Today feels like it’s going to be a big change for me. Which is good, I have needed it. But I have also been struggling with a lack of inspiration, so while I head downtown for what is hopefully the first day of a new endeavour, here’s a reminder to myself – and to you… Continue reading From the Vault: Write Angry
Month: February 2015
500 Words on Free-To-Play Games
I know there are a lot of people who consider “free to play” a dirty word. Or a dirty series of words. A dirty turn of phrase? Anyway, they don’t like it as a concept. And I can understand why: it sounds like a bait-and-switch. A game like League of Legends or Hearthstone or Jetpack… Continue reading 500 Words on Free-To-Play Games
From The Vault: Let Your Characters Speak
I’ve been completely off of my rhythm for the last few days. I’m trying to get back on track and focus up on the important tasks in front of me. While I do, here’s a piece on showing and not telling. “Because I say so.” How many times have we heard that phrase? Parents say… Continue reading From The Vault: Let Your Characters Speak
Flash Fiction: Sorceress of Flame, Part 2
This week’s Flash Fiction challenge over at Terribleminds is to write the second part of a four-part story started by someone else. I picked “Sorceress of Flame” by Toni J, whose site you should definitely check out. — Part 1, by Toni J — The magic in dragonflame lingered long after any heat had died… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Sorceress of Flame, Part 2
500 Words on 50 Shades of Grey
So. Here’s the best way I can think of to communicate my feeling about 50 Shades of Gray, since I don’t know the onomatopoeia for violent projectile vomiting. If I did, I’d just type that word out 500 times. Or go the Spider Jerusalem route, and type the word “FUCK” 500 times. But alas, you’re… Continue reading 500 Words on 50 Shades of Grey
Goblinhearth vs. Gnomestone, Part 2
Picking up where things left off last week, we’re talking about the changes and updates to the classes that came from ‘Goblins vs. Gnomes’, and how I see the decks for those classes shaping up. Rogue – A Pirate’s Life For Me! Pirates, like mechs, have long been a subset of minions in Hearthstone without… Continue reading Goblinhearth vs. Gnomestone, Part 2
From the Vault: Theorycrafting
I am giving some serious thought to jumping back into the mix of tactical planning, visceral satisfaction, and utter frustration that is League of Legends. To that end, and since I’m not quite back on the review train yet, here’s a relevant post from back in the day that reflects what I’m doing now: planning… Continue reading From the Vault: Theorycrafting
Midnight Oil Doesn't Burn Clean
It’s pretty much a romantic ideal. The dedicated writer or the voracious student hunched over a desk, illuminated by a single light source, in the dead of night. I’ve pulled all-nighters myself, in the past. And there are times, these days, where I am up working on something past midnight. But they are becoming fewer… Continue reading Midnight Oil Doesn't Burn Clean
Flash Fiction: Bart Luther, Freelance Exorcist
I’m getting back into the saddle with the Terribleminds Flash Fiction challenge, and doing so has me writing the first 1000 words of a story someone else will finish. Hopefully, someone will find this interesting. I can’t imagine to understand everything that occurs in my life. I can’t account for everything I’ve seen. At least… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Bart Luther, Freelance Exorcist
500 Words on Remakes
I’ve taken it upon myself, on multiple occasions, to take tales told since time immemorial and put them in modern context. Greek myths in space, Norse myths in the Old West, and so on. So, as a rule, I have nothing against remakes. I think they can be good, if they are done correctly and… Continue reading 500 Words on Remakes
