{"id":1522,"date":"2025-07-25T13:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/?page_id=1522"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:27:11","slug":"fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b72c854e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get a free copy of my short story <em>The Singing Rock<\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Two sisters make a profound discovery while scrapping for resources on the edge of the galaxy, leading them to question everything about their lives, what came before, and what they might do next. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click the link below to sign up for my newsletter and I will send you the story right away. Once subscribed, you will receive future stories and updates in your inbox. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: left; margin-bottom: 15px;\"><button class=\"ml-onclick-form wp-element-buton\" onclick=\"ml('show', 'vMP8qa', true)\">Get my short story<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Singing-Rock-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Singing-Rock-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Singing-Rock-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Singing-Rock.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for future links to new short fiction on this page, some of it published directly on this website. I write a lot of short stories, and I try to publish some of them in various places online or in the real world. I share most of my latest work with readers in my newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Strange technology inspired by my fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside my fiction and other writing I also write code, and beyond the demands of my day job, I like to experiment with strange ideas inspired by ideas in my stories and make them come alive in the web browser or other digital spaces. One recent example would be this prototype model from one of my stories of a machine used  to talk to whales. I call it the BEALE (bathymetric echo audio listening encoder) and you can test it by clicking the link below. Come with your own whale songs in MP3 or WAV format, or try the existing catalog on the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-29-at-11.07.49-AM-1024x470.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1619\" style=\"width:425px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-29-at-11.07.49-AM-1024x470.png 1024w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-29-at-11.07.49-AM-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-29-at-11.07.49-AM-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-29-at-11.07.49-AM.png 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nikolas-haug.github.io\/beale-prototype\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Test prototype<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Some craft related items<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I collect ideas about writing craft and process in my newsletter, but have distilled some of those thoughts into blog posts that can read <a href=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/blog\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also like to make things to help myself and other writers better organize their ideas when drafting or revising their stories. One example: I created a short template for developing characters through their actions, one that compiles the ideas of famed SFF author, Samuel R. Delany, and his ideas\/discussion in his book <strong><em>About Writing<\/em><\/strong> (2005 Wesleyan University Press). The template focuses on how to make characters in your stories more real by focusing on how they act. You can download the template below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Character-Development-Worksheet-Delany-Method.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download character template<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I try to keep this page up to date, so look for more stuff like this, and more links to my writing, here in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get a free copy of my short story The Singing Rock: Two sisters make a profound discovery while scrapping for 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