*Updated in February of 2022 to use the author's pronouns. **This is a spoiler-free post. Hello and welcome to the very first installment of a new series I'm calling "What I Learned From . . . ," where I'll be talking about one thing I learned from an author I've read. This series is ridiculously... Continue Reading →
Something to Read / Watch / Play – October 2021
Happy Halloween! Nothing on this list is scary. I'm sorry, but I'm just not into theming these posts for holidays. At least not yet. What I am into: taking a little break from publishing long, monstrous posts . . . by promoting some stuff I recently read, watched, and played that were really good. Something... Continue Reading →
Let’s Talk About – How What If…? Was Not a Great Show But Is a Good Writing Exercise
Disclaimer: You don't need to have watched Disney+'s What If...? to read this post. And, to be completely honest, it would be better for you if you didn't watch What If...? anyway because it's just honestly not worth your time. I've always been fairly critical of what Marvel Studios puts out and I have to... Continue Reading →
Drafts – The Abysswalker
It was the steed of a dead god. Cel had always been told as much, but seeing the Abysswalker up close for the first time made it undeniable. Even though it wasn't a horse or any other beast of burden. Within seconds of seeing the large hump of it's back, covered with metallic feathers that... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 12 (Bonus) – Memory, My Project for Camp NaNoWriMo 2021, Is Finally Complete
I . . . cannot even begin to express how I feel right now. On one hand . . . so happy. Ffs, I finally finished it. Two full months late, but still, I finally finished Memory. On the other hand . . . so tired. Why? Because I've discovered that when I'm writing a... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 11 (Bonus) – I Am Right There
Seriously, Memory is in phase 1 of the final boss fight. I am so goddamn close. I probably only need a single extra day. And that's only because my week was pretty hellish. Because I went to a specialist about my knee and discovered that although my knee will heal on it's own, I really... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 10 (Bonus) – One More Week
I think I only have this one, last week and then Memory is done. Because the third act is going very smoothly. And that smoothness is really reminding me how much I can get done when I'm not constantly struggling with scene logistics. The finale--specifically the part I just started writing earlier today--is one of... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 9 (Bonus) – One of Those 0+1-1+1 = 1 Weeks
You ever have a great idea for an additional scene (we're not talking about the Cave Scene here) for a novel? Something that is genuinely great, so you go ahead and take a day or two to add it and make sure it's clean. But then realize, "Wait a minute . . . That actually... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 8 (Bonus) – We’re in the Endgame Now
We . . . . . . made it. We . . . are out of act 2. There was a moment when I realized that I need to change the monster from the Cave Scene, but I was immediately like, "No, I am not going back to change that chapter again this week! "I... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 7 (Bonus) – I Was So Close to the Endgame
Ugh. You guys, seriously, I am right there. I was fully intending on being stubborn and writing all night, posting at 4am that, "We're in the endgame now." But then I realized that what stands between me and that endgame . . . is the fight at the end of the second act. A fight... Continue Reading →
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