I don’t look forward to the day physicists figure out what dark energy is. Right now it’s this “We know it’s there, but we don’t know what it is” thing, so writers can make it whatever they want and only “You can’t do that with science” assholes will get upset. This must be like how…
When I get up in the morning, I write. When I get to work, I spend all day in a cubicle on a computer. When I head home, I write. When I get home, I am often on a computer. I live the classic American sedentary lifestyle. I type 99 words per minutes according to…
What makes Epic fantasy Epic fantasy and not just traditional, urban, or any other sub-genre is a well-worn conversation. One that I’m kind of bored with, actually. It’s been discussed enough that the informed have come to a general consensus (scope of setting/cast/stakes, etc), the uninformed bumble in that general direction, and the hair splitters…
Two ideas that have been bouncing around my head that I wanted to write down. I want to write a city whose nickname is the Ever-Blossoming City. Every time the monarch dies, the core of the city is torn down and rebuilt in a style dictated by the new monarch. In years of plague or…
Before we begin, watch this. You can thank me in the comments. Alright, now that you’ve watched that two or three (or twenty) times, let’s continue, shall we? I have a draft post that I’ve been working on for weeks. This isn’t it. It’s a picture of my bookshelf. When I envisioned that post last…
My attempt to blog more has been foiled by the arrival of the busy time of year. I know that seems obvious, given I’ve been busy, but that’s been busy with other people’s projects. Now I’m busy with my projects and other people’s projects at the same time. WOO HOO! Wait, no, that’s not woo…