What a week! The month leading up to it was a real rollercoaster, but I had a tremendously fun time at PortConMaine all the same! By the end of it, I was exhausted –conventions and back to back gaming and game-mastering are rarely restful– but it was a good kind of exhausted as I came... Continue Reading →
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! It’s been a packed week. Leading up to it, my old cat became very sick and then passed away. And prior and post to that sad event I had bookended weekends that required me to work on my house and... Continue Reading →
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! As I mentioned in my last update, the month of June in general will find me shifting my focus away from Vivian’s Last Cigarette for the next few weeks. Instead, I’m working on and finishing the RPG sessions I’ll be... Continue Reading →
Last Saturday, I was interviewed for a writing podcast that blogger and author Bryan Aiello is trying to launch as a series. Bryan has posted these on YouTube for any to enjoy, so if you're interested in listening in to the great conversation we had you can check it out above! In it he asks... Continue Reading →
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! I finally got back to working on Vivian’s Last Cigarette! The last chapter is started, and although I didn’t get a ton written, I did add a solid twelve-hundred words. Those words comprised a tricky opening scene that introduces three... Continue Reading →
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The cubicles were pitch black without power. But she could hear the amorphous mass slithering, smell its acrid sweet odor. #1lineWed "We're not firemen," Clair said. Asil donned her grey hijab. "We've got powers! It's time to... Continue Reading →
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! Rifle barrel looming past the window frame's edge, Morton took aim. A plastic fist stuck him from behind. "Not today!" #1linewed "Please let me see you." His canine face winced. "I, I look like a furry, Ann."... Continue Reading →
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Last Wednesday I awoke, as did many in the United States and elsewhere, to a world seemingly turned upside down. I try not to get very political here… there are plenty of other places you can go to for that…... Continue Reading →
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Many small crises occurred this week. Ultimately my wife and I were victorious over each of these annoyances, but the cumulative effect of dealing with them impacted my writing time. Some were random, like automotive repairs that dragged into hours... Continue Reading →
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! I've reached thirty-nine thousand words on Vivian's Last Cigarette, finishing chapter ten and eleven in the past week! :-) These chapters have been emotionally draining as I wrote a false climax. In revealing its falsehood, I smashed its promises to... Continue Reading →
Some fantasy authors feel the need to go into “the rules” of the magic they write about. It’s limits, the can and can’t do’s of it, whatever. I particularly see a great deal of that in fantasy fiction written in the last few decades and suspect it comes from a strong Dungeons & Dragons, role-playing... Continue Reading →
I love Joseph Campbell's theory of The Hero's Journey, and I think this is one of the funiest and best explanations of it ever done! The Writer's Journey is a beloved reference on my bookshelf. :-) Give Glove and Boots less than six minutes of your time and these guys will entertain you! They're one of... Continue Reading →
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! There’s new fiction on the way for Aethereal Engines this Saturday! During the three days leading up to Halloween, I found some time to write more than snippets here and there, completing a new short story called Elanni. I was... Continue Reading →
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