When he woke, Hank found himself wedged into a runnel of wood grain. Wide-eyed, he checked the time and found he'd only been asleep for a few hours, as planned. "Son of a bitch." He sighed through his nose. "Shrinking faster than I thought." Maybe exponentially. "Or with serious gains." You're talking to yourself again, Hank.... Continue Reading →
Rain and Jurassic Park
Welcome back. Thanks for coming by for this first in another week of posts. So, I realized . . . I do a lot of series. In fact, since I started posting every week day . . . I think every single post has been part of a series. It's getting a little exhausting. So... Continue Reading →
Fantasy Spotlight: Home Base
Hey there. We've almost made it to Friday, and I thought I'd write something a bit positive after a few days of disappointment and criticism (excluding that Muse Tuesday about Jadha Swayne, which got so much love [and, man, just thank you guys for that, btw]). In the vein of being positive though, I thought I'd... Continue Reading →
Let’s Talk About: The Ethnic Rival
I've watched three things recently. Doctor Strange, John Wick: Chapter 2, and Iron Fist. And all three of those things . . . featured an Ethnic Rival. Now, I don't want to spend too much time talking about this. Maybe because I'm tired of talking about race after 2016, the year when I discovered that some of my friends... Continue Reading →
Muse Tuesday – Jadha Swayne | Freewriting
Hi there, and welcome back to Muse Tuesday. This week, I'm drawing from the ether; this isn't going to be a WIP or a fanfic--just freewriting with a single goal in mind. Write a character I absolutely hate. It's an exercise to expand my range as a writer. I don't want my characters to feel... Continue Reading →
Just Watched #1 – Iron Fist
Welcome back for another rip roarin' week of talking about fantasy. And writing. And probably cute animals at some point. We're starting off with a super reactionary piece that I'm going to tie into one of my greatest fears as a writer--losing the ability to be objective. Before getting to that though, let me explain... Continue Reading →
Practice Poems #1 – Silent Godsong
Disclaimer: I am . . . not a poet. Still, a friend suggested that I try poetry as a means of refreshing my prose, which sounded like an awesome idea. Of course, as I do with almost everything these days, I thought I'd share my first practice poem here. At most, expect to get a... Continue Reading →
Let’s Make: A Fantasy Monster – Gekouls
Welcome back for the second part of this week's accidental series of Let's Makes. If you didn't read Tuesday's Let's Make: A Fantasy Alcohol, you can check it out to find out how my creative process led me here. Regardless, the goal of this post is to make a new fantasy monster for use in a future project--Rainwater Archaic. Because of... Continue Reading →
Let’s Talk About: A Fantasy Loophole–Earth-Modern Words That’d Make Great Names, If Only We Could Use Them
I think a lot about fantasy meta. Maybe too much. I'm not sure. Although I do know that, when sitting in a car with another writer recently, I dipped into my obnoxious fantasy meta-speak and almost completely killed the conversation. "Well, it's the same way that we as humans write human-centric stories without realizing. And... Continue Reading →
Let’s Make: A Fantasy Alcohol
I'm sitting here with a rum and orange. Don't worry--I'm not drunk. Even though I don't drink often (or I don't think I do), I've settled into the habits of nursing drinks or spacing them out so long that I never get well and truly smashed anymore. Even if I've been drinking all day long. Oh,... Continue Reading →
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