Category Archives: Writing
Telos is in Trouble: Lucy the T-rex and the Snow Leopards
Telos is in trouble. Telos usually is, you may say. This time, though, it’s not in the pages book were an author can be persuaded to rescue him. Telos is a snow leopard. He’s also an MC of my current book. … Continue reading
Writing Product Descriptions is NOT for the Faint of Heart
For the last four weeks, I’ve been posting chapters from Terms of Derangement both here and adultfanfiction.net. Last year, I posted the entire book Pegasus King two chapters a week to adultfanfiction.net as well. I think readership in my genre … Continue reading
Music, TV and Catch Up
I love fanvids. Youtube is my place for finding them. Now that I’m back from living in China, (my third time through there), I have Youtube again! As well as Netflix. One could say there’s been a mite bit of … Continue reading
The End: and All the Rest as Father Time Lays Down to Rest
The End. So Implacable. So Final. Maybe…. As a storyteller, endings are difficult. My characters are real and breathing entities. They have lives before they walk into the pages of my tales and lives afterwards if they survive. So … Continue reading
WIP and the Writing Process Blog Tour
Today’s blog post is brought to you courtesy of Janna G. Noelle. I didn’t know what to write about this week, there’s been so much non-writing life going on that I didn’t feel I had something profound to say … Continue reading
Limiting God: the Downfall of the All Powerful Character and Necessary Evil
If my characters ever met me, they’d file a restraining order at a bare minimum. Most of them would probably request or in some cases, summarily deliver, capital punishment. I’d deserve it. If you’ve read Skere, or Pegasus King, … Continue reading
The Writer in the Attic is Boring: Why Volcanoes, Falling in Love and Puppies Are Valid Career Investments
You are the writer that you’ve created yourself to be. You’ve probably heard of the ‘nature versus nurture’ argument. There’s not much most of us can do about the nature part, unlike Aaron Cross in Bourne Legacy. We’re not … Continue reading
Stealing the Fantastic From History: Ancient Assyria, Star Wars and the Unending Well of the Creative
When you enter the front entrance on the southern end of the Seattle Art Museum, you are faced with a cascade of wide open stairs the color of tinted sand. Facing you as you approach are beasts, semi fantastical, large, … Continue reading