This marks my 150th blog post here. It’s not much of a milestone, I admit, but it’s one that I think a lot of blogs never quite reach. Several don’t […]
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An allegorical tale
A sharp knock came at the old sergeant’s door. The was odd. No one ever knocked. Sure, sometimes a young buck would barge in, usually to demand the answer to […]
Read moreGear Shifting
At the Writers’ Workshop, Scott Lynch came up with a rather fun writing game, where the students imagined themselves as pulp fiction writers from the Golden Age, and they needed […]
Read moreLate Thursday Post is Late
I’m going deep into the word mines, dear readers, on something of a personal writing retreat. So today you get a small map of the city of Maradaine. Later.
Read moreBlatant Plug for Forgetting Finnegan
ScriptWorks presents OUT OF INK: Forgetting Finnegan, the 13th annual showcase of 10 minute plays April 7-9 and April 14-16 at 8 PM Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Rd. $12 […]
Read moreQuick plugging post
My access is kind of limited today, do I’ll just do a quick plug: Check out Stina Leicht’s Of Blood and Honey. It’s pretty awesome. Also, if you’re in Austin, […]
Read moreTwelve Part Outline and the Zombie Apocalypse
A quick post here to show how the Twelve Part Outline can be applied. Here’s a Zombie Apocalypse story done with it. Establishment: Teresa is a happy, well adjusted, athletic […]
Read moreNo One Cares About Your Word Count
I’ve heard the above phrase several times. Not specifically directed at me, but as a general message to unpublished writers. And it’s true. As unpublished writers, no one really cares […]
Read moreMaking the Better Alien
The other day my friend D.D. wrote a post about the challenges of writing The Other, and touched on the aspects of building alien cultures that are a bit too […]
Read moreFood, Cuisine and Worldbuilding
At an ArmadilloCon panel a couple years ago, when asked where he starts with worldbuilding, Steven Brust answered, “Food.” Given Brust’s nature on any panel, the moderator at first thought […]
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