Kenneth Mark Hoover has sold over sixty short stories and articles. His fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, and many other magazines and anthologies. His first novel, a dystopian SF called Fevreblau, was published by Five Star Press in 2005. He is a member of SFWA and HWA. …
More Pictures from New Orleans
Here are a few more pictures from my week in New Orleans accompanied by descriptions. Hope you enjoy them! 🙂 This was the view of the French Quarter from our 17th floor window. The weather was nice, mostly cloudy which helped with the sun. But the humidity was terrible. It had been a long time …
The Cigar Factory in New Orleans
One of the places I found was the Cigar Factory on Decatur. It was interesting to me as a writer to see how they make the cigars and cure them. The shop was nice and I bought a few cigars and drank black coffee while listening to very loud Caribbean music. I had a good …
Pictures from NOLA
Here are some pictures I took of my trip to New Orleans. This is Maspero's. Good food and $1 daiquiris. The daiquiris are short on liquor but long on taste. We saw many spectacular street bands. I might blog about them more later. Honestly, the music from these men and women on the street was …
Pictures of My Border Trip to Ruidosa, TX
Once you drive through Presidio and make it through the Chinati Mountain Pass on Farm Road 170 the next stop along the Mexico/Texas Border is Ruidosa. I wanted to stop because my latest novel Quaternity takes place outside the town for a chapter or three. It's always beneficial for a writer to see a place …
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Full Moon over Texas
Full Moon over Texas. It was as yellow as a saucer of cream! Playing around with the contrast in this one. Gives an artificial and spooky look.
Pictures from Presidio
A few pictures from my trip to the Border. These are from Presidio, TX This was a very good restaurant. Authentic Mexican cuisine. If you are even in Presidio, TX make sure you eat here. Headed into Mexico.
Rio Frio Photographs
I enjoyed the scenery when I visited Rio Frio. Here is another set of photographs. Hope you enjoy them! 🙂
My “Working” Trip to Rio Frio
While staying at Rio Frio last week I began the final edit on the Haxan prequel novel, Quaternity. I began making notes for the novel when I was staying at Palo Duro two years ago. I might as well cap off the work while camping alongside a western river in Texas, right? Meanwhile, I also …
The Old West: A Study in Black and White Photography
Some black and white photographs I took around Presidio, TX. Black and white photography works best when you have good contrast between light and shadow. That's what I was working for here. Hope you like them! 🙂 I'll post more pictures as I process them. The trip to Presidio via Rio Frio was a big …
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First Pictures from my Photography Class!
Here are several photographs I took during class. Still learning about the camera, and how to manipulate all the controls it offers me. Hope you like them!
Life is Getting in the Way of Writing
Got a lot to do today. Yesterday was busy, too. More than usual. Classical guitar and photography class took up most of the day yesterday. Today I am meeting my writing buddy at the coffee shop and will push to get this edit done on the new short story. At least whip it in recognizable …
The Border Trip: Rio Grande
Traveling along the border between Texas and Mexico means you travel along the Rio Grande. The river played a big part in the novel because it was analogous to the border that exists in a man's heart. Since the novel is primarily about a man finding himself, having a majority of the novel take place …
The Border Trip: Fort Davis Camping
Here are more pictures from what I have been calling my Border Trip. It's the trip I took from Laredo to Nogales in preparation to writing the novel I have just completed. The buttes in the distance are fantastic. Here is my campsite at Fort Davis. There was a lot of wildlife here, including javelinas …
Dust Storms Around Antelope Wells, New Mexico
When I was on my Border Trip earlier this year, researching the novel, I often ran into dust storms. Here are a few pictures of them. It was strange how they came in waves and would buffet the truck, clear off, then come again. This was a pretty little church north of Antelope …
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Cow Cabin Camping in Palo Duro Canyon
I got back from my camping trip in Palo Duro and I had a very good time. I have done a lot of tent camping over the years, but I am now a big believer in cabin camping. Or at the very least Cow Cabin Camping. These cabins were built by the CCC during the …
On the Banks of the Clear Fork
This is the middle of the Clear Fork of the Brazos. This was the main water supply for The Flat and Fort Griffin. As you can see the water level is very low due to the drought. I've never stood in the middle of a river before. Now I can say I have. This is …
The Flat: 5000 Buffalo Hunters, Ranchers, Prostitutes, Drunks and Criminals in One Place
While researching Fort Griffin and The Flat we came across a little town being rebuilt in the old western style. The owner claims he is going to turn it into a tourist trap when he completes it all, haha, but it is open now for anyone to browse around. So we took advantage of it! …
Unknown Legend
I want to ride a motorcycle in the desert at night. I want to be on a dark road that points toward the setting moon that hangs in the sky like an orange lantern. Then I want to open up the throttle and see if I can't reach it before it disappears below the horizon, …
The Writing Window
Writing is like a window onto another world. What we see there has to be brought to the reader through words. It's not always easy, but that's what we do as writers.
Hoover's Corner 