I analyze the impact Sailor Moon had on women’s lives when it first came to North America.  Based on a series of interviews, there’s a lot to analyze here, and surprisingly consistent themes . . .

Steve’s Update 1/6/2020

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(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com.  Find out more at my newsletter.)

Let’s get to our first update for the new year!

So what have I done since last time?

  • Way With Worlds: The Gods and Deities Book is at the editor!
  • A School Of Many Futures: Chapter 7 is in progress (and I have the last chapter written), so powering through!
  • Seventh Sanctum: I have been working on a new generator!
  • General: Some post-holiday planning. More to come on that!

What’s next?

  • Way With Worlds: As soon as I get it back from the editor (probably next week) I’ll work to get it out. I also hope to start the next book!
  • A School Of Many Futures: Write like crazy, of course!
  • Seventh Sanctum: Get the new generator out and return to my plans to make a new backend.
  • Other: As noted before I am looking into a new book on Agile methodology, and am deciding when to write it. It may be this Spring, so you may see a delay to any worldbooks for few months while I focus – though I won’t start on it until Gods and Deities AND the next one is out!

Steven Savage

Tofu Scrambled Eggs

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This was a hopeful attempt at creating a scrambled egg that was vegan – I have a recipe for egg muffins, but that’s not the same. So I just crossed one of my recipies with some stuff I found online and it worked!

Done right, these are really close to scrambled eggs. The only caution is to not use a firm tofu else it becomes kind of crumbly. Experiment to find what works for you.

Otherwise, whip these up and you can fry them up like any eggs (though I might try baking to make it even more healthy).

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz tofu.  Firm may not be best, you want something soft, so try different kinds depending on your local brand.
  • 1/2 tsp kala namak
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • 1/4 tsp ground bk pepper
  • 2 tsp nutritional yeast
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder

Directions:

  1. Mix all but tofu together, then slowly fold into the tofu while mashing slightly.
  2. Stir-fry until it browns.