New story! I wrote a 400 word flash fiction for a writers challenge on Reddit called Method One, Standard that I posted up on Aethereal Engines over the weekend. The challenge was to write a fantasy story of four hundred words or less in which luck or randomness as a major theme, component, or idea.... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: Springing into Editing!
It’s been a good week! I finished my first major round of editing with Out to Pasture on Saturday and was happy with the additions and changes I had made. Then I sent off the new draft to the folks who were kind enough to lend their eyes and time to critique it, just to... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: February Rundown
It’s been a very snowy February in my region of the world, with this month featuring at least two storms a week with significant snowfall… and two blizzards! We’ve already passed twice the amount of snow that is normal for a typical winter, and we’re not done yet. January-February is always the roughest part of... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: New Fiction on Friday!
I’ll be posting a thousand word short story up on Aethereal Engines Friday called The Showroom. It was created for a writer’s challenge in January, but the main character and concepts have been with me for at least a couple of years... And about 30,000 words of background and notes. The Showroom takes place in... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: Mid-January Update
Lots of creative forces flowing in the past two weeks! Here is a quick rundown of writing updates: 1. I finished a thousand word short story draft for a writer’s challenge that goes live on the 24th. I’m calling it The Showroom and it is set in my science-fantasy setting of The Exerverse. It’s a... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: Bro, Do You Even Prologue?
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about prologues lately. Being on several writers groups has shown me that prologues are “a thing” for fantasy novel writers… But are they “a thing” because they are needed? Or are they “a thing” because “that’s the way the other guys do it and I want to be... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: Twenty Fourteen
2014 was the year that I finally discovered the courage to reach for my dreams after decades of imprisoning them with fears and excuses. I had lied to myself for too long that I was content when I wasn’t. I had lied too long to others when I said that I was a writer, and... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: ‘Twas the night before… EPIC SANTA!
I hope that everyone is enjoying the happy holiday season that is late December! I’m just posting an update and some cool artwork of Epic Santa that I found to keep the blog warm this Wednesday. I’m pretty sure that not too many folks will be checking WordPress on this night before a major family... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: Mid-December Update
Ready for an update? It has been a good week! As you may know, last Friday I posted up the first chapter of A Contract in Azure and Indigo. It has done well, pulling in strong traffic straight through the weekend. I also started getting a number of pings from people wanting the next chapter... Continue Reading →
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