This is the story of how my wife Anna and I walked away unharmed from a car crash that easily could have killed us. Here’s how I experienced it: On the first of this month, February 2019, we headed south from Chicago to visit family near St. Louis. About four … Continue reading
Yesterday the world learned of the passing of literary giant Ursula K. Le Guin. And I don’t think I’ve ever felt so deeply upset by the death of someone I never actually met. But then, few individuals have had such a profound impact on me with their words alone. When … Continue reading
So. It’s coming up on 11 months since I last posted, and I thought I’d take the opportunity to look back on my writing endeavors in 2017, and a little of what I’m planning for the future. The past year has been rough on a lot of people, myself included, … Continue reading
I’ve been telling myself that I’d start writing some book reviews, and I decided to to stop procrastinating. The Orphan Fleet, Volume 1 is a print omnibus of two YA fantasy e-novellas by Brendan Detzner. The first follows the adventures of an airship dockworker named Jiaire, and the second focuses on … Continue reading
It’s time for the 4th and final week of the November Flash Challenge! If you don’t know what this is by now, look back through some of the previous Story Seed posts. Story Seed #7 “Music for my eyes” by NekroXIII Questions to Consider (Don’t read these if you don’t want your … Continue reading
Welcome to week 3 of the November Flash Challenge. A quick recap of the aim: take one or both of the following images as inspiration and write a story. Feel free to adhere as close or deviate as far from the inspiring image(s) as works for you. (Same goes for the … Continue reading
This past weekend was Windycon, and I had a blast. I’ve been going to Windycon every year for the past four and always had a great time. This year was the first time I signed up to be on panels, and it definitely made for a different — and even … Continue reading
Here are the story seeds for week 2 of the November Flash Challenge I launched last week. Take one or both of the following images as inspiration and write a story! It doesn’t matter how closely you adhere or how far you stray from the original image(s), nor should you … Continue reading
For those of us who don’t have the time to do NaNoWriMo this month but still want to get in on the writing action, I’ve decided to kick-off a November Flash Challenge. This is also the start of a “Story Seeds” blog series I’ve had percolating in my backbrain for awhile now, … Continue reading
This is Part 3 of a series of posts I’m doing about building skill in descriptive narrative prose and language use. In this installment I dig down into some theory and practice (my own personal theory and practice, anyway). Click here for Part 1. Or click here for Part 2. With … Continue reading
