Ask any writer where they’d most like to practice their craft and I’m sure you’ll hear a fascinating menagerie of locations and situations. From sun-soaked beaches to a gazebo in a thunderstorm, certainly the imagination of all writers occasionally turns to a daydream of where Read More …
I’ve been a storyteller for as long as I can remember. My mom tells me that I told my first story at age three, and I’ve found a story that I wrote in first grade about a horse that saves a cowboy from an angry Read More …
We’re at our most successful when we hear voices in our heads. 2. No matter how much time we have alone, we still wish we could have more. 3. We will spend half an hour fixing one paragraph only to cut it and the rest Read More …
Time for more fun with the Google Translator! This time around, I thought I’d take a slightly larger portion from the novel’s Prologue where Keltin first sees the forest devil beast. I definitely have some personal favorites in this one. Some of it even has Read More …
I recently watched a documentary focusing on the many creative and political problems that went into the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Among the stories of high stakes negotiations and toxic work environments, I was particularly intrigued by the problems that Read More …
I’ve finally gotten around to playing XCOM 2, and while I was having a fantastic time in my initial playthrough, it eventually became apparent that I’d been developing my team of soldiers incorrectly and that I would have to start over again if I wanted Read More …
Just so you all know, excuses 1-10 first appeared on my old blog back in 2015. Excuses 11-20 are all new. Judge for yourselves whether my sense of humor has changed at all. 🙂 1. My cat is reclining on my keyboard. 2. My knick-knacks Read More …
You may have seen a lot of hints about a new YouTube channel from me in the near future. Perhaps you’re wondering when I’ll get around to actually doing this. Well, the truth is that I’ve been working on this project for over a month Read More …
In a recent class I had a student ask me about my personal journey to be a creative writing instructor as well as being a freelance editor. It occurred to me that it might be helpful for other writers to learn how I got to Read More …
Here’s a list of some of my favorite games with great writing, which could include dialogue, cut-scenes, journal entries, item descriptions, or flavor text. We’ll save games with great plots and stories for another post (though all of these games have those as well!). Uncharted Read More …
